# Die regering sê hy bly verbind tot gesonde openbare finansies en om strukturele hervormings in te stel wat hoër en meer inklusiewe ekonomiese groei en beleggersvertroue sal ondersteun. Die direkteur-generaal van die Nasionale Tesourie, Duncan Pieterse, sê verbeterde staatskredietgraderings help om leningskoste vir die regering, ondernemings en huishoudings te verlaag en hou tasbare voordele […]
# Rugby: Die Springbok-sewesspan het ‘n wonderlike kwarteindstrydoorwinning oor Fidji by die Bordeaux-sewes behaal, net nadat hulle gehoor het dat hulle die HSBC-wêreldkampioenskap gewen het en as die beste sewesspan ter wêreld gekroon is. Die Blitsbokke speel vanmiddag teen Frankryk in ‘n halfeindstryd in die Bordeaux-sewes maar die uitslag is onbelangrik, aangesien hulle reeds die […]
# Police say they are searching for suspects after at least 12 people were shot near a festival in Toledo, in the midwestern US state of Ohio. Ten people are reported to be in stable condition, while two remain in critical condition. The victims’ ages ranged from 16 to 61. Toledo Deputy Police Chief Joe […]
# Government says it remains committed to sound public finances and implementing structural reforms that will support higher and more inclusive economic growth and underpin investor confidence. National Treasury Director-General, Duncan Pieterse, says improved sovereign credit ratings help to lower borrowing costs for government, businesses and households and have tangible benefits for ordinary people. He says South Africa still has […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen says the agriculture sector should play a leading role in shaping public private partnerships aimed at restoring efficiency and supporting export growth. He says government, financial institutions and agribusinesses needed to work more closely to expand support for emerging farmers and integrate them into commercial value chains. The minister says this includes […]
# Cosatu has welcomed Fitch’s decision to upgrade South Africa’s long-term foreign and local currency credit ratings to ‘BB’ from ‘BB-’ and maintain the stable outlook. This is the second upgrade by a ratings agency for South Africa in the past month. Cosatu spokesperson, Matthew Parks says it’s a sign of growing international confidence that South Africa’s efforts […]
Die DA het die speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering, Thoko Didiza, skriftelik versoek vir ‘n debat van nasionale belang oor President Cyril Ramaphosa se versuim om die Waterkrisis-aksieplan vir openbare ondersoek uit te reik. Stephen Moore van die party sê die president het die sperdatum vir die aankondiging van die Nasionale Waterkrisis-aksieplan misgeloop. Hy sê […]
# Cosatu het die aanstelling van die Suid-Afrikaanse Poskantoorraad verwelkom. Die woordvoerder van Cosatu, Matthew Parks, sê die Poskantoor is vir te lank toegelaat om feitlik ineen te stort. Hy sê benewens die Poskantoor se versuim en onvermoë om met strukturele verskuiwings in die pos- en kommunikasiesektor tred te hou, het die afwesigheid van toegewyde […]
# Cosatu has welcomed the appointment of the South African Post Office Board. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks says for far too long the Post Office has been allowed to deteriorate to a state of near collapse. He says the absence of dedicated and fit for purpose leadership has been at the centre of this painful decline in addition […]
