# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare sê die regering moet billiker en meer volhoubare maniere ondersoek om die land se fiskale probleme op te los. Dit volg nadat die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, die BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persentasiepunte geskrap het. Claude Naiker van die vakbond sê Godongwana moet voorkeur gee aan beleide wat ekonomiese groei en […]
# Die Israelse weermag het nou erken dat hy verlede maand verantwoordelik was vir die dood van ʼn werker van die Verenigde Nasies in ʼn aanval op ʼn VN-gastehuis in Gaza. Die Bulgaarse VN-werker Marin Valev Marinov is in die aanval dood en ses ander beseer. Die Israelse weermag sê volgens sy voorlopige ondersoek na […]
# Tennis: Die verdedigende kampioen, Iga Swiatek van Pole, was ʼn stel agter, maar het teruggeveg en die Filippynse tiener, Alexandra Eala, in die Madrid Ope se tweede ronde verslaan. Die Amerikaner Coco Gauff is ook deur na die derde ronde nadat sy met Dayana Yastremska van Oekraïne afgereken het. Die Stuttgart-kampioen, Jelena Ostapenko, het […]
# Eskom says stage two load-shedding, which was implemented on Thursday afternoon, due to loss of generation units and higher-than-expected electricity demand, was suspended at midnight. This follows the recovery of approximately two-thousand-and-15-megawatts of generation capacity, an expected decline in electricity demand, and sufficient emergency reserves. Eskom’s spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, says they will release their […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says it has proposed several changes to the City of Johannesburg’s draft budget for the 2025/2026 financial year, as it will not support it in its current form. The party’s Cor Boer says in a meeting with mayor Dada Morero, they proposed that property rates should not be increased, while […]
# The Public Servants Association is calling on the government to explore more equitable and sustainable ways to address the country’s fiscal challenges. This follows Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s scrapping of the 0.5-percent value-added tax hike. The association’s Claude Naiker says Godongwana must prioritise policies that promote economic growth and social justice, rather than measures […]
# The Israeli military has admitted to killing a United Nations worker in a strike on a UN guesthouse in Gaza last month, backtracking on its previous denials. Bulgarian UN worker Marin Valev Marinov was killed in the strike, while six others were injured. The Israeli military says its preliminary investigation into the incident indicated […]
# Tennis: Defending champion Iga Swiatek came from a set down to beat Filipino teenager Alexandra Eala, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, in their Madrid Open second-round match. The Pole is joined in the third round by American Coco Gauff, who overcame a disastrous first set to beat Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska, 0-6, 6-2, 7-5. Stuttgart champion Jelena […]
# Die DA het bevestig dat die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, se prokureurs die party genader het om buite die hof te skik. Dit hou verband met die DA se aansoek in die Hooggeregshof om ʼn interdik te kry teen die BTW-verhoging. Godongwana het intussen in ʼn verklaring gesê hy het besluit om die […]
