# Cosatu sê hy is teleurgesteld dat die Reserwebank se monetêre beleidskomitee nie daarin geslaag het om die terugkoopkoers te verlaag om werkers wat weens stygende lewenskoste sukkel te help nie. Die terugkoopkoers bly onveranderd op sewe-persent, terwyl die prima uitleenkoers op 10,5-persent bly staan. Die woordvoerder van Cosatu, Matthew Parks, sê die bank moet […]
# Die DA in Gauteng sê die waterkrisis in die Merafongstad-munisipaliteit weens Rand Water se rantsoenering, raak erger. Die munisipaliteit skuld Rand Water sowat 1,4-miljard-rand. Die instelling stel sedert verlede jaar waterbeperkings in by verskeie munisipaliteite in Gauteng, die Vrystaat en Mpumalanga om agterstallige skuld in te vorder. Carl Steenekamp van die DA sê hulle […]
# Die voormalige vise-president van Amerika, Kamala Harris, het president Donald Trump se administrasie kritiseer oor sy aanslag op vryheid van spraak en sê dis blatante magmisbruik. Dit volg op die onbepaalde opskorting van Jimmy Kimmel se laataandprogram van ABC weens sy opmerkings oor die sluipmoord op die regse aktivis Charlie Kirk. Harris sê die […]
# Die GOOD-party sê die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee se besluit om die terugkoopkoers onveranderd op sewe-persent te hou, het ʼn geleentheid om verligting te bring, verlore laat gaan. Die prima uitleenkoers bly op 10,5-persent. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, sê met inflasie wat tot 3,3-persent gedaal en onder die Reserwebank se teiken van […]
# Sokker: Die vyfmalige wenners, Barcelona, het hulle Kampioenskapsliga-veldtog op ʼn wen-noot afgeskop toe hulle Newcastle United op St James Park met 2-1 verslaan het. Marcus Rashford het twee vinnige doele in die tweede helfte aangeteken, terwyl Anthony Gordon in die 90ste minuut met een geslaag het. Erling Haaland spog met sy 50ste doel in […]
# Cosatu says it is disappointed that the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee failed to cut the repo rate, and provide relief for workers battling to cope with the rising costs of living. The repo rate remains unchanged at seven-percent, while the prime lending rate stays at 10.5-percent. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks, says SARB needs to utilise its […]
# The DA in Gauteng says the deepening water crisis in the Merafong City Municipality, as a result of water rationing by Rand Water, is persisting. The municipality owes Rand Water around 1.4-billion-rand. Since last year, Rand Water has been implementing water cuts as a debt collection mechanism for outstanding debts in several municipalities in […]
# The GOOD Party says the decision by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to keep the repo rate unchanged at seven-percent is a lost opportunity for relief. The prime lending rate remains at 10.5-percent. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says with inflation dropping to 3.3-percent, below the mid-point of SARB’s target range […]
# Former US vice president Kamala Harris has criticised president Donald Trump’s administration over its assault on free speech, saying this is an outright abuse of power. This follows the indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show from ABC over his comments about the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. Harris says Trump’s administration is […]
