# Fitch Ratings believes president Cyril Ramaphosa will remain in office, despite establishment of Parliament impeachment committee on Phala Phala matter set up last month. It expects the ANC with 40-percent of seats in Parliament will remain supportive of the President. Fitch Ratings says tensions within the ANC and the government of national unity are likely to increase, […]
# 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, […]
# 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 Suid-Afrika se belofte van ongeveer 95-miljoen-rand goedgekeur om ‘n reaksieplan dwarsoor die vasteland te ondersteun. Dit volg na die Ebola-uitbreking in dele van die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo en Uganda. Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, het aan die media gesê die fondse sal bydra tot voorbereidings- en reaksiepogings regoor […]
Cabinet has approved South Africa’s pledge of approximately 95-million-rand, to support a continental response plan following the Ebola outbreak in parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, told the media the funds will contribute to preparedness and response efforts across Africa. Ntshavheni also reassured the […]
# The US military says it has shot down four Iranian “one-way attack drones” launched toward the Strait of Hormuz. It comes several days after Washington and Tehran exchanged strikes, in an escalation that threatened a shaky ceasefire between the two countries. One person was killed and more than 60 injured in Iranian drone strikes […]
# Fitch Ratings has upgraded South Africa’s long-term issuer default rating to ‘BB’ from ‘BB-‘ and the outlooks are stable. It says the upgrade primarily reflects South Africa’s record of prudent fiscal management and progress on fiscal consolidation, despite weak economic growth and domestic and external shocks. Fitch Ratings says together with gross domestic product revisions, this leaves […]
