# Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Finansies van die Stad Ekurhuleni, Jongizizwe Dlabathi, sê die metro ondervind toenemende druk oor sy vermoë om dienste te lewer as gevolg van stygende koste en hoë inkomsteverliese. Hy het gister Ekurhuleni se inkomstebegroting van 71-miljard-rand vir die 2026/2027-boekjaar gelewer. Die begroting sluit wydverspreide munisipale tariefverhogings in, met watertariewe wat met […]
# Die Amerikaanse Sentrale Bevel sê Iran se aanval op Koeweit gister was ‘n growwe skietstilstandskending. Iran se Islamitiese Rewolusionêre Wag het bevestig hy het ‘n Amerikaanse lugbasis in die streek geteiken. Dit is nadat die VSA Iranse hommeltuie oor die Straat van Hormoes afgeskiet en ‘n militêre terrein in Bandar Abbas aangeval het. Die […]
# City of Ekurhuleni mayoral committee member for Finance, Jongizizwe Dlabathi, says the metro is facing mounting pressure on its ability to deliver services due to rising costs and high revenue losses. He delivered Ekurhuleni’s 71-billion-rand revenue budget for the 2026/2027 financial year yesterday. The budget includes widespread municipal tariff increases, with water tariffs increasing by […]
# The US Central Command says Iran’s attack on Kuwait yesterday was an egregious ceasefire violation. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed that it targeted an American air base in the region. This is after the US shot down Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz and struck a military site in Bandar Abbas. The […]
# Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber says a major drug bust at the Beitbridge border in Limpopo is one of the most significant successes against cross-border drug smuggling in recent years. Yesterday a truck from Zimbabwe was intercepted carrying drugs worth nearly one-billion-rand, believed to be used in the production of Mandrax. Schreiber added the […]
# North-West University Business School economist, Raymond Parsons, says the South African Reserve Bank’s decision to raise the repo rate by 25-basis points to seven-percent is a precautionary move against future inflation. However, Parsons added that there is still limited evidence of stronger inflation expectations, and the timing of the hike is debatable given the […]
# Rugby: Bulls captain Marcell Coetzee says they have been in play-off mode for several weeks, which makes the pressure of tomorrow’s United Rugby Championship quarterfinal against Munster in Pretoria much easier to handle. They won nine of their last ten group matches to turn their season around after a bad start. Coetzee is thankful […]
# The South African Reserve Bank says it remains focused on protecting inflation credibility amid ongoing global and domestic uncertainty. Governor Lesetja Kganyago warned that rising oil prices, geopolitical tensions and climate-related shocks are driving higher inflation and weaker growth. Kganyago says the bank’s priority is to keep inflation expectations anchored and to guide inflation […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank sê hy bly gefokus op die beskerming van inflasie-geloofwaardigheid te midde van voortslepende wêreldwye en plaaslike onsekerheid. President Lesetja Kganyago waarsku stygende oliepryse, geopolitieke spanning en klimaat-verwante skokke laat inflasie styg en ekonomiese groei verswak. Hy sê die bank se prioriteit is om inflasie-verwagtings te anker en mettertyd weer op sy […]
