# France wants to start charging non-EU online sellers a handling fee for each low-value package, as the country copes with an influx of cheap goods from China. Such a fee would help cover the cost of checking small packages ordered by EU consumers via platforms such as Chinese-founded firms Temu and Shein. In 2024, […]
# Minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, het die Noord-Gautengse Hooggeregshof se afwysing van ’n interdik om vyf trustee-aanstellings by die Onafhanklike Ontwikkelingstrust te blokkeer, verwelkom. Die hof het die aansoekers se gedrag veroordeel en ’n bestraffende kostebevel gelewer. Macpherson sê die uitspraak is ’n oorwinning vir eerlike bestuur en bevestig pogings om […]
# Public Works minister Dean Macpherson has welcomed the North Gauteng High Court’s dismissal of an interdict to block five trustee appointments to the Independent Development Trust. The court condemned the applicants’ conduct and issued a punitive costs order. Macpherson says the ruling is a win for clean governance and confirms efforts to reform the […]
# Die minister van Kleinsakeontwikkeling, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, stel vandag die Provinsiale tak van die G20 in Gqeberha, Oos-Kaap bekend. Die tweedaagse geleentheid sal fokus op solidariteit, gelykheid en volhoubaarheid. Die vergadering vind plaas terwyl Suid-Afrika in November die globale forum vir ekonomiese samewerking tussen die wêreld se grootste ekonomieë aanbied. Die Oos-Kaapse premier, Oscar Mabuyane, […]
# Die DA het die Gautengse Toerismeowerheid daarvan beskuldig dat dit jammerlik misluk het om sy teikendoelwit van drie-duisend-500-werksgeleenthede te bereik, terwyl dit slegs 787 poste geskep het. Mike Moriarty van die DA het dit as ’n duidelike mislukking van premier Panyaza Lesufi se administrasie bestempel, en hul belofte van sestig-duisend-werksgeleenthede as waansinnig beskryf. Hy […]
# Kanada se eerste minister, Mark Carney, het belowe om Amerika in Donald Trump se handelsoorlog te klop nadat hy die verkiesing gewen en nog ‘n termyn vir sy Liberale Party verseker het. China het in reaksie gesê hy is oop vir sterker bande. Die hoof van die Europese Unie sê die blok sal met […]
# The minister of Small Business Development, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, is launching the G20 Provincial Chapter in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape today. The two day event will focus on solidarity, equality, and sustainability. The meeting comes as South Arica hosts the global forum for economic cooperation among the world’s leading economies in November. Eastern Cape premier Oscar […]
# The DA has accused the Gauteng Tourism Authority of failing dismally to meet its three-thousand-500 job creation target, achieving only 787 jobs. The DA’s Mike Moriarty called it a clear failure by premier Panyaza Lesufi’s administration, labelling its 60-thousand job promise as delusional. He criticised poor planning and lack of private sector partnerships, urging […]
# Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged to beat the United States in Donald Trump’s trade war after winning Canada’s election and leading his Liberal Party to another term in power. China responded to Carney’s victory saying it was open to improving ties, while the European Union chief said the bloc will work with him […]