# The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time since 2023 to address inflation, which remains above its two-percent target. In a unanimous decision, the Fed board voted to raise its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-percentage point to a range of 3.75-percent to four-percent. This comes despite calls from president […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, says the unilateral visa restrictions announced by the US align with the mischaracterisation of South Africa’s domestic policies by fringe groups portraying to represent “minorities” and Afrikaners. The restrictions are targeting people America considers responsible for promoting race-based discrimination, inciting violence against Afrikaners and other minority groups, […]
# Qatar’s Foreign Ministry has condemned the Houthi drone attack targeting Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, describing it as a shameful act of aggression. Saudi Arabia shot down the Houthi drone on Tuesday, marking the first time in almost a decade that the Iran-backed Yemeni rebel group had targeted Mecca. The ministry says the sanctity and […]
# At least 21 people have been killed, including eleven children, after a residential building damaged by Israeli strikes collapsed in Gaza City. Dozens more are feared trapped under layers of rubble. The bombed-out multi-storey building housed about 100 displaced Palestinian families. Around 1.9-million Palestinians in Gaza have been displaced during the war. The United Nations […]
’n Senior spesialis in die finansiële sektor by die Wêreldbank, Laura Pop, het aan die Madlanga-kommissie gesê lande benodig keuringstelsels wat aangepas is by hul spesifieke risiko’s, instellings en uitdagings op die gebied van staatsbestuur. Pop het met verwysing na meer as ’n dekade se werk teen korrupsie in Oekraïne, Moldowa, Kenia en Albanië, gesê […]
# ‘n Senior spesialis in die finansiële sektor van die Wêreldbank, Laura Pop, het voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig ‘n funksionerende regbank op sy eie is nie genoeg om doeltreffende geregtigheid te waarborg nie. Pop sê swakhede in die stelsel kan aanspreeklikheid en openbare vertroue in die regstelsel ondermyn. Sy sê Kenia se keuringsproses vir regters […]
# World Bank senior financial sector specialist Laura Pop has told the Madlanga Commission that countries need vetting systems tailored to their specific risks, institutions and governance challenges. Drawing on more than a decade of anti-corruption work in Ukraine, Moldova, Kenya and Albania, Pop says one-size-fits-all models cannot address local corruption effectively. She says extraordinary […]
# World Bank senior financial sector specialist Laura Pop has told the Madlanga Commission that a functioning judiciary alone cannot guarantee effective justice. Pop says weaknesses in system can undermine accountability and public confidence. She cites Kenya’s judicial vetting and Ukraine’s anti-corruption courts as examples of reforms aimed at addressing compromised institutions. Pop says extraordinary […]
# Die EU baan die weg om Kanada sy eerste geassosieerde lid te maak. Die president van die Europese Kommissie, Ursula von der Leyen, sê dié status is nie tans in die EU se verdrae nie en beteken nie volle lidmaatskap nie. Sy meen so ‘n reëling kan samewerking tussen die EU en Kanada op […]
