# The EFF says the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has abandoned its core mandate, and is driven by distractions that serve the ANC’s internal agendas. This is in response to the department’s quarters two and three performance for 2024/2025. The EFF’s Sinawo Thambo has slammed the department for corruption, underperformance, and political patronage. […]
# Rugby: Die Franse flank Axelle Berthoumieu is vir 12 wedstryde geskors na sy ‘n Ierse teenstander, Aiofe Wafer, gebyt het tydens Sondag se kwarteindstryd van die Vroue-Wêreldbekertoernooi in Exeter, Engeland. Die 25-jarige het erken sy het ‘n rooikaart-oortreding begaan, maar gaan teen die lengte van die skorsing. Die skorsing beteken Berthoumieu is uit vir […]
# Israel se eerste minister Benjamin Netanyahu weier om nog aanvalle op Hamas-leiers uit te sluit en sê terroriste sal nêrens gevrywaar wees nie. Israel het verlede week Hamas-leiers in Katar, ʼn Amerikaanse bondgenoot, aangeval en vyf mense doodgemaak. Vyf was lede van die militante groep en een ʼn weermaglid van Katar. Netanyahu het gister […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het ʼn proklamasie onderteken wat die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid se ondersoek na die Oorlog teen Lekplekke-program uitbrei om die Drop the Block-projek in te sluit. Die ondersoek was aanvanklik beperk tot die Departement van Water en Sanitasie en Sedibeng Water, maar sal nou ook Lepelle Northern Water insluit. Die ondersoek handel oor […]
# Die graderingsagentskap Moody’s sê Suid-Afrika is in ʼn negatiewe siklus waar hoë leningskoste belegging ontmoedig, groei belemmer en skuldkoste verder verhoog. Die agentskap plaas die land se buitelandse en plaaslike langtermynskuld op Ba2 met ʼn bestendige vooruitsig. Moody’s sê hoewel beleid wat fiskale en ekonomiese kwessies betref verbeter, sal dit weens probleme om dit in […]
# Rugby: French flanker Axelle Berthoumieu has been banned for 12 matches, after being cited for biting Irish opponent Aiofe Wafer during Sunday’s Women’s World Cup quarterfinal in Exeter, England. The 25-year-old accepted she committed a red-card offence but will appeal against the length of the ban. The suspension rules Berthoumieu out of the rest of […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to rule out further strikes on Hamas leaders, saying terrorists will not have immunity wherever they are. Last week, Israel targeted Hamas leaders in Qatar, a close US ally, killing six people, five members of the militant group and a local Qatari security force member. Speaking at […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed a proclamation expanding the Special Investigating Unit’s probe into the War on Leaks programme to include the Drop the Block project. The investigation was initially limited to the Water and Sanitation Department and Sedibeng Water, but will now also include the water utility, Lepelle Northern Water. The probe is […]
# Ratings agency Moody’s says South Africa is in a negative cycle where high borrowing costs discourage investment, hindering growth and further increasing debt costs. The agency rates the country’s long-term foreign and local currency debt at Ba2 with a stable outlook. Moody’s says that although policies targeting fiscal and economic issues are advancing, they will […]
