# Western Cape Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism MEC Ivan Meyer urges businesses to apply for the export competitiveness enhancement programme, which aims to help companies expand into international markets. The programme offers support with meeting global standards, improving products, export compliance, e-commerce and production capacity. Meyer says boosting exports is key to creating jobs, […]
# Standard Bank expects the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to consider another interest rate increase when it meets this week. June inflation rose to five-percent from 4.5-percent in May, driven mainly by higher fuel prices and public transport costs, leaving inflation well above the Reserve Bank’s three-percent target. The bank’s Elna Moolman […]
# The Forum for South Africa says the permanent forfeiture of 325-million-rand in assets linked to alleged Tembisa Hospital fraud suspect Hangwani Morgan Maumela is a major step in the fight against corruption. The forum’s Tebogo Mashilompane believes more stolen assets must be recovered, and everyone involved in the scandal, including public officials, must be […]
# Minister of Social Development Dina Pule says the government aims to save 1.5-billion-rand through the South African Social Security Agency’s social grant review programme during the 2026/2027 financial year. Pule told the media the reviews are designed to ensure only eligible beneficiaries receive grants, while preventing fraud and incorrect payments. She said the savings […]
# The City of Cape Town has set aside more than six-billion-rand over the next three years to upgrade electricity infrastructure and improve the reliability of power supply. The funding will be used to upgrade the electricity grid, expand clean energy projects, improve street lighting, strengthen energy security and reduce reliance on Eskom. Mayoral committee […]
# Toll road company Bakwena Platinum Corridor says motorists are already benefiting from improved traffic flow after the partial opening of a new dual carriageway section on the N4 between Marikana and Buffelspoort in Rustenburg in North West. The project forms part of the 37-kilometre N4 dualling upgrade aimed at improving safety, capacity and traffic […]
# The GOOD Party has asked the Public Protector for an investigation into the City of Cape Town’s handling of the proposed sale of the Good Hope Centre. The party alleges procedural irregularities, including the public disclosure of confidential bid information by mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis before bidders were formally notified. GOOD secretary-general Brett Herron says […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association calls on the Gauteng and North West governments to urgently resolve the North West Transport Investments crisis and restore reliable public transport services. The union says many commuters in Hammanskraal remain stranded and relying on taxis, despite an earlier promise that buses would be available. MISA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Transport and Human Settlements MEC Siboniso Duma says road safety operations will be intensified. This after 36 schoolchildren were found travelling in an overloaded minibus taxi near Park Rynie on the first day of the new school term. Spokesperson Ndabezinhle Sibiya says the taxi was impounded and the driver, who was not carrying […]
