# Rugby: Die Springbok-sewesspan het teruggebons van hul vroeëre skoknederlaag teen Groot Brittanje toe hulle Kenia Vrydagaand in die Bordeaux-toernooi met 26-5 oorrompel het. Die Blitsbokke het in ekstra tyd teen Groot Brittanje verloor en daarmee hul kanse verskraal om die Wêreldkampioenskap in te palm. Hul vertoning in die tweede kragmeting teen Kenia was egter […]
# Die Fitch-graderingsagentskap het Suid-Afrika se langtermyngradering vir wanbetaling van BB-minus na BB opgradeer, met ‘n stabiele vooruitskouing. Hy sê die aanpassing weerspieël basies Suid-Afrika se rekord van omsigtige fiskale bestuur en vordering met fiskale konsolidasie, ondanks swak ekonomiese groei en binnelandse sowel as eksterne skokke. Fitch sê saam met bruto binnelandse produkhersienings laat dit […]
# At least 49 people have died of thirst in a remote part of the Sahara desert in northern Niger after the truck carrying them broke down. Authorities say the group had been returning from Mali where they had attended a Muslim festival when they ran out of water, stranded more than 80 kilometres west […]
# Minstens 49 mense is in ‘n afgeleë deel van die Sahara-woestyn in die noorde van Niger van dors dood nadat die vragmotor waarin hulle gereis het, onklaar geraak het. Owerhede sê die groep was op pad terug van Mali waar hulle ‘n Moslem-fees bygewoon het toe hulle meer as 80 kilometer wes van Assamaka, […]
# Saftu is alarmed by Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube’s disclosure that there are currently 17-thousand-450 vacant teaching posts nationally out of 389-thousand-286 allocated posts, representing a national vacancy rate of approximately 4.5-percent. Saftu’s Asive Dyani says these figures represent thousands of classrooms where learners are being denied the full benefit of a stable and […]
# Fitch Ratings has anticipated South Africa’s debt and gross domestic product will stabilise over the next two years at around 80-percent of GDP including local government debt, well above the 2027 ‘BB’ median of 53-percent. It says debt stabilisation is due to improved fiscal performance and stock-flow adjustments with drawdowns on deposits and lower discounts at issuance, the […]
# Die Kabinet het die sterk groei in Suid-Afrika se toerismesektor verwelkom, met internasionale aankomste wat in April byna een-miljoen besoekers bereik het, die hoogste maandelikse toename ooit. Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, sê die sektor se groei word ondersteun deur uitgebreide internasionale lugroetes, insluitend nuwe en beter vlugte uit Europa en Suid-Amerika. […]
# Cabinet has welcomed strong growth in South Africa’s tourism sector, with international arrivals reaching almost one-million visitors in April, the highest monthly increase on record. Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, says the sector’s growth is being supported by expanded international air routes, including new and accelerated flights from Europe and South America. Ntshavheni […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering sê weerstoestande begin verbeter na ‘n aantal dae van swaar reënval oor die Sentrale Karoo- en Tuinroete-distrikte. Inwoners word egter gevra om steeds versigtig te wees. Een sterfgeval is bevestig nadat ‘n persoon probeer het om ‘n oorstroomde rivier oor te steek. Hoë damvlakke en riviere in vloed hou steeds ‘n […]
