# National Treasury director-general Duncan Pieterse says geopolitical tensions have made it more challenging to deliver on South Africa’s fiscal targets, while ensuring that critical social spending is protected. The fiscal strategy has been anchored by stabilising the debt-to-gross domestic product ratio in the 2025/2026 fiscal year and then reducing it. Pieterse says despite the […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika sê die Straat van Hormoes sal binnekort heropen, want anders sal hy geen keuse hê as ʼn verwoestende nuwe aanval op Iran nie. Teheran ontken dat hy regstreeks met Washington onderhandel, en hou vol dat hy saam met Oman aan ʼn ooreenkoms werk om die Straat te heropen. Die […]
# Rugby: Springbok-afrigter Rassie Erasmus sê Saterdag se eenmalige toets teen Argentinië is die perfekte geleentheid vir verskeie terugkerende spelers om hul wedstrydvaardighede te slyp. Siya Kolisi, Eben Etzebeth, Lood de Jager en Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu begin teen Los Pumas nadat beserings hulle die begin van die seisoen laat misloop het. Erasmus sê die kragmeting met […]
# US president Donald Trump says the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened very soon, or he will have no other choice but to launch a harsh new attack on Iran. Tehran has denied it is holding direct discussions with Washington; instead, it has emphasised that it is working with Oman on an arrangement to […]
# Rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus says Saturday’s one-off Test against Argentina will offer the perfect opportunity for several returning players to rediscover their match sharpness. Siya Kolisi, Eben Etzebeth, Lood de Jager and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu will start against Los Pumas after having all missed the Boks’ opening three Tests of the season due to […]
# AfriForum doen ʼn beroep op die Nasionale Energiereguleerder van Suid-Afrika om sy plan oor belangrike prestasie-aanwysers te laat vaar. Hy sê dit sal nie die land se kragverspreidingskrisis in sukkelende munisipaliteite oplos nie. Die plan is daarop gemik om tegniese bestuur en bedryfsaspekte van munisipale elektrisiteit-verspreidingsnetwerke te hanteer, wat tot groter doeltreffendheid in die […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid toestemming gegee om bewerings van wanadministrasie en onregmatige gedrag te ondersoek. Dit het betrekking op nege tenders wat verband hou met die Mangaung-metropolisie in die Vrystaat. Die ondersoek sal ook die oorbetaling van verskaffers insluit soos vervat in die munisipaliteit se jaarlikse finansiële state tot einde Junie […]
# AfriForum is calling on the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to abandon its key performance indicators plan, saying this will not solve the country’s power distribution crisis in struggling municipalities. The KPIs aim to address technical management and operation aspects of municipal electricity reticulation systems, which could lead to improved efficiency and effectiveness […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the Special Investigating Unit to investigate allegations of maladministration and unlawful conduct involving nine tenders linked to the operationalisation of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality Police in the Free State. The probe will also scrutinise overpayments made to suppliers, as reflected in the municipality’s annual financial statements for the year […]
