April 7, 2017

Protest peacefully

Pretoria � Government has called on all protesters who are planning to participate in marches today, must do so within the designated routes in a peaceful manner.

Several civil society organisations and political parties such as Save SA, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) and main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance

Treasury on Fitch downgrade

Fitch downgrades South Africa’s local and foreign currency debt to ‘BB+’; outlook StableFitch Ratings (Fitch) has downgraded government’s long-term foreign and local currency debt to ‘BB+’ from ‘BBB-‘ with a stable outlook, a non-investment grade ratin…

Municipalities commit to expand economic opportunities

Midrand – Government says it will prioritise the expansion of economic opportunities to improve the livelihood of South Africans and eradicate poverty.The need to support small businesses at national and local government level was highlighted as one of…

South Africa Says It Did Not Have to Arrest Sudan’s Al-Bashir

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS � South Africa is insisting to International Criminal Court judges that it did not have to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir when he visited Johannesburg in 2015.

At a hearing Friday lawyers for South Africa said the court’s founding treaty, the Rome Statute, does not oblige authorities to

IGAD AND AWF SIGN AN MOU

Nairobi, Kenya� The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) have signed a memorandum of understanding signifying an important milestone in recognizing the need for genuine partnerships to ensure that tourism development is in congruence with and compliments conservation of the environment, wildlife and wild lands

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