# Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau says they have made significant progress since sending a revised framework trade deal to the US. President Cyril Ramaphosa and his delegation this week led a charm offensive in New York and fended off the adverse effect of the US-imposed 30-percent tariffs. Tau told the SABC that […]
# Swimming: Four-time Olympic medalist Chad le Clos made a winning start at the South African National Short Course Championships in Pietermaritzburg. The 33-year-old, who is back in action after being sidelined with a back injury, won the 50-metre butterfly in 22.79-seconds and the 100-metre freestyle in 47.55-seconds. Eighteen-year-old Jessica Thompson claimed victory in the […]
# The Freedom Front Plus has strongly objected to the City of Tshwane’s intention to approach the Court of Appeal, in a bid to retain the right to bill residents for the controversial cleansing levy of 194.37-rand per month. In July, the High Court in Pretoria ruled against the levy, declaring it unlawful, invalid and […]
# Die vakbond Solidariteit het ‘n versoek aan die Withuis gerig vir president Donald Trump om ‘n uitvoerende bevel te onderteken wat tariefverligting vir Suid-Afrikaanse nywerhede toestaan, insluitend die motorvoertuigbedryf, landbou, tekstiele en mynbou. Dit volg dae voor die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika verstryk. Solidariteit se woordvoerder, Jaco Kleynhans, voer aan sulke […]
# Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas rejected any future role for Hamas and condemned antisemitism, as he appealed for full global support for a state in the face of Israeli annexation threats. Days after France led a special summit and several Western powers recognized a state of Palestine, the veteran 89-year-old leader was forced to address […]
# Trade union Solidarity has urged the White House to have president Donald Trump sign an executive order granting tariff relief for South African industries, including automotive, agriculture, textiles, and mining. This comes days before the African Growth and Opportunity Act is set to expire. Solidarity spokesperson Jaco Kleynhans argues such relief would protect workers […]
# Die Palestynse leier Mahmud Abbas het enige toekomstige rol vir Hamas verwerp en anti-Semitisme veroordeel. Hy het ‘n beroep gedoen vir algehele wêreldwye steun vir ‘n Palestynse staat te midde van Israel se dreigemente oor besetting. Enkele dae nadat Frankryk ‘n spesiale beraad gelei het waar verskeie Westerse moondhede ‘n Palestynse staat erken het, […]
# Gholf: Die tweemalige Major-wenner Collin Morikawa het die idee verwerp dat die Amerikaanse span betaling ontvang en daarom minder gedrewe is as die Europese span om die Ryder-beker te wen. Kritici het die Beroepsgholfspelersvereniging van Amerika se besluit om die Amerikaanse spanlede vir deelname aan die Ryder-beker te betaal, bevraagteken. Die Ryder-beker begin Vrydag […]
# Malawi se voormalige president, Peter Mutharika, het die verkiesing gewen en neem nou ʼn land oor met ʼn ekonomie in ʼn krisis, hoë lewenskoste, ʼn tekort aan buitelandse valuta en grootskaalse korrupsie. Die 85-jarige oudpresident het 56,8-persent van die stemme gekry teenoor 33-persent vir president Lazarus Chakwera. Mutharika, ʼn gewese regsprofessor, was van 2014 […]
