# President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is optimistic that his US counterpart, Donald Trump, will attend the G20 Summit in Johannesburg this November. The summit is where the US is due to take over the group’s presidency in 2026. South Africa’s G20 presidency has committed to championing solidarity, equality and sustainability. Briefing the media on […]
# US president Donald Trump says the G20 leaders’ summit in Johannesburg in November will be meaningless without the participation of America. In April, he said could not be expected to attend the summit while the South African government, he claims, was expropriating white-owned land and persecuting the descendants of white settlers. Speaking during the […]
# Die vakbondfederasie, Saftu, sê die begroting bevat wel ʼn geringe styging van 0,8-persent in rentevrye staatsbesteding, maar dit keer nie die streng besnoeiings van die afgelope dekade om nie. Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het gister die nasionale begroting in die Parlement voorgelê. Saftu-woordvoerder, Newton Masuku, sê uitgawepatrone van 2008 tot 2025 toon […]
# Cosatu sê al verwelkom hy die belangrike progressiewe toewysings in die nasionale begroting, bly daar kommer dat dit nie die nodige stimulerende uitwerking sal hê wat die ekonomie dringend nodig het nie. Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het gister ‘n minder omstrede begroting gelewer. ‘n Woordvoerder van Cosatu, Matthew Parks, sê hulle waardeer […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag het die onduidelikheid uitgeklaar oor die toelaestruktuur vir troepe wat op buitelandse sendings ontplooi is. Dit volg op berigte dat die weermagsoldate wat as deel van die sending van Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo ontplooi is, na bewering slegs 34-duisend rand per maand ontvang het. Dít ten […]
# Die EFF sê hy is trots dat sy wetgewende en politieke agenda onder leier Julius Malema volgens hom imperialisme in Washington geraak het. President Donald Trump het sy ampsgenoot, Cyril Ramaphosa tydens die vergadering in die Withuis onkant betrap met ʼn video waarin Malema sing dat wit mense vermoor moet word. EFF-woordvoerder Sinawo Tambo […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says while the budget offered a modest real increase of 0.8-percent in non-interest government expenditure, it failed to reverse the deep austerity cuts imposed over the past decade. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled the national budget in Parliament on Wednesday. Saftu’s spokesperson, Newton Masuku, says expenditure trends […]
# The South African National Defence Force has provided clarity regarding the foreign allowance structure for troops deployed in external missions. This follows revelations that the SANDF soldiers deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo under the Southern African Development Community Mission reportedly received only 34-thousand-rand per month, despite SADC allocating 108-thousand-rand per soldier. SANDF’s […]
The headlines of the leading newspapers on 22 May 2025: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Reports South Africa’s delegation to the US, led by president Cyril Ramaphosa, presented a united front during a heated discussion with US president Donald Trump, who has repeatedly tried to trap South Africans with unfounded allegations of a white genocide in […]
