# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana and South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago have not been accredited to attend the upcoming meeting of the Group of 20 finance chiefs in Washington, US. America took over the annual rotating presidency of the G20 from South Africa in late 2025. Godongwana told Bloomberg that South Africa will not […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, sê hy gee nie om of Iran na die onderhandelingstafel terugkeer nie nadat die naweek se vredesgesprekke in Islamabad, Pakistan, ‘n dooiepunt bereik het. Iran se minister van Buitelandse Sake, Abbas Araghchi, sê hulle het byna ‘n ooreenkoms bereik, maar is met maksimalisme en verskuiwende doelpale begroet. Trump het […]
# US president Donald Trump says he does not care if Iran returns to the negotiations or not, after the weekend talks in Islamabad, Pakistan ended without a deal. The negotiations were aimed at achieving a complete halt to hostilities. Iranian Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said the two parties were close to reaching a deal, […]
# Die multimiljardêr Elon Musk beweer dat sy satellietinternetmaatskappy, Starlink, ‘n gunsloon aangebied is vir ‘n telekommunikasielisensie in Suid-Afrika deur voor te gee dat ‘n swart persoon die maatskappy se plaaslike entiteit bestuur. Die land se breëbasis swart ekonomiese bemagtigingsbeleid vereis dat buitelandse telekommunikasielisensies 30-persent van die ekwiteit in hul plaaslike filiale aan histories benadeelde […]
# Multibillionaire Elon Musk claims his satellite internet company, Starlink, was given the opportunity to bribe its way to a telecoms licence in South Africa, by pretending a black person ran the company’s local entity. The country’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment policies require foreign-owned telecommunications licenses to sell 30-percent of the equity in their local subsidiaries […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê die handelsbeperkings wat deur Namibië, Botswana en Mosambiek op Suid-Afrikaanse landbou-uitvoere ingestel is, plaas die land se landbousektor in gevaar en ondermyn streekshandel en ekonomiese bestendigheid in Suider-Afrika. Ongeveer 17-persent van Suid-Afrika se landbou-uitvoere was verlede jaar op pad na die Suider-Afrikaanse Doeane-unie-streek. Jaco Mulder van die VF Plus sê […]
# Die Britse regering sê hy sal nie betrokke raak by ‘n blokkade van die Straat van Hormoes nie. Dit volg nadat president Donald Trump gesê het dat die Amerikaanse vloot die noodsaaklike skeepsroete sal blokkeer, en elke vaartuig in internasionale waters wat ‘n tol aan Iran betaal het, sal verbied. Brittanje sê hy werk […]
# The UK government says it will not be involved in a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. This comes after US president Donald Trump said the US Navy would be blockading the critical shipping route, and also interdicting every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran. The UK says it […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says the trade restrictions imposed by Namibia, Botswana and Mozambique on South African agricultural exports jeopardise the country’s agricultural sector and undermine regional trade and economic stability in Southern Africa. Approximately 17-percent of South Africa’s agricultural exports headed for the Southern African Customs Union region last year. The FF Plus’s Jaco […]
