# Die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente word volgens berigte belas deur ongeveer 823-duisend voormalige studente met 49,5-miljard-rand se studielenings wat nog nie terugbetaal is nie. Die syfers het hernude kommer veroorsaak oor die skema se leningsherwinning en finansiële bestuur. NSFAS het voorheen begunstigdes wat voor 2018 lenings ontvang het, gevra om hul skuld terug […]
# Nvidia has partnered with six major financial institutions to raise over 8.1-trillion-rand in third-party capital to fund AI infrastructure. The financiers who signed the memorandum of understanding with Nvidia are Goldman Sachs, Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, and KKR. The move highlights how surging demand for AI computing capacity is drawing institutional investors, as governments, […]
# FMD Response SA sê Suid-Afrika moet wye, gelyktydige immuniteit onder beeste bereik om die oordragsiklus van bek-en-klouseer te verbreek en weer toegang tot voorkeur-uitvoermarkte te verkry. Woordvoerder Andrew Morphew sê minstens 80-persent van beeste moet binne ses tot agt weke immuun wees, eerder as deur ‘n geleidelike inentingsprogram. Hy sê hoewel die privaat sektor […]
# The National Student Financial Aid Scheme is reportedly burdened with 49.5-billion-rand in unrecovered loans owed by about 823-thousand former students. The figures have renewed concerns about loan recovery and financial management at the scheme. NSFAS has previously urged former beneficiaries who received loans before 2018 to repay their debts when they meet the required […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson has welcomed four major infrastructure investment opportunities presented to local and international development financiers in Sandton. The projects span housing, aviation, bulk water and energy, with a combined debt-finance requirement exceeding 53-billion-rand. Macpherson says Infrastructure South Africa is connecting credible projects with investors to move them towards […]
# FMD Response SA says South Africa must achieve widespread, simultaneous immunity among cattle to break the transmission cycle and restore access to premium export markets. Spokesperson Andrew Morphew says at least 80-percent of cattle need to be immune within a six-to-eight-week window, rather than through a slow vaccination programme. He says while private sector […]
# Suid-Afrika se amptelike werkloosheidsyfer het in die tweede kwartaal tot 33,6-persent gestyg, wat die land se voortdurende werkloosheidskrisis beklemtoon. Statistiek Suid-Afrika sê indiensneming het effens afgeneem terwyl die aantal werkloses toegeneem het. Die arbeidsmag het met 121-duisend gegroei namate meer mense die arbeidsmark betree het op soek na werk. Statistiek Suid-Afrika sê hoewel minder […]
# South Africa’s official unemployment rate has risen to 33.6-percent in the second quarter, highlighting the country’s ongoing jobs crisis. Statistics South Africa says employment declined slightly, while the number of unemployed people increased. The labour force grew by 121-thousand as more people entered the job market seeking work. Stats SA says although fewer people […]
# The South African Reserve Bank is taking direct control of key regulatory and oversight functions previously handled by the Payments Association of South Africa. The changes, effective from today, form part of an overhaul aimed at modernising the national payment system and strengthening its safety and resilience. Remaining PASA functions linked to electronic funds […]
