South Africa's 2026 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement cuts this year's growth forecast to 1.2 percent from 1.6 percent, puts the deficit at 3.9 percent of GDP and cuts the fuel levy by R3 a litre on diesel and R1.50 on petrol from Nov. 4.
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Four Senators Give SpaceX Until Nov. 2 to Explain Who Restricted Ukraine's Starshield Access and When
Four Senate Democrats asked SpaceX to say by Nov. 2 who decided the Starshield and Starlink limits Ukraine reported on Oct. 14, how SpaceX was told, and whether it can refuse such orders.
Seychelles President Patrick Herminie has been admitted to the Seychelles Hospital for observation, State House said Wednesday, adding that his condition is stable while more tests are done. No reason was given.
Judge Reyes Refuses to Step Aside in the East Potomac Golf Course Case, Answering the Justice Department's Bias Charge "With the Record"
Judge Ana C. Reyes denied the Justice Department's motion to disqualify her from the East Potomac Golf Course case on Oct. 18, writing that "it is easy to weaponize selective quotations to bring a baseless recusal motion."
President Cyril Ramaphosa will launch South Africa's Cabinet-approved Revised White Paper on Local Government on Oct. 22 in Ekurhuleni, replacing the 1998 framework for its 257 municipalities 13 days before the Nov. 4 local elections.
Democrats' 569,000-Voter Lead in North Carolina Is Down to 3,241, a Rebound Since Republicans Were Ahead This Year, last year and in previous years. The Official Party Rolls in 10 Battlegrounds, Then and Now
Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno Files Bill to Tax State Data Center Incentives at 100% and Bar Federal Aid to Big AI Data Centers
Sen. Bernie Moreno's S. 5689, the RECLAIM Act, would impose a 100% federal excise tax on state and local incentives for AI data centers of 100 megawatts or more and bar them from federal grants, loans and tax breaks. "Taxpayers will not subsidize data centers, period," he said.
Benue's House of Assembly passed the constitutional amendment that would let Nigeria's states create their own police on Oct. 20. It needs 24 of 36 state assemblies; the presidency counted about six on Oct. 15.