# South Africa’s Monetary Policy Committee faces intense pressure ahead of Thursday’s interest rate decision. While consumers desperately hope for a rate cut to ease borrowing costs, stubborn global fuel shocks have driven annual consumer price inflation to four-percent. This sudden spike hits the absolute ceiling of the Reserve Bank’s tight target range. Independent economist […]
# SANParks says security is being strengthened in the Pafuri section of the Kruger National Park following the murder of two tourists. The bodies of Dina and Ernst Marais from Mossel Bay was found last week. Authorities believe their vehicle may have crossed into Mozambique. SANParks spokesperson JP Louw says additional rangers and monitoring resources will […]
# Die Amerikaanse minister van Buitelandse Sake, Marco Rubio, sê ʼn vredesooreenkoms met Iran is nog in wording. President Donald Trump het onderhandelaars gevra om nie oorhaastig te wees nie. Die huidige raamwerk behels glo dat die skietstilstand met 60-dae verleng word, die Seestraat van Hormoes heropen word, en verdere onderhandeling oor Iran se kernprogram. […]
# Soccer: Mamelodi Sundowns earned a record-breaking 100-million-rand in prize money for winning the CAF Champions League for the second time. The Brazilians played to a one-all draw against AS FAR in the second leg of the final in Rabat, Morocco, yesterday, to complete a 2-1 aggregate victory after their first-leg win of 1-0 in Pretoria […]
# Oil prices hit a two-week low today, plunging by over five-percent, fueled by growing optimism over a potential peace agreement between the US and Iran. Both countries signalled progress over the weekend in efforts to reach a deal, with the terms surrounding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran’s nuclear programme. In […]
# Tennis: Die derde-gekeurde Novak Djokovic het sy poging om ʼn rekord 25ste Grand Slam-titel te buit goed begin met ʼn oorwinning in die eerste ronde van die Franse Ope. Die Serwiër het die Fransman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard geklop. Die sewende-gekeurde Taylor Fritz het verloor teen sy Amerikaanse landgenoot, Nishesh Basavareddy. Alexander Zverev van Duitsland […]
# Cricket: The Indian Premier League moves to the playoff stage this week. Defending champions, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and Gujarat Titans, who finished first and second respectively in the league stage, will play each other in qualifier one in Dharamsala tomorrow. The winner will progress straight to Sunday’s final in Ahmedabad. The loser will get another […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die nasie het sedert die aanvaarding van Suid-Afrika se Grondwet ʼn kultuur gebou wat sterk, deelnemend, voortdurend ontwikkelend en geanker is in die demokratiese waardes wat waardevol geag word. Dis vanjaar 30 jaar sedert die Grondwet onderteken is. Ramaphosa sê in sy weeklikse nuusbrief daar is ʼn sterk kultuur van […]
# Die DA sê beamptes van die Nasionale Jeugontwikkelingsagentskap moet voor die Parlement verskyn. Dit volg op berigte in TimesLIVE dat die agentskap forensiese ondersoekers wil aanstel om uit te vind watter personeellede het interne inligting met die media gedeel. Angel Khanyile van die DA sê die agentskap moet rekenskap gee van berigte dat openbare fondse […]
