# WesBank het ‘n skerp toename in die gebruik van ballonpaaiemente vir voertuigbefondsing aangeteken, wat beklemtoon Suid-Afrikaanse motorkopers verkeer onder druk met betrekking tot bekostigbaarheid. Verkope met ballonpaaiemente het gestyg van 27-persent in Julie tot 35-persent in Augustus, met die gemiddelde ballongrootte wat van 33-persent tot 37-persent gestyg het. Lebo Gaoaketse van WesBank sê ballonpaaiemente […]
# The Intergovernmental Authority on Development executive secretary, Workneh Gebeyehu, has highlighted the urgent need for Africa-based innovation at the UN General Assembly’s Science Diplomacy event. Gebeyehu noted Africa carries nearly one-quarter of the global disease burden but produces only less that five-percent of its health products. He warned reliance on imports is unsustainable and […]
# WesBank reports a sharp increase in balloon payment use for vehicle finance, highlighting affordability pressures on South African car buyers. Deals with balloon options rose from 27-percent in July to 35-percent in August, with the average balloon size climbing from 33-percent to 37-percent. WesBank’s Lebo Gaoaketse says balloon payments make monthly installments more affordable, […]
# The City of Tshwane has approved a public participation process for the draft Sokhulumi Precinct Plan, developed with the National Department of Land Reform and Rural Development. The plan proposes housing, agriculture, business development, and community facilities for the impoverished area near Bronkhorstspruit. The mayoral committee member for Economic Development and Spatial Planning, Sarah […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sê die regering, nywerheid en navorsingsvennote moet saamwerk om boere te help om kompeterend, doeltreffent en veerkragtig te bly. Hy het gister die konferensie van die Internasionale Bessie-organisasie in Kaapstad toegespreek. Volgens ‘n studie van die Buro van Voedsel en Landboubeleid, het bloubessies die hoogste getal arbeiders per […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen says government, industry and research partners must continue to work together to help farmers remain competitive, efficient and resilient. He addressed the International Berry Organisation conference in Cape Town yesterday. According to a Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy study, blueberries have the highest labour absorption factor per hectare in […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare verwelkom die skorsing van twee uitvoerende beamptes van die Administrasie van die Regering se Pensioenagentskap. Dit kom te midde van bewerings van wanadministrasie en finansiële wangedrag. Die skorsing van die finansiële hoofbeampte en waarnemende hoofdirekteur van kliënteverhoudingbestuur volg na dié van die uitvoerende hoof, Kedibone Madiehe. Die vakbondwoordvoerder, Claude Naicker, […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, sê hulle maak goeie vordering sedert hulle ʼn hersiene handelsraamwerk aan Amerika gestuur het. President Cyril Ramaphosa en sy afvaardiging het hierdie week in New York probeer om nadelige gevolge van Amerika se tariewe van 30-persent af te weer. Tau het aan die SABC gesê […]
# The Public Servants Association has welcomed the suspension of two additional Government Pensions Administration Agency executives. This is amid allegations of maladministration and financial misconduct. The suspension of the acting chief financial officer and the acting Chief Director of Client Relations Management follows that of the CEO, Kedibone Madiehe. PSA’s Claude Naicker says they view these […]
