Mid-term budget analysis: ActionSA disapproves

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Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 31 October 2024 | 22:10 CAT 2-minute read Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday delivered the medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS). While the speech has been described as a strategy of fiscal tightening...

The Asia-Pacific Report

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Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 31 October 2024 | 12:35 CAT 4-minute read Border tensions between India and China de-escalate after troops withdrawn from key areas along disputed Line of Actual Control (LAC) The withdrawal of troops, a major outcome of the...

Cosatu warns against austerity in medium-term budget policy statement

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Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 30 October 2024 | 12:39 CAT 1-minute read South Africa’s Finance Minister prepares to deliver the highly anticipated Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), commonly known as the mini-budget, unions are issuing stern...

The Media Lens

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Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 30 October 2024 | 12:14 CAT 3-minute read With just under a week before Americans head to the polls for the 2024 United States (US) presidential election, surveys show that Kamala Harris holds a narrow lead of 1 percent of...

Palestine Report

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Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 28 October 2024 | 12:47 CAT 3-minute read Harrowing accounts of Israel’s intensified aggression in northern Gaza have emerged over the last few weeks, with the United Nations having reported high civilian death tolls amidst...