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SA’s weak growth a stumbling block to reducing debt

South Africa’s poor economic performance is the biggest impediment to stabilising its debt situation, said ratings agency Fitch in a company note. Fitch’s comments came after Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivered South Africa’s 20th medium-term budget policy statement in Parliament on Wednesday, announcing reduced expenditure and new revenue raising measures in the next financial year. In his speech, Gordhan revised GDP growth downwards to 0.5% for the year, while adjusting […]

31 October 2016

International News

300 million children breathe extremely toxic air, 600k die annually – UNICEF

One in seven of the world’s children breathe extremely polluted air, which is six and more times above the levels allowed by international guidelines, according to a new UN Children’s Fund report. UNICEF has released a new report, indicating that air pollution is one of the major factors in infant deaths worldwide. According to the fund, of every seven children on the planet inhales daily six times more toxins, than […]

31 October 2016

International News

FBI scouring 650k emails on Clinton aide husband’s laptop

The FBI has reportedly obtained a warrant to dig through hundreds of thousands of newly-discovered emails allegedly related to a private server used by Hillary Clinton. It’s unclear if the renewed probe will achieve any results before US Election Day. The search warrant allows the bureau to scour through some 650,000 emails discovered on a laptop belonging to ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner and apparently also used by his wife, Clinton’s closest […]

31 October 2016

International News

Turkey detains Cumhuriyet editor in chief Murat Sabuncu

Turkish police have detained the editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet, an opposition newspaper, according to Turkish media reports. Reports say that along with Murat Sabuncu, Guray Oz, a Cumhuriyet columnist, was also detained on Monday morning. Their residences were being searched, the reports said. Cumhuriyet, known for its critical stance towards the government, had got wide international attention in 2015 when it reported on a group of Syria-bound trucks allegedly sent by the country's intelligence […]

31 October 2016

International News

Dozens dead as rebels try to break Aleppo siege

Syrian government troops and rebels were locked in fierce fighting on Sunday on Aleppo's western edges, where at least 41 civilians have been killed over the past three days. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a Britain-based monitor, said the death toll included at least 17 children, adding hundreds of mortars had been fired. The northern city of Aleppo's frontline runs through the heart of the ancient city, dividing […]

31 October 2016

Local

City vows to fight for return of ‘stolen’ 2010 stadium money

The City of Cape Town is heading to the Gauteng High Court to fight for more than R400m of what it says is owed to its residents from the 2010 World Cup. "We will fight for justice and the return of the R429.4m owed to our residents. It is a long road ahead of us, but we are very prepared to walk it. We will not be thwarted by delaying […]

30 October 2016

Local

Is Pravin off the hook?

‘Informal discussions” are under way between National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Shaun Abrahams, his close allies in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) as well as lawyers of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and his two co-accused to drop the charges against them. City Press has learnt that yesterday, a draft letter was compiled by Abrahams’ office, communicating his intention to drop the charges. The letter will be sent to lawyers […]

30 October 2016

Local

Mantashe, Duarte move to end tension

The ANC’s top leadership moved to defuse tensions in the party’s parliamentary caucus this week, after ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu’s call for the national executive committee (NEC) to step down caused disquiet in some quarters. Four ANC sources in Parliament independently told City Press that the party’s secretary-general, Gwede Mantashe, and his deputy, Jessie Duarte, used the opportunity while in Cape Town for the medium-term budget policy statement to […]

30 October 2016

Local

Maimane bent on 2019 victory

With the centre failing to hold in the governing party, DA leader Mmusi Maimane said he was fully focused on unseating the ANC in 2019, even if it meant it would happen through a national coalition. “The ANC thought that it would govern until Jesus came back and now they are shocked by things that are happening to them. "In 2019 we are looking to do away with the ANC, […]

30 October 2016

VOC

SA’s weak growth a stumbling block to reducing debt

300 million children breathe extremely toxic air, 600k die annually – UNICEF

FBI scouring 650k emails on Clinton aide husband’s laptop

Turkey detains Cumhuriyet editor in chief Murat Sabuncu

Dozens dead as rebels try to break Aleppo siege

City vows to fight for return of ‘stolen’ 2010 stadium money

Is Pravin off the hook?

Mantashe, Duarte move to end tension

Maimane bent on 2019 victory

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