# European Central Bank president, Christine Lagarde, says she hopes US president Donald Trump does not follow through on his threats to fire Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. Trump appointed Powell during his first presidential term but is now looking into whether the Fed chief can legally be sacked before his term expires. He has […]
# ANC treasurer-general, Gwen Ramokgopa, has cautioned against reports of an assassination attempt on deputy president Paul Mashatile. The deputy president’s motorcade was shot at last month on the N12 highway after attending an ANC meeting in Boksburg. No suspects have been identified as yet. Ramokgopa says while the ANC would assess the allegations internally, […]
# Die Stad Tshwane sê veranderings aan sy oortydbeleid sal nie dienslewering beïnvloed nie. Dit volg nadat plasings op sosiale media die idee geskep het daar sal kragonderbrekings wees as gevolg van die nuwe reëls. Die veranderings volg nadat die Ouditeur-Generaal herhaalde oortredings van die 40-uur maandelikse oortyd-beperking uitgelig het. Die stad se woordvoerder, Selby […]
# The City of Tshwane says changes to its overtime policy will not affect service delivery. This after claims on social media suggested there would be power outages due to the new rules. The changes come after the Auditor General flagged repeated breaches of the 40-hour monthly overtime limit. The city’s Selby Bokaba says emergency […]
# Olimpiese Spele: Die Amerikaanse gimnas Simone Biles het nog nie besluit of sy aan die volgende Spele in Los Angeles gaan deelneem nie. Die mees bekroonde gimnas ooit is Maandag op die Laureus-wêreldsporttoekennings as sportvrou van die jaar aangewys. Biles sê verlede jaar se Spele in Parys, waar sy nog drie gouemedaljes gewen het […]
# Olympic Games: American gymnast Simone Biles hasn’t decided yet whether she will participate in the next Games in Los Angeles. The most decorated gymnast in history was named sports woman of the year at the Laureus World Sports Awards on Monday. Biles says last year’s Games in Paris where she added another three gold […]
# Die Internasionale Monetêre Fonds het Suid-Afrika se ekonomiese groeiverwagting vir 2025 na een-persent hersien, wat beduidend laer is as die Nasionale Tesourie se vooruitskatting van 1,5-persent in Januarie. Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het verlede maand nog ‘n groeikoers van 1,7-persent vir vanjaar voorspel. Die IMF skryf die negatiewe hersiening toe aan verhoogde […]
# The International Monetary Fund has revised South Africa’s 2025 economic growth forecast down to 1-percent, significantly lower than the National Treasury’s projection of 1.5-percent in January. In March, Finance minister Enoch Godongwana was still forecasting growth of 1.7-percent this year. The IMF attributes this downgrade to escalating global trade tensions, particularly the impact of […]
# Die SAKP het die onlangse aanval op adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile se konvooi veroordeel. Hy was op pad van ʼn vergadering van die ANC se nasionale uitvoerende komitee toe daar naby die N12 in Boksburg op sy konvooi geskiet is. Die SAKP sê die misdadige optrede is ʼn aanval op ʼn individu en ʼn regstreekse […]
