# Die vakbond, Saftu, sê die land se ekonomie word geteister deur hemelhoë werkloosheid, massa-armoede, ongelykheid, trae groei en dalende nywerheids-aktiwiteit. Inflasie het in Julie tot 4,3-persent gedaal teenoor vyf-persent in Junie. Asive Dyani van Saftu sê die medisyne wat voorgeskryf word vir ʼn inflasie-beperkende monetêre beleid, hoë rentekoerse en fiskale besuiniging, word toegedien aan […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse LUR van Vervoer en Gemeenskapveilighied, Xolile Nqatha, het ‘n ondersoek na bewerings van afdreiging deur lede van die Mthatha Taxivereniging begin. Hy het gister ‘n vergadering met die vereniging gehou. Die woordvoerder van die departement, Makhaya Komisa, sê die erns van die bewerings wat van die lede van die vereniging teen sommige […]
# Tennis: Die wêreld-nommer-24, Tommy Paul, het die topgekeurde Alexander Zverev van Duitsland geklop om die Cincinnati Ope se kwarteindronde gehaal. Die Amerikaner kom nou teen die Italianer, Flavio Cobolli, te staan wat die Spanjaard, Rafael Jodar, verslaan het. In die vroueafdeling het Iga Swiatek van Pole met Diane Parry van Frankryk afgereken om haar […]
# Ten minste 107 mynwerkers is dood na ‘n grondstorting by ‘n informele goudmyn in Zamboye in die weste van die Sentraal-Afrikaanse Republiek. Die owerhede glo die ineenstort van ondergrondse tonnels waar mense gewerk het, kan moontlik die oorsaak wees. Reddingswerkers werk onverpoosd om liggame en moontlike oorlewendes te vind. Hulle is waarskynlik burgers van […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will host his Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa for the Fourth Session of the South Africa-Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission. The commission serves as a mechanism for managing and advancing the partnership between the two nations. To date, more than 33 agreements and memoranda of understanding have been concluded between the two countries. Today […]
# Eastern Cape Transport and Community Safety MEC, Xolile Nqatha, has launched an investigation into allegations of extortion reported against members of the Mthatha Taxi Association. The MEC held a meeting with the association yesterday. The department spokesperson, Makhaya Komisa, says the gravity of the allegations levelled against some leaders and members of the Mthatha […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says the country has an economy scarred by world-beating unemployment, mass poverty, inequality, stagnant growth and declining industrial capacity. Headline inflation eased to 4.3-percent in July from 5.0-percent in June. Saftu’s Asive Dyani says the medicine prescribed for inflation- restrictive monetary policy, high interest rates, and fiscal […]
# At least 107 miners have died following a landslide at an artisanal gold mine in Zamboye in the western Central African Republic. Authorities believe the incident could have been caused by the collapse of several underground tunnels in which miners were working. Rescuers are racing to retrieve the bodies of victims and find survivors […]
# Tennis: World number 24 Tommy Paul knocked out top seed Alexander Zverev to reach the Cincinnati Open quarterfinals. The American beat the German, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, setting up a clash against Italian Flavio Cobolli, who defeated Spaniard Rafael Jodar, 4-6, 7-6, 6-3. In the women’s draw, defending champion Poland’s Iga Swiatek beat France’s Diane […]
