# The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged Angolan authorities to conduct a thorough and independent investigation into the deaths, as well as the reported use of excessive force during the fuel price hike demonstrations. At least 22 people were killed, 200 injured, and over one-thousand detained following protests against a rise […]
# The Pretoria High Court has declared the City of Tshwane’s new cleansing levy as unlawful and invalid, setting it aside. The levy targeted gated communities and shopping malls that do not have existing city waste accounts but use private waste collection services, charging a monthly tariff of 194-rand-37-cents. AfriForum had approached the court to […]
# Build One South Africa welcomes the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to lower the interest rate by 25 basis points to seven-percent. The prime lending rate has been lowered to 10.5-percent. BOSA’s spokesperson, Roger Solomons, says this move brings much-needed relief to millions of citizens struggling under the financial noose of […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo as the Deputy Chief Justice. The position has been vacant since September 2024, when Chief Justice Mandisa Maya assumed her role at the apex of the judiciary. Last month, the Judicial Service Commission recommended Mlambo for the position, after interviewing three judges. Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, […]
# Die huisleningsonderneming BetterBond verwelkom die Reserwebank se besluit om die terugkoopkoers met 25 basispunte tot sewe-persent te verlaag, wat die prima uitleenkoers op 10,5-persent te staan bring, die laagste sedert 2022. Die nasionale hoof van verkope, Bradd Bendall, sê die skuif bied verligting vir huiseienaars. Hy het aangekondig verbandaansoeke het in die afgelope jaar […]
# Home loan originator BetterBond has welcomed the Reserve Bank’s decision to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to seven-percent, bringing the prime lending rate to 10.5-percent, its lowest since 2022. National head of sales, Bradd Bendall, says the move offers relief for homeowners. He announced that bond applications rose 7.4-percent over the […]
# Rugby: Cameron Dawson dra die nommer een-trui wanneer hy vanaand in Bloemfontein in sy vyftigste wedstryd vir die Cheetahs uitdraf. Die Vrystaters speel in die Curriebeker teen die Pumas. Vernon Paulo begin op haker en Pierre Raymond Uys kom in a slot. Sasko Ndlovu maak sy buiging op linkerflank. In die agterlyn begin Smiley […]
# Rugby: Prop Cameron Dawson will run onto the field in Bloemfontein tonight in his 50th match for the Cheetahs. The Free State team take on the Pumas in the Currie Cup. Vernon Paulo starts at hooker with Pierre Raymond Uys coming in at lock. Sasko Ndlovu will make his debut as left flanker. In […]
# Die adjunkminister van Indiensneming en Arbeid, Judith Nemadzinga-Tshabalala, sê geopolitieke skeiding en toenemende handelspanning dreig om ekonomiese interafhanklikheid wat dekades lank gevorm is, te laat ontspoor. Sy het ʼn toespraak gelewer by die vierde G20-indiensnemingswerksgroep se vergadering in die Wes-Kaap. Sy sê ʼn skielike, groot tariefverhoging deur ʼn belangrike handelsvennoot soos Amerika is nadelig […]
