# Moody’s het sy voorspelling vir Suid-Afrika se BBP-groei vir vanjaar afwaarts aangepas na 1,5-persent – ’n afgradering van 0,2-persentasiepunte teenoor Februarie se vooruitskatting van 1,7-persent. Die agentskap verwys na wêreldwye beleidsonsekerheid en toenemende handelspanning. Plaaslike ekonome glo selfs dié vooruitskatting is optimisties, en verwag dat die Nasionale Tesourie die syfers moontlik verder kan verlaag […]
# AfriForum sê hy is kommerwekkend dat die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, stilbly oor Tenbosch Mining se aansoek om ‘n steenkoolmyn naby die Krugerwildtuin te vestig. Die burgerregteorganisasie het in April die departement en SANParke versoek om ‘n openbare verklaring uit te reik oor hul standpunt rakende die aansoek. Lambert […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says the government of national unity is a conspiracy to facilitate the privatisation of public assets, and the weakening of environmental regulations, all in the name of unlocking growth. President Cyril Ramaphosa launched the second phase of Operation Vulindlela aiming to unlock more rapid and inclusive […]
# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta says budget cuts continue to jeopardise the Department of Higher Education and Training. The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has given considerably less financial support to private service providers for student accommodation in this academic year. Makaneta is urging government to prioritise sufficient funding for student accommodation to ensure that […]
# Qatar Airways het aangekondig dat een van sy weeklikse vlugte vanaf Doha na Kaapstad vanaf 1 Junie met ‘n Boeing 777 sal wees, wat gratis ultra-vinnige Starlink wi-fi sal insluit. Die lugredery het reeds die wêreld se grootste vloot Starlink-toegeruste 777’s en is ook die eerste om die stelsel op Airbus A350’s aan te […]
# Die Britse hoëkommissariaat in Pretoria het die EFF-leier, Julius Malema, om verskoning gevra nadat sy Britse visum nie betyds verwerk is vir die naweek se konferensie by die Universiteit van Cambridge nie. Hoëkommissaris Antony Phillipson het standaardprosedures en onlangse Britse openbare vakansiedae aangehaal as redes vir die vertraging, terwyl Malema die land beskuldig van […]
# Moody’s has revised South Africa’s GDP growth forecast for this year down to 1.5-percent, a 0.2-percentage point downgrade from its February projection of 1.7-percent. It cites global policy uncertainty and rising trade tensions. Local economists believe even this projection is optimistic, suggesting National Treasury may lower estimates further in the budget. The downgrade reflects […]
# Qatar Airways has announced that from June 1st, it will operate one of its weekly Doha to Cape Town flights using a Boeing 777, offering passengers complimentary ultra-fast Starlink wi-fi. The airline, already boasting the world’s largest Starlink-equipped 777 fleet, is also the first to fit the system to Airbus A350s. Celebrating 20-years in […]
# AfriForum says the silence of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment minister, Dion George, over Tenbosch Mining’s application to establish a coal mine near the Kruger National Park is concerning. Last month, the organisation requested that the department and the South African National Parks issue a public statement on their position regarding the application. AfriForum’s […]
