# Goldman Sachs Group believes South Africa could regain its investment status as soon as 2028, as ratings companies reward the country’s improving finances and economic growth. Its analysis suggests scope for the government ten-year local-currency yield to fall more than 100 basis points to 7.6-percent. Goldman economist Andrew Matheny says they expect better fiscal dynamics, firmer […]
# Germany has announced a slew of new measures against Russia, after blaming Moscow for being behind last month’s drone attack targeting the Leipzig/Halle Airport. A drone containing explosives was discovered near a Ukrainian cargo aircraft used to transport military supplies inside a secure area of the airport. However, it failed to explode as the […]
# The Gauteng Department of Health has selected 18 young people from disadvantaged communities across the province to study medicine in Cuba through the Nelson Mandela Fidel Castro Medical Training Programme. The group was selected from two-thousand-480 applicants following a competitive recruitment process launched in May 2025. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says the Cuban […]
# ActionSA says Parliament’s decision to rescind the recommendation of Advocate Thandazani Madonsela as evidence leader is a classic display of Stalingrad delay tactics. President Cyril Ramaphosa objected to Madonsela’s appointment, citing potential conflicts of interest, including previously providing legal advice to the ANC on matters connected to the impeachment process. ActionSA’s Lerato Ngobeni says procedural […]
# Cricket: Young Proteas fast bowler Kwena Maphaka believes he will be able to fill Kagiso Rabada’s role in this month’s home one-day series against Australia. Rabada is sidelined with injury and won’t return before next month’s Test series against the Aussies. Twenty-year-old Maphaka says he is confident in his abilities after leading the bowling […]
# Krieket: Die jong Proteas-snelbouler Kwena Maphaka glo hy sal Kagiso Rabada se rol in hierdie maand se tuis-eendagreeks teen Australië kan vul. Rabada is weens ‘n besering uitgesluit en sal nie terugkeer voor volgende maand se toetsreeks teen die Aussies nie. Die twintigjarige Maphaka sê hy is vol vertroue in sy vermoëns nadat hy […]
# Die vakverbond Saftu sê hy hou nog heeltyd vol dat die korrupsie by Tembisa-hospitaal nooit ʼn geïsoleerde voorval van administratiewe wangedrag was nie, maar ʼn sistematiese plundering van staatsfondse. Dit volg na die inhegtenisneming van die sakeman, Stefan Joel Govindraju, wat verbind word met tenderbedrog van meer as twee-miljard-rand by die hospitaal. Hy het […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het Leonard Lekgetho met onmiddellike ingang aangestel as nuwe hoof van die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid. Hy volg advokaat Andy Mothibi op wat die pos in Februarie verlaat het om die nasionale direkteur van Openbare Vervolging te word. Lekgetho het 19 jaar ervaring by die ondersoekeenheid waar hy uiteenlopende poste beklee het, onder […]
# Die ANC se parlementêre koukus het Eskom se jongste finansiële resultate as ʼn belangrike mylpaal in die ommekeer van Suid-Afrika se elektrisiteitsektor beskryf. Die kragverskaffer het in die jaar tot einde Maart 2026, ʼn wins van 30,3-miljard-rand ná belasting getoon, wat ʼn skerp styging is van die 14-miljard-rand die vorige jaar. Eskom sê die […]
