# 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 […]
# Die regering vra Suid-Afrikaners in Kinderbeskermingsmaand om saam te staan en elke kind se waardigheid, veiligheid en onskuld te beskerm. Verslae toon dat meer as die helfte van die land se kinders steeds onder die broodlyn leef. Geweld, armoede en wanvoeding, ongelykheid en onvoldoende toegang tot noodsaaklike dienste belemmer ook kinders se oorlewing, groei […]
# ActionSA sê hy gaan die minister van Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologie, Solly Malatsi, skriftelik versoek om dringend by die Staatsnligtingstegnologie-agentskap in te gryp om die leierskap en bestuur bestendig te maak. Alan Beesley van die party sê die onlangse verslag van die Ouditeur-generaal aan die Parlement se staande komitee oor Openbare Rekeninge skilder ‘n […]
# The British high commission in Pretoria has apologised to EFF leader Julius Malema after his UK visa was not processed in time for a Cambridge University conference this weekend. High commissioner Antony Phillipson cited standard procedures and recent UK bank holidays as reasons for the delay after Malema accused the country of deliberate sabotage. […]
# With May being Child Protection Month, government is calling on all South Africans to unite in safeguarding the dignity, safety, and innocence of every child. Reports state that more than half the children in the country continue to live below the poverty line. Violence, poverty and malnutrition, inequality, and inadequate access to essential services […]
# ActionSA says it will write to Communications and Digital Technologies minister, Solly Malatsi, calling for his urgent intervention into the State Information Technology Agency to stabilise its leadership and governance. The party’s Alan Beesley says the recent report by the Auditor-General to Parliament’s standing committee on Public Accounts paints a grim picture of SITA’s performance. He says […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê Afrikaans is ‘n kulturele en intellektuele taal wat beskerm moet word. Die erkenning van Afrikaans as ‘n amptelike taal in Suid-Afrika ‘n honderd jaar gelede word vandag herdenk. Die VF Plus se leier, Corné Mulder, sê ‘n kulturele, politieke en maatskaplike stryd wat dekades lank strek, en gewortel is in […]
