# Stock markets and oil prices collapsed further today as US president Donald Trump stood firm over his tariffs despite recession fears. Trading floors across Asia and Europe were overcome by waves of further selling after last week’s sharp losses. Hong Kong’s drop of 13.2-percent today was its worst in nearly three decades. Taipei stocks […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, sê tariewe uit weerwraak teen die VSA sonder om ‘n volle begrip te hê van hoe hy tot sy besluit gekom het om ‘n 31-persent-tarief op Suid-Afrika in te stel, sal ondeurdag wees. Tau en die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge, Ronald Lamola, het ‘n gesamentlike […]
# Die GOOD-party sê die regering het versuim om die sperdatum vir die uitwissing van puttoilette in skole te haal. Volgens die party het die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, soos haar voorganger, Angie Motshekga, ook nie die belofte nagekom nie, met vier-persent van skole wat steeds moet staatmaak op onveilige toilette. Kaden Arguil […]
# Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump sê hy wil “direkte samesprekings” met Tehran voer oor die kernoorenkoms, nadat hy gedreig het om Iran te bombardeer as dit kernwapens ontwikkel. Trump het Iran se leiers ‘n twee-maande sperdatum gegee om ‘n ooreenkoms te bereik oor die land se kernprogram, wat al dekades lank die verhoudings met Westerse […]
# Trade, Industry and Competition minister Parks Tau says retaliatory tariffs against the US would be ill-conceived without a full understanding of how it arrived at its decision to impose a 31-percent tariff on South Africa. The minister, alongside International Relations minister Ronald Lamola, held a joint media briefing on the government’s strategic approach to […]
# US President Donald Trump says he wants “direct talks” with Tehran on a nuclear deal, after he threatened to bomb Iran if it develops nuclear weapons. Trump has given Iran’s leaders a two-month deadline to reach an agreement on the country’s nuclear programme, which has strained relations with Western nations for decades. Western countries […]
# The GOOD Party says the government has failed to meet its deadline to eradicate pit latrines in schools. According to the party, Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube, like her predecessor Angie Motshekga, has not fulfilled the pledge, with four-percent of schools still relying on unsafe toilets. GOOD’s Kaden Arguil warns that without an updated […]
# Die Landdroshof in Bellville in Kaapstad het die terreursaak teen Ferdinand Fortuin oorgeplaas na die plaaslike Streekhof, met sy eerste verskyning op 24 April. Fortuin staan tereg op aanklagte wat verband hou met terrorisme en plofstof nadat hy na bewering gedreig het om bomme by verskeie plekke te plant, wat gelei het tot massa-ontruimings. […]
# Die ANC het sy verbintenis tot ‘n pro-arm fiskale raamwerk herbevestig na die aanvaarding van die 2025 fiskale raamwerk deur die Parlement. Die party ondersteun die heroorweging van die voorgestelde 0,5-persentasiepunt BTW-verhoging, die aanpassing van belastingkerwe om blokkruiping te verhoed, en gee die Nasionale Tesourie 30 dae om alternatiewe inkomste maatreëls voor te lê. […]
