# AfriForum sê die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria se uitspraak oor Tshwane se nuwe skoonmaakheffing is ʼn groot oorwinning vir inwoners. Die hof het die verpligte maandelikse heffing van 194-rand-37-sent, wat byna 260-duisend huishoudings en sakeondernemings sou raak, as onregmatig en ongeldig verklaar. Arno Roodt van AfriForum sê die heffing was bloot ʼn fondsinsameling-slenter om jare […]
# Die GOOD-party sê die besluit van die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee om die uitleenkoers met 25 basispunte te verlaag, bring welkome maar effense verligting vir verbruikers met skuld. Handelsbanke se prima uitleenkoers daal tot 10,5-persent. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, sê die land bly vasgevang in ʼn trae ekonomie met voortslepende werkloosheid en […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika het ʼn uitvoerende bevel onderteken wat tariewe vir meer as 60 lande aanpas terwyl die nuwe tariewe op ingevoerde goedere vandag van krag word. Dit is so hoog as 41-persent vir Sirië en 40-persent vir Laos en Mianmar. Kanada se tarief styg van 25- tot 35-persent. Suid-Afrika se tarief […]
# Tennis: Third seed Lorenzo Musetti crashed out of the Canadian Open in Toronto. The Italian suffered a 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 defeat by American Alex Michelsen in the third round. Norwegian eighth seed Casper Ruud reached the fourth round with a 7-6, 6-4 victory over Portuguese Nuno Borges and will face Russia’s Karen Khachanov, who overcame American […]
# The GOOD Party says the decision by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points is a welcome but modest relief for indebted consumers. The prime lending rate for commercial banks decreases to 10.50-percent. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says the country remains trapped in […]
# AfriForum says the ruling by the Pretoria High Court on the City of Tshwane’s new cleansing levy is a major victory for residents. The court has declared the mandatory monthly levy of 194-rand-37-cent, which was set to be imposed on nearly 260-thousand households and businesses, as unlawful and invalid. AfriForum’s Arno Roodt says this […]
# US president Donald Trump has signed an executive order modifying tariff rates for over 60 countries, as the new rates on imported goods take effect today. The duties range as high as 41-percent for Syria and 40-percent for Laos and Myanmar. Canada’s tariff rate has risen from 25 to 35-percent. The rate for South […]
# Die Nasionale Dobbelraad se hoof- strategiese raadgewer, Caroline Kongwa, het bedank nadat ‘n forensiese oudit prestasiebonusse en internasionale reise as onreëlmatige uitgawes uitgelig het. Ground Up sê Kongwa het verlede jaar 3,4-miljoen-rand verdien en het vroeër hierdie maand bedank. Die organisasie is reeds elf jaar sonder ‘n raad, wat kommer oor swak bestuur onder […]
# The National Gambling Board’s chief strategic advisor, Caroline Kongwa, has resigned after a forensic audit flagged performance bonuses and international travel as irregular expenditure. According to Ground Up, Kongwa, who earned 3.4-million-rand last year, stepped down earlier this month. In addition, the organisation has been without a board for eleven years, prompting whistleblower concerns […]
