CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – FEBRUARY 20: Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba during media briefing about the launch of the National Treasury’s online budget portal ‘Vulekamali’ on February 20, 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa. The portal is intended to make the budget more accessible through a user-friendly format to enable more effective information sharing, analysis and research. (Photo by Gallo Images / Netwerk24 / Jaco Marais)
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – FEBRUARY 20: Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba during media briefing about the launch of the National Treasury’s online budget portal ‘Vulekamali’ on February 20, 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa. The portal is intended to make the budget more accessible through a user-friendly format to enable more effective information sharing, analysis and research. (Photo by Gallo Images / Netwerk24 / Jaco Marais)
Need a quick round-up of the South African news today? That’s what we’re here for. This Tuesday, we’ve got some exciting announcements about visas to come, and weather updates from across SA.
South African news today, Tuesday 25 September:
Malusi Gigaba to unveil visa changes
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba is set to outline the changes to visas that Cyril Ramaphosa featured in Friday’s stimulus package. The president explained that visa regulations will be relaxed for South Africa, and it’s down to Gigaba to tell us what happens next.
Western Cape Total Shutdown
Protests are taking place across the Cape Flats and other working-class areas of the province, as demonstrators demand change for those living in poverty. Heavy disruptions for commuter traffic is highly likely, and we’ve already got a few incidents to report. [Read more here].
Zuma residency
If you were out living your best life on Monday, you might have missed this. Jacob Zuma’s bizarre trip to Qatar is allegedly inspired by his need for more money, and because he’s seeking citizenship elsewhere. In fact, this is not the only Gulf State Msholozi could run off to.
Cyril Ramaphosa talks land at the UN
Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the UN’s General Assembly on Monday, where he assured groups on investors that land reform would be handled “the same way apartheid was handled“. The president is continuing his global investment drive, in the hopes of raising $100 billion for South Africa.
Nelson Mandela now has a statue at the UN
President @CyrilRamaphosa delivering an address during the Unveiling of the Nelson Mandela Statue at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. #UNGA #Mandela100 #BetterAfricaBetterWorld pic.twitter.com/plFtnvkF0N
— PresidencyZA (@PresidencyZA) September 24, 2018
Petrol costs set to soar as oil price rises
America’s prickly foreign policy is having a knock-on effect with the rest of the world. Ready to tear-up a long-standing nuclear deal with Iran, it’s feared exports will be limited to the US. This is set to drive up fuel prices and South Africa could be looking at a massive R1-per-litre increase. [Read more: Fin24]
Luka Modric is now the world’s greatest soccer player
That’s according to FIFA anyway, as the sport’s governing body awarded him the Best Player award on Sunday evening. He beat Cristiano Ronaldo and Mo Salah to the accolade, after a glorious season with Real Madrid and a historic run to the World Cup final with Croatia. [Read more: TimesLive]
SA weather for Tuesday 25 September
What’s the weather like where you are? Find out here.
Tuesday’s horoscope
A good day ahead? You can check it out here.
