# Communications and Digital Technologies minister Solly Malatsi says removing the luxury tax on entry-level smartphones is helping expand digital access and economic opportunity. Malatsi’s statement follow the release of a report by the Global System for Mobile Communications Association which evaluated the impact of scrapping the excise duty on devices priced under two-thousand-500-rand. Malatsi […]
# The Johannesburg Crisis Alliance has warned that the city’s worsening waste management failures are developing into a public health emergency. The organisation says prolonged refuse collection delays are creating health, environmental and safety risks for residents. The Alliance attributes the crisis to labour disputes, poor contractor performance, financial constraints and weak long-term planning. It […]
# AfriForum het ‘n onafhanklike ondersoek versoek na die 417-miljoen-rand wat deur Noordwes-munisipaliteite aan konsultante bestee is. Die organisasie sê die ouditeur-generaal se jongste verslag toon die provinsie het die hoogste besteding aan konsultante in die land gehad, terwyl nie een van sy munisipaliteite ‘n skoon oudit ontvang het nie. Jaco Grobbelaar van AfriForum het […]
# AfriForum has called for an independent investigation into the 417-million-rand spent on consultants by North West municipalities. The organisation says the Auditor-General’s latest report shows the province had the highest spending on consultants in the country, while none of its municipalities received a clean audit. AfriForum’s Jaco Grobbelaar has urged the provincial government and […]
# Statistiek Suid-Afrika sê vervaardigingproduksie het met 4,3-persent in Mei gedaal in vergelyking met dieselfde maand verlede jaar, hoofsaaklik as gevolg van dalings in die voedsel en drank-, metaal- en hout- en papierbedrywe. Produksie het egter met 1,1-persent verbeter in vergelyking met April. Nicolai Claassen van Statistiek SA sê verkope vir die drie maande tot […]
# Statistics South Africa says manufacturing production fell by 4.3-percent in May compared with the same month last year, mainly due to declines in the food and beverages, metals, and wood and paper industries. However, production increased by 1.1-percent compared with April. Stats SA’s Nicolai Claassen says sales for the three months to May were […]
# Standard Bank says South Africa’s economy is showing signs of recovery as improvements in governance and infrastructure begin to boost growth. The bank’s chief economist, Goolam Ballim, forecasts economic growth of 1.7-percent next year, rising to two-percent in 2028, which is more optimistic than the International Monetary Fund’s forecast. Ballim says stronger institutions and […]
# Standard Bank sê Suid-Afrika se ekonomie toon tekens van herstel namate verbeterings in bestuur en infrastruktuur groei begin versterk. Die hoofekonoom van die bank, Goolam Ballim, voorspel ekonomiese groei volgende jaar van 1,7-persent, wat styg tot twee-persent in 2028, wat ‘n meer optimistiese vooruitskatting is as die Internasionale Monetêre Fonds se voorspelling. Ballim sê […]
# Finansiële kenners waarsku afgetredenes gedurende Spaarmaand om seker te maak hulle onttrek nie te veel uit hul lewende annuïteite nie, en sê hoë onttrekkingskoerse kan aftreespaargeld vinnig laat krimp. Terwyl lewende annuïteite buigsaamheid bied, sê kenners ‘n volhoubare jaarlikse onttrekking van ongeveer vier- tot vyf-persent kan help om kapitaal te bewaar. Hulle waarsku ook […]
