President Jacob Zuma remains in office after surviving the motion of no confidence vote last week. The US and North Korea had a bizarre to and fro of nuclear threats only to have Kim Jong-un reply diplomatically – this appeared to please Donald Trump. Continue reading for a roundup of the past week’s news highlights.
White House Communications officer, Anthony Scaramucci, was last week removed from his job after just 10 days – he is one of 10 people who have resigned or been fired from their position in the Trump Administration. Keep reading for more weekly highlights.
This week, the IMF released new international growth forecasts, the Republicans tried yet again to repeal Obamacare, and the South African Reserve Bank cut the repo rate by 25 basis points.
Trump dramatics and Brexit negotiations dominated international headlines; in South Africa, the Public Protector’s recommendation that the government changes the Reserve Bank’s constitutional mandate continued to make waves.
A week of turmoil in South Africa, the Public Protector recommended that the government changes the South African Reserve Bank’s constitutional mandate. Markets tumbled and the rand lost +-1.6% against the dollar.
Qatar’s neighbours commissioned sanctions against the country, Comey stood up to US President Donald Trump, and Moody’s downgraded South Africa’s credit rating a notch – it’s been another busy week at home and abroad. Global News Qatar has been isolated by land, sea and air in a coordinated diplomatic move taken by other countries in…
This has been a week of shocking events: terrorist attacks in London, US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Change Accord, and an email leak in South Africa that has surfaced new information about the Gupta family’s dubious relationships with state enterprises and with key politicians. Read further for more…
South Africa was rocked this week by leaked emails providing further evidence of the Gupta family’s influence over President Jacob Zuma and his family, key cabinet ministers and the boards of state-owned enterprises. Even so, President Zuma survived yet another attempt to remove him from his position at an ANC NEC meeting last weekend. Global…
The deadliest terrorist attack in the UK since the 2005 London bombings took place yesterday at an Ariana Grande concert – 22 people have died and 59 have been reported as wounded.
