# Special Tribunal’s Judge Chantel Fortuin, has criticised the South African Airways board over its decision to extend a lease agreement with Flyfofa Airways, operating as Flyfofa Aviation and Training. Judge Fortuin has set aside the 2019 decision, involving an 85.3-million-rand agreement, after finding it unlawful. The Special Investigating Unit says SAA extended the deal […]
# Belangegroepe in die staalbedryf versoek die regering om belastingkortings op ingevoerde langstaalprodukte te versnel nadat tekorte ontstaan het sedert ArcelorMittal Suid-Afrika gesluit het. ‘n Algemene invoerheffing van tien-persent is in Mei op langstaalprodukte ingestel, terwyl van die strukturele staal uit China en Thailand aan bykomende teenstortingstariewe onderhewig is. Die bedryfshoof van XA Global Advisors, […]
# Vroueleiers en beroepslui in die verdedigingsbedryf gebruik die Africa Aerospace and Defence Trade Exhibition and Air Show in Pretoria om opnuut te vra vir meer beskerming te midde van Suid-Afrika se geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord-krisis. Nege vroue is sedert Julie in Ekurhuleni vermoor. Deelnemers het die slagoffers met ‘n oomblik van stilte onthou en gevra […]
# Die 2026-verslag oor klein-, medium- en mikro-ondernemings toon Suid-Afrika se klein ondernemings oorleef, maar sukkel om uit te brei. Die studie is deur Shoprite geborg en kyk na 800 ondernemings, met 32,1-persent wat langer as 20 jaar bestaan. Twee-en-veertig-persent beskryf hul ondernemings as groeiend, terwyl 56,9-persent sê toegang tot markte bly hul grootste struikelblok. […]
# Steel industry groups are urging the government to fast-track duty rebates on imported long-steel products following supply shortages after ArcelorMittal South Africa closed. A ten-percent general duty was imposed on long-steel imports in May, while some Chinese and Thai structural steel faces additional anti-dumping duties. XA Global Advisors chief operating officer Pieter du Plessis […]
# Women leaders and professionals in the defence sector are using the Africa Aerospace and Defence Trade Exhibition and Air Show in Pretoria to call for protection amid the country’s gender-based violence crisis. Nine women have been killed in Ekurhuleni since July. Participants observed a moment of silence for victims and called for greater accountability. […]
# The 2026 State of the Small, Medium, and Micro Enterprises report shows that South Africa’s small businesses are surviving, but many are struggling to scale. The Shoprite-sponsored study, based on 800 businesses, finds 32.1-percent have operated for more than 20 years. Forty-two-percent describe themselves as growing, while 56.9-percent say access to markets remains the […]
# Die Departement van Basiese Onderwys sê sy Nasionale Grondslagfase-katalogus vir 2026 is goedgekeur, wat die weg baan vir provinsiale verkryging. Woordvoerder Terence Khala sê die besluit volg na ondersoeke deur die Ouditeur-generaal, ‘n onafhanklike ondersoek en regskenners wat bevind het daar was geen bedrog of begunstiging nie. Khala sê provinsies is reeds betrek by […]
# The Department of Basic Education says its 2026 Foundation Phase National Catalogue has been approved, clearing the way for provincial procurement. Spokesperson Terence Khala says the decision followed reviews by the Auditor-General, an independent investigation and legal experts, which found no fraud or favouritism. Khala says provinces have been engaged in procurement, with the […]
