# As Tourism Month begins, the City of Cape Town says smarter marketing and connectivity will drive tourism growth. At a Learning Lounge with Meta at City Hall, the Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth, James Vos, says marketing must convert interest into bookings. He says the This Is Cape Town campaign reached 55 cities […]
# FNB Bank senior agricultural economist, Paul Makube, says today’s sharp fuel-price increase has arrived at a sensitive time for the agricultural sector, just weeks before the start of the summer crop production season. Petrol prices have increased by one-rand-34-cents a litre, and diesel prices by between two-rand-93- and three-rand-15-cents per litre. Makube says the […]
# Die Amerikaanse Kongres het ‘n verlenging van die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika goedgekeur tot einde 2028. Dis in 2000 ingestel en bied kwalifiserende lande in Afrika suid van die Sahara, insluitend Suid-Afrika, belastingvrye toegang vir meer as een-duisend-800 produkte tot die Amerikaanse mark. Die Demokratiese kongreslid, Terri Sewell, sê AGOA versterk […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has welcomed the arrest of syndicate kingpin Joel Govindraju in connection with its probe of more than two-billion-rand looted through Tembisa Hospital tenders. He faces multiple charges arising from allegations of the procurement of medical supplies and equipment at the hospital. The SIU says the Govindraju Syndicate siphoned approximately 600-million-rand […]
# The US Congress has passed an extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act until the end of 2028. This followed Senate’s approval last month. AGOA was first enacted in 2000 to provide duty-free access to the US market for eligible Sub-Saharan countries, including South Africa, covering over one-thousand-800 products. Democratic Congresswoman Terri Sewell […]
# China’s National Energy Administration says at the end of July, the country’s installed solar power capacity reached 1.286-billion kilowatts. For the first time, photovoltaic installed capacity surpassed coal-fired power, becoming the largest power source category in China. During the first seven months of 2026 alone, China added more than 86 gigawatts of new solar […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare doen ʼn beroep op die regering om dringend maatreëls in te stel wat Suid-Afrikaners teen vandeesmaand se skerp styging in brandstofpryse kan beskerm. Albei grade petrol het met een-rand-34-sent per liter gestyg terwyl diesel tussen twee-rand-93-sent en drie-rand-15-sent per liter meer kos. Die vakbond-woordvoerder, Claude Naicker, sê dringende maatreëls, soos onmiddellike […]
# The Public Servants Association is calling on government to implement urgent measures to cushion South Africans from the massive fuel price hikes this month. The petrol price has increased by one-rand-34-cents per litre, and the diesel price has gone up by between two-rand-94-cents and three-rand-15-cents per litre. PSA’s Claude Naicker says urgent measures, including immediate […]
# Die Goldman Sachs-groep meen Suid-Afrika kan sy beleggingstatus reeds in 2028 herwin, namate graderingsmaatskappye die land se verbeterende finansies en ekonomiese groei beloon. Volgens die ontleding kan die regering se tienjaar-opbrengs in plaaslike geldeenheid moontlik met meer as 100 basispunte tot 7,6-persent daal. Goldman-ekonoom Andrew Matheny sê die groep verwag beter fiskale dinamika, stewiger […]
