# Die Chinese Ministerie van Buitelandse Sake sê sanksies en ander vorms van druk los nie internasionale geskille op nie. Amerika het nuwe ekonomiese sanksies teen Iran ingestel, geteiken op digitale bates, tegnologie, goud, die lugvaartbedryf en skeepsvaart. Washington waarsku enige land wat finansieel saamwerk met Teheran kan uitgesluit word. Iran se grootste handelsvennote sluit […]
# Die rand het vanoggend die eerste keer in byna ses maande tot die belangrike vlak van onder 16-rand teenoor die Amerikaanse dollar versterk. Ontleders skryf dit toe aan ‘n swakker Amerikaanse dollar, stygende goud- en platinumpryse, asook sterk buitelandse belangstelling in Suid-Afrikaanse staatseffekte. Volgens Investec is sowat 63,7-miljard-rand vanjaar gebruik vir die plaaslike skuldmark, […]
# Die Posbank het bykans 80-duisend begunstigdes van maatskaplike toelaes gevra om betyds oor te skakel van SASSA se gouekaarte na die Posbank se swartkaarte. Die sperdatum is Maandag. Meer as 1,8-miljoen begunstigdes het reeds oorgeskakel sedert die proses verlede jaar begin het. Woordvoerder Bongani Diako sê bykomende bedryfs-maatreëls is ingestel by kaartvervangingspunte om die […]
# The rand has strengthened to under 16-rand to the US dollar for the first time in almost six months. The currency broke through the key level this morning. Analysts say a weaker US dollar, rising gold and platinum prices, and strong foreign demand for South African bonds are driving gains. Investec says about 63.7-billion-rand […]
# Die Amerikaanse regering het Sirië amptelik verwyder van sy lys van lande wat terrorisme steun. Die land was sedert 1979 op die lys toe Washington oudpresident Hafez al-Assad se regering beskuldig het dat hulle militante groepe ondersteun. Die Amerikaanse minister van Buitelandse Sake, Marco Rubio, sê die besluit erken die positiewe stappe wat die […]
# The US government has officially removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. The country had been on the list since 1979, when Washington accused former president Hafez al-Assad’s government of supporting militant groups. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says this move is in recognition of the positive actions taken by the […]
# Postbank has issued a final appeal to nearly 80-thousand social grant beneficiaries who have yet to migrate from SASSA gold cards to the Postbank’s black cards. The deadline is Monday. Over 1.8-million beneficiaries have already migrated to black cards since the process began last year. Postbank spokesperson Bongani Diako says additional operational measures are […]
# Forum for South Africa vra president Cyril Ramaphosa om die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, te verwyder omdat hy nie daarin slaag om die toenemende misdaad- en geweldsvlakke te verlaag nie. Hy het onlangs verklaar dat misdaad-meesterbreine vanuit magsposisies werk en hulself kan beskerm. FOSA se leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, vra waarom die beplanners […]
# Forum for South Africa is calling on president Cyril Ramaphosa to remove acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia, claiming he has failed to confront the escalating levels of crime and violence. Cachalia recently alleged criminal masterminds are operating from positions of power and are able to protect themselves. Forum leader Tebogo Mashilompane asks why individuals […]
