# The IFP says the killing of public representatives, particularly ahead of the Local Government Elections in November, is both tragic and deeply concerning for South Africa’s democracy. This follows the murder of the party’s Rand West City Local Municipality councillor, Mbuso Mzwandile Mthimkhulu, in Gauteng yesterday evening. The 46-year-old was shot dead during a […]
# Die DA het Stellenbosch se onderburgemeester, Mynard Slabbert, gevra om binne 48 uur te bedank en voer ʼn verlies aan vertroue onder koukuslede aan. Die koukus het met ʼn oorweldigende meerderheid ten gunste van ʼn mosie van wantroue in die onderburgemeester gestem. Jan de Villiers van die DA sê hulle sal seker maak hulle […]
# US Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, says the administration is escalating pressure on Iran’s airline network, as part of broader sanctions enforcement tied to nuclear negotiations. The US and Iran are reportedly close to reaching a deal which would include extending the ceasefire, reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and negotiating on Tehran’s nuclear programme. […]
# The Public Servants Association has expressed concern eight-thousand-180 Home Affairs Department employers have been charged over the past five financial years, for employing foreign nationals without valid work permits. Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber says six-thousand-279 workplace inspections and operations were conducted during the same period as part of efforts to enforce immigration laws. […]
# Standard Bank sê die Suid-Afrikaanse landbousektor staar nuwe finansiële druk in die gesig met die besluit van die Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee om die rentekoers met 25 basispunte tot sewe-persent te verhoog. Dis te midde van inflasie, hoër brandstofpryse en kommer oor ‘n moontlike El Niño. Standard Bank se hoof van Landbousake vir Sakeondernemings […]
# The GOOD Party in Tshwane says the multi-party coalition government is helping the metro rise through good governance. This follows the second successive tabling of a fully funded budget, which is expected to achieve a 1.4-billion-rand surplus. GOOD’s Sarah Mabotsa says that in October 2024, the metro had been left deeply in debt by […]
# Die Europese Unie het sanksies ingestel teen vier instellings en drie individue wat hy beskryf as “ekstremistiese Israelse setlaars” wat volgens hom verantwoordelik is vir ernstige en stelselmatige menseregteskendings teen Palestyne in die Wesoewer. Dit sluit bevriesing van bates en ʼn moontlike reisverbod in. Onder die betrokke instellings en persone is die Nachala-nedersettingbeweging en […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to increase the repo rate by 25 basis points is a continuation of class exploitation by means of usurious extortion. The committee’s decision comes amid rising consumer prices caused by the conflict in the Middle East. […]
# Die vakverbond Saftu sê die Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee se besluit om rentekoerse met 25 basispunte tot sewe-persent te verhoog, is ekonomies roekeloos en maatskaplik vernietigend. Die basiese uitleenkoers is nou 10,5-persent. Saftu-woordvoerder Asive Dyani sê die besluit om koerse te verhoog is heeltemal verwyderd van die werklikheid van miljoene werkers en arm mense […]
