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Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema sang praises to his supporters for bravely participating in the national shutdown despite heavy police presence.
The Economic Freedom Fighters, alongside several political organisations, protested outside President Cyril Ramaphosa's presidential residence in Pretoria.
Sjava and Big Zulu announced their music project 'Inkabi Zezwe' on Instagram. The 'Isibuko' hitmaker and '150 Bars' rapper also have a new song collab coming.
The Economic Freedom Fighters took to the streets on Monday, 20 March for its national shutdown. The ANC and DA have claimed the planned protest was a failure.
One woman who trusts Shein showed people the home items in a TikTok. The homemaker left South Africans motivated to go shopping on the online store as well.
Sri Lanka must not allow entrenched corruption to undermine a bailout for its bankrupt economy, the IMF said Tuesday after signing off on a $3 billion loan for the crisis-hit nation. Peter Breuer, the IMF mission chief in Sri Lanka, said the government had agreed to enact tougher anti-corruption laws within months during the bailout negotiations.
Asian markets bounced Tuesday from the previous day's rout, with lenders boosted by easing concerns of another financial crisis, while focus turned to the Federal Reserve's policy decision later in the week. In early Asian trade, Hong Kong rose with lenders HSBC and Standard Chartered well up, while Shanghai, Singapore, Seoul, Taipei, Manila and Jakarta were also in positive territory.
The International Monetary Fund approved a $2.9 billion bailout deal for Sri Lanka on Monday, raising hopes for an easing of the island nation's dire economic crisis. - September 1: Bailout deal - The IMF announces a four-year, $2.9 billion bailout package, conditional on a deal between the government and its creditors to restructure its borrowings.
Indian authorities extended a mobile internet blackout across a state of about 30 million people on Monday as police hunted a radical Sikh preacher. Indian authorities frequently shut down mobile internet services, particularly in the restive northern region of Kashmir. str-ash-bb/st/jh/cwl
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