# Asian shares rose today after China and the United States said they would hold trade talks at the weekend, fanning optimism that the superpowers can row back high tariffs. Beijing’s moves to ease some key monetary policy tools to kickstart the world’s number two economy boosted hope among investors who have been left punch […]
# A multi-million-dollar US warplane failed to land on the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and plummeted into the Red Sea. This is the second jet lost from the ship in just over a week. The two-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet, worth around 1.2-billion-rand, went overboard after an unsuccessful attempt to slow it down […]
# Die Departement van Binnelandse Sake se stap om sy vennootskap met die Staatsinligtingstegnologie-agentskap te verbreek het tot ‘n openbare geskil aanleiding gegee. Die departement noem gereelde stelselonderbrekings, vertragings met verkryging en hoë koste as redes vir sy soeke na alternatiewe IT-diensverskaffers. SITA sê egter hy het sy verbintenisse nagekom en in infrastruktuuropgraderings belê. Volgens […]
# The MK Party is calling for the immediate implementation of lifestyle audits and the declaration of assets for all members of the judiciary. It says South Africa cannot afford to have a judiciary that is shielded from the same transparency expected of other arms of state. The MK Party says citizens deserve to know […]
# Motorsport: Formula One team Alpine has confirmed that reserve driver Franco Colapinto will replace Jack Doohan for the next five races, starting with next weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola in Italy. Doohan has struggled to match teammate Pierre Gasly and has failed to score a single point after six rounds of his […]
# ‘n Senior landbou-ekonoom van FNB, Paul Makube, sê die jongste brandstofprysverlaging het op die regte tyd gekom te midde van verhoogde landbou-bedrywighede. Die petrolprys het om middernag met 22-sent-per-liter gedaal, terwyl die twee grade diesel nou onderskeidelik 42- en 41-sent per liter goedkoper is. Dit volg op ‘n daling in internasionale oliepryse as gevolg […]
# South Africa faces the potential of a natural gas shortage by June 2026. In response to this, the African Energy Leadership Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand Business School, alongside the Industrial Gas Users Association Southern Africa, is hosting a symposium to address this challenge. The symposium aims to explore solutions for long-term […]
# The MK Party says it is outraged over the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education’s continued failure to remunerate service providers of the National School Nutrition Programme. Despite assurances from the department that payments were processed on January 24th and would reflect by January 28th, numerous service providers report that funds have yet to materialise. The […]
# Die African Transformation Movement het die Konstitusionele Hof se uitspraak oor die Wet op Burgerskap as onverantwoordelik beskryf. Die hof het ‘n vorige uitspraak van die Appèlhof bevestig dat ‘n artikel van Wet 88 van 1995 ongrondwetlik is. Dit het bepaal dat Suid-Afrikaners wat vrywillig die burgerskap van ‘n ander land buite die huwelik […]
