# Eskom het die graderingsagentskap Fitch se kredietopgradering verwelkom. Dit volg nadat Suid-Afrika se soewereine kredietgradering onlangs verbeter het. Fitch het Eskom se langtermyn-wanbetalingsgradering van B na B+ opgegradeer, met ‘n stabiele vooruitsig. Eskom sê die opgradering weerspieël die voortdurende operasionele verbeterings en sterk ondersteuning deur die regering. Die kragvoorsiener se woordvoerder Daphne Mokwena sê […]
# Sokker: Die Kanadese span kon nie Mexiko se goeie begin as mede-gashere van die 2026 FIFA Wêreldbeker naboots nie, maar het geskiedenis gemaak met hul eerste punt ooit in ‘n 1-1 gelykopuitslag teen groep B-mededingers Bosnië en Herzegovina Vrydagaand in Toronto. Bosnië en Herzegovina was op koers om ‘n oorwinning te behaal danksy Jovo […]
# The Bureau for Economic Research says South Africa’s economic recovery has lost momentum as business confidence falls sharply between April and June. Its latest business confidence index shows firms are becoming more cautious, with many delaying investment and expansion plans due to rising fuel prices, global uncertainty, and weaker demand. The slowdown reflects hesitation […]
# Die Buro vir Ekonomiese Navorsing sê Suid-Afrika se ekonomiese herstel het momentum verloor met sakevertroue tussen April en Junie wat skerp gedaal het. Die jongste sakevertroue-indeks toon dat maatskappy versigtiger is, met baie wat beleggings- en uitbreidingsplanne uitstel weens stygende brandstofpryse, wêreldwye onsekerheid en swakker aanvraag. Die verlangsaming weerspieël egter huiwering eerder as ‘n […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile vra tradisionele leiers en gemeenskappe om waaksaam te bly teen onwettige inisiasieskole voor die winter-inisiasieseisoen. Mashatile het in Limpopo tydens die tradisionele en Khoi-San-leiersbyeenkoms gepraat en waarsku ongeregistreerde skole en ongekwalifiseerde praktisyns hou ernstige gevare vir gesondheid en veiligheid in. Hy verwelkom ook pogings om toesig te versterk en veilige inisiasiepraktyke […]
# Eskom has welcomed a credit rating upgrade by Fitch Ratings, following the recent improvement in South Africa’s sovereign credit rating. Fitch upgraded Eskom’s long-term issuer default rating to B+ from B, with a stable outlook. Eskom says the upgrade reflects its strong link to government support and ongoing operational improvements. The utility spokesperson Daphne […]
# Eskom says more than 726-thousand customers are no longer affected by load reduction, representing 43-percent of households targeted under its elimination programme. The utility says load reduction has been fully eliminated in the Northern and Western Cape, with nationwide efforts continuing through smart meter installations and infrastructure upgrades. The utility spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says […]
# Soccer: The Canada team was unable to emulate Mexico’s fast start as co-hosts of the 2026 Fifa World Cup, but made history by registering their first-ever point with a 1-1 draw against group B rivals Bosnia and Herzegovina in Toronto on Friday evening. Bosnia and Herzegovina looked on course to claim a victory thanks […]
# President Donald Trump has said a swift US military strike has killed the leader of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang. The gang’s leader, Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, was charged in a New York federal court in December with racketeering conspiracy and other crimes, including lending support to terrorists in crimes that stretched more than […]
