# Metalworkers union Numsa has criticised the government for not having better control over the import of foreign products, particularly Asian and Indian vehicles, at the cost of the local manufacturing workforce. In 2018, Chinese and Indian imports accounted for one-percent of the country’s automotive sector, and in 2025, that figure had climbed to 26-percent. Numsa’s […]
# Minerals Council South Africa says in the short term to medium term, the South African economy’s ability to retain and sustain jobs will depend on trade negotiations with the US. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, mining added two-thousand second-quarter jobs, with formal mining employment as of June 30 this year reaching the 468-thousand mark compared […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het ʼn Spesiale Begrotingswet in die Parlement voorgestel om 754-miljoen-rand toe te ken ná tekorte ontstaan het sedert Amerika befondsing aan die gesondheidsektor gestaak het. Die Amerikaanse Hooggeregshof het verlede week ʼn bevel verleng wat president Donald Trump toelaat om hulp aan die buiteland te staak. Dit raak […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has introduced a Special Appropriation Bill in Parliament to allocate 754-million-rand to address the funding shortfall caused by the US withdrawal of health sector donor funding. Last week, the US Supreme Court extended an order that allows president Donald Trump to keep the freeze on foreign aid. The funding termination […]
# Die organisasie teen belastingmisbruik, het die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria genader om veranderinge aan die Wet op Openbare Finansiële Bestuur aan te vra. Die organisasie sê die huidige wet het toegelaat dat mislukte leiers by instellings soos due Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens en die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente, aanspreeklikheid vrygespring het. Stefanie Fick van OUTA sê […]
# Die Ouditeur-Generaal Tsakani Maluleke het ‘n beroep gedoen op dringende verantwoordbaarheid en hervorming in munisipaliteite en gewaarsku teen die kultuur van straffeloosheid. Maluleke het by die Plaaslike Regeringsindaba in Midrand, Gauteng, gepraat en ongemagtigde uitgawes van meer as 31-miljard-rand bekendgemaak. Maluleke het verwys na water- en elektrisiteitsverliese van 37-miljard-rand en ondoeltreffende toesigstrukture. Sy dring […]
# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, sê die regering wil ‘n herstelknoppie druk om dienslewering en finansiële bestuur te verbeter. Hy het by die Plaaslike Regering-Indaba in Midrand, Gauteng, gesê die bekamping van korrupsie, aanstelling van gekwalifiseerde beamptes, en die versterking van metro’s, is die sleutel tot die herstel van […]
# Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke has called for urgent accountability and reform in municipalities, warning against the culture of impunity. Speaking at the Local Government Indaba in Midrand, Gauteng, Maluleke revealed unauthorised expenditure topped 31-billion-rand. Maluleke highlighted water and electricity losses of 37-billion-rand and ineffective oversight structures. She urges stronger governance and professionalisation to protect scarce […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse has gone to the High Court in Pretoria, seeking changes to the Public Finance Management Act. The organisation states the current law has allowed failed leaders at institutions like South African Airways and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme to escape accountability. OUTA’s Stefanie Fick says this loophole protects […]
