Day: April 8, 2026
News24 | Traders slash bets on SA rate hikes, adding fuel to red-hot rally
South Africa’s rand soared, government bond yields tumbled and stocks jumped the most in six years as investors piled back into emerging-market assets that were worst-hit by the Middle East conflict.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Mature leadership’ was attractive to me: Zuma’s most trusted ally jumps ship to the IFP
The MK Party’s most recent secretary-general, Bongani Mncwango, has joined the IFP.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Ambassadors ‘should never criticise their hosts’, Ramaphosa tells envoys – including Bozell
A day after US President Donald Trump threatened to wipe out a ‘whole civilisation’, that country’s ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell III, heard President Cyril Ramaphosa saying that South Africa seeks a ‘global order defined by peace and friendship amongst all the nations...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Australian cricket great David Warner charged with drink-driving: reports
Former Australian opener David Warner has been charged with drink-driving after he was pulled over in Sydney during the weekend.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Some SA shares explode as ceasefire boosts optimism over fuel, gold
South African mining shares rocketed on Wednesday morning after US president Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Veteran All Black Nonu cops ban for dangerous tackle on Stormers’ Simelane
Former New Zealand international Ma’a Nonu has been suspended for three weeks following a “dangerous” tackle in the Champions Cup.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Oil dives below $100, rand hits best level in a month after ceasefire
Oil prices slid, stocks and bonds surged while the safe-haven dollar was knocked back on Wednesday, as a two-week Middle East ceasefirebrought some relief to marketson hopes for a resumption of oil and gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Trump blinks or Iran caves? Both sides claim victory as ceasefire deal is struck
Iran’s plan, according to wire agencies, includes its continued control over the Strait of Hormuz, the withdrawal of US combat forces from the region, the cessation of war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and acceptance of Iran’s uranium enrichment programme.
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