# Cosatu says the 30-percent tariff imposed by the US on South African exports will have a devastating impact on local companies and threaten jobs. US president Donald Trump announced global baseline tariffs of ten-percent, with rates even higher for 60 countries including South Africa. Cosatu’s, Matthew Parks, says this requires expedited discussions between the South […]
# AfriForum says it has instructed its legal team to approach the Supreme Court of Appeal, regarding the excessive increase in electricity tariffs that the Mogale City Municipality introduced last year. Last week, the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria dismissed AfriForum’s application for leave to appeal. AfriForum’s, Deidré Steffens, says in the first court ruling […]
# The EFF says the so-called reciprocal tariffs by the US on South Africa and other countries is an extractive mechanism designed to coerce sovereign nations into subjugation under America’s economic dominance. President Donald Trump has imposed a 30-percent tariff on South African exports to the US. The EFF says engaging in retaliatory tariff wars […]
# Sokker: Liverpool loop weer met 12 punte voor op die Premierliga-punteleer na sy 1-0-sege oor Everton by Anfield. Diogo Jota se doel in die tweede helfte het die oorwinning in die Merseyside-derby beklink. Liverpool het slegs 13 uit ʼn moontlike 24 punte nodig om die titel te buit. Die heersende kampioene, Manchester City, is […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa is vandag die gasheer vir sy Zambiese eweknie, Hakainde Hichilema, wat op ‘n werksbesoek aan Suid-Afrika is. Dit is Hichilema se eerste amptelike besoek aan die land sedert hy in Augustus 2021 aan bewind gekom het. Die Presidensie sê die doel van die besoek is om die geskiedkundige bilaterale betrekkinge wat […]
# Die vakbond Saftu sê die DA se onlangse teenkanting teen die voorgestelde BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persent is nie bewys dat hy armoede wil verlig nie, maar omdat hy gekant is teen die herverdeling van rykdom. Die DA dien vandag hofstukke by die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof in om die Parlement se aanvaarding van die 2025/2026 nasionale begroting […]
# Vyf vermeende transitorowers is Woensdag in ‘n skietgeveg met die polisie in Ridgeview, Durban doodgeskiet. Die groep is glo dopgehou na Maandag se transitorooftog op die M25-hoofweg in KwaMashu waar ‘n onbekende hoeveelheid kontant geroof is. ‘n Polisiewoordvoerder, Robert Netshiunda, sê hulle het ‘n intelligensie-gedrewe operasie uitgevoer na inligting ontvang is dat die verdagtes […]
# Die GOOD-party se leier, Patricia de Lille, sê dis nie nou tyd vir partye se houdings en politiekery nie, maar vir dapper nasionale besluitneming om Suid-Afrika se prioriteite te identifiseer en daaraan te werk. Die ANC het Woensdag daarin geslaag om die fiskale raamwerk en belastingvoorstelle onderliggend aan die nasionale begroting in die Nasionale […]
# Soccer: Liverpool have restored their 12-point lead atop of the Premier League standings following a 1-0 win over Everton at Anfield. Diogo Jota’s second-half strike was enough to secure victory in the Merseyside derby. Liverpool requires only 13 points from a possible 24 available to win the title. Reigning champions Manchester City returned to […]
