# US president Donald Trump says there are no talks underway or scheduled with Iran. This is despite him claiming on Monday that his administration had established a back channel with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which the military arm has denied. In a post on Truth Social, Trump stated that the US naval blockade […]
# DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis is urging Tshwane residents to give the party an outright victory in the November local government elections, arguing that coalition governments have failed to deliver stable and effective governance. Tensions have erupted between the metro’s coalition partners, with the ANC and EFF accusing ActionSA and mayor Nasiphi Moya of reneging […]
# Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has ordered Higher Education minister Buti Manamela to submit an implementation plan by November first, for remedial action at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. An investigation by the Public Protector found approximately 40-thousand students across 76 higher education institutions were improperly funded at an estimated cost of 5.1-billion-rand. This […]
# Rugby: Springbok assistant coach Felix Jones says both the Boks and All Blacks will be equally prepared going into the opening Test at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Saturday. New Zealand have won all three games played so far against the Stormers, Sharks and the Bulls. South Africa have had a full-out international run-up […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the new Electricity Pricing Policy will strengthen protections for poor and vulnerable consumers while making electricity bills more transparent. The minister says municipal and Eskom bills will be unbundled, showing consumers exactly how charges are calculated. Bills will itemise electricity generation, transmission and distribution costs, ancillary services […]
# DebtBusters says South African consumers remain under serious financial pressure, with people applying for debt counselling needing 64-percent of their take-home pay to service debt. Its latest index shows that consumers earning more than 50-thousand-rand a month need 103-percent of their income to cover debt repayments. The average applicant now has 8.7 credit agreements, […]
# DebtBusters sê Suid-Afrikaanse verbruikers bly onder ernstige finansiële druk, met mense wat aansoek doen vir skuldberading wat 64-persent van hul netto salaris gebruik om skuld te betaal. Die jongste indeks toon verbruikers wat meer as 50-duisend-rand per maand verdien, benodig 103-persent van hul inkomste om skuldterugbetalings te dek. Die gemiddelde aansoeker het nou 8,7 […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, sê Suid-Afrika het ʼn ambisieuse teiken gestel om 50-persent intra-handel in die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap te bereik. Streekshandel maak sowat 20-persent van totale handel uit, en vervaardiging dra slegs tien-persent by tot die bruto binnelandse produk. Die hele SAOG-streek voer minerale en landbouprodukte uit, terwyl vervaardigde […]
# Israel se eerste minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, se kantoor sê ʼn ooreenkoms is met die Amerikaans-geleide Vredesraad bereik om twee werksgroepe te stig. Dit volg na ʼn ontmoeting wat Netanyahu gister met Amerika se gesant en president Donald Trump se skoonseun, Jared Kushner, gehad het. Netanyahu se kantoor sê die eerste werksgroep sal op ontwapening […]
