# Finance MInister, Enoch Godongwana is calling on the City of Johannesburg to consider serious remedial actions to address concern about financial sustainability and compliance with financial management laws. This follows a meeting with Mayor Dada Morero, driven by a widening liquidity crisis where the metro owes creditors 25.2-billion-rand while holding only 3.9-billion-rand in cash. The creditor debt […]
# The National Student Financial Aid Scheme says the appointment of Hlengani Mathebula as its new administrator signals new chapter. Spokesperson Ishmael Mnisi says Mathebula is assuming this role at such a pivotal moment for the scheme and the broader higher education and training sector. He says NSFAS is a cornerstone of South Africa’s commitment to social […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions has welcomed the judgment of the Constitutional Court on the Phala-Phala scandal. However, the federation’s Asive Dyani says they are concerned by the unlawful manner in which Parliament shielded president Cyril Ramaphosa from constitutional accountability. She says this judgment vindicates SAFTU’s position in December 2022, when they called on Ramaphosa […]
# Atletiek: Die sewemalige Olimpiese goue medaljewenner Allyson Felix mik na ‘n plek in Amerika se gemengde vier-by-400‑meter-aflosspan in die 2028‑Spele in Los Angeles. Dit sal haar sesde Olimpiese Spele wees, wat in haar tuisdorp plaasvind. Die 40‑jarige het verlede maand aangekondig sy wil terugkeer. Felix is die mees bekroonde vroue baan‑ en veldatleet van […]
# Die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, sê hulle werk saam met die Gesondheidsdepartement om moontlike hantavirus-gevalle in Suid-Afrika op te spoor en te monitor. Dit volg na die dood van drie mense wat verbind word met die hantavirus-uitbreking op die Nederlandse passasierskip, MV Hondius. Een van die passasiers het op die OR Tambo Internasionale […]
# Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy says they are working with the Health Department to track and monitor possible hantavirus cases in South Africa. This follows the death of three people linked to the Dutch MV Hondius cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, including a passenger who collapsed at OR Tambo International. The Health Department is monitoring […]
# Die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump het gedreig om hoër tariewe op die Europese Unie te hef as hy nie teen 4 Julie sy heffings op Amerika tot nul afbring nie. Die EU-blok met 27 lede en Amerika het verlede Julie ‘n ooreenkoms aangegaan wat die heffing op die meeste Europese goedere op 15-persent vasgestel […]
# Die kredietgraderingsagentskap Moody’s glo die regering van nasionale eenheid sal voorlopig voortbestaan omdat die ANC én die DA sal baat as hulle bestendigheid kan verseker in aanloop tot 2029 se algemene verkiesing. Suid-Afrika se munisipale verkiesing vind op 4 November plaas. Moody’s sê die 2027- tot 2029-verkiesingsiklus sal hervorming se duursaamheid toets, maar die […]
# US president Donald Trump has threatened to raise tariffs on the European Union if it fails to drop its levies on America to zero by July 4th. The 27-member EU bloc and the US struck a deal last July, setting tariffs on most European goods at 15-percent. Trump has, however, expressed dissatisfaction with the […]
