# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says it rejects the government’s decision to accept a 24.78-billion-rand Development Policy loan from the World Bank. The loan is aimed at easing infrastructure bottlenecks that have contributed to a decade of meagre economic growth. Saftu’s General-Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, says this loan forms part of a broader […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has fired the country’s commander-in-chief, General Oleksandr Syrskyi. This comes days after he removed popular Defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, which sparked six days of nationwide protests. Zelensky thanked Syrskyi and credited him with leading the defence of Kyiv and launching a counter-invasion of Russia’s Kursk province in 2024. Syrskyi’s replacement […]
# Amerika se minister van Verdediging, Pete Hegseth, sê Amerika en Israel se oorlog teen Iran kos tot dusver sowat 615-miljard-rand. Dit sluit uitgawes in soos etes vir soldate, en is meer as die vorige raming van byna 476,98-miljard-rand in middel-Mei. Minstens 17 soldate is sedert Februarie in Iran dood en byna 100 is gewond. […]
# US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says the US-Israel war on Iran has cost an estimated 615-billion-rand so far, with some of the money accounting for expenses, such as meals for troops, through the end of the fiscal year. This is up from a previous estimate of nearly 476.98-billion-rand in mid-May. At least 17 troops […]
# President Donald Trump sê hulle sal optree teen Jemen se Houthi-rebelle met Iranse bande as hulle hul dreigement om Saoedi-hawens te blokkeer, uitvoer. Die belangrike skeepsroetes van die Rooi See lê langs Jemen se kus. ’n Volledige sluiting van Bab el-Mandeb kan die wêreldwye olievoorraad met sewe-persent verminder. Die Houthi’s se gewapende magte het […]
# Die Nasionale Tesourie sê die Wêreldbanklening van 24,78-miljard-rand, tesame met finansiering wat deur ander multilaterale ontwikkelingsvennote verseker is, het die regering in staat gestel om aan sy leningsvereiste van 52,6-miljard-rand buitelandse valuta vir die 2026/2027-boekjaar te voldoen. Die jongste Wêreldbank Ontwikkelingsbeleid-lening aan Suid-Afrika is daarop gemik om infrastruktuurhervormings te ondersteun en inklusiewe ekonomiese groei […]
# Israel se minister van Finansies, Bezalel Smotrich, sê sy land stel nie belang om by Amerika se hernude veldtog teen Iran betrokke te raak nie. Israel en Amerika het op 28 Februarie met gekoördineerde aanvalle op Teheran begin, waarna Iran gereageer het met aanvalle op Amerikaanse weermagbasisse in die Midde-Ooste. Smotrich sê die huidige […]
# Israeli Finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich says his country has no interest in joining the renewed US military campaign against Iran. Israel and America started the war with coordinated attacks on Tehran on 28 February, prompting Iran to retaliate against US military assets across the Middle East. Smotrich says the current war and sustained economic […]
# US president Donald Trump says they will take care of Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels if they follow through on their threatened blockade of Saudi ports. The crucial shipping lanes of the Red Sea run along Yemen’s coast. A full closure of Bab el-Mandeb could cut global oil supply by seven-percent. The Houthis’ armed forces have imposed a […]
