# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is calling on Finance minister Enoch Godongwana to ensure no cuts to municipal funding are proposed when he tables the national budget on Wednesday. The minister will attempt to table the budget for the third time after the two previous attempts were halted due to political and legal challenges. […]
# The GOOD Party says it will not support a budget that does not retain the Social Relief of Distress Grant, adding that there can be no compromise on the state’s duty to support the vulnerable. On Wednesday, Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is set to table the third version of the national budget in as […]
# Die EFF-leier Julius Malema glo die begrotingsrede van die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana sal sonder planne vir werkskepping, ekonomiese groei of ondersteuning vir staatsondernemings wees. Na ‘n begrotingsdooiepunt van twee maande het die minister verlede maand sy voorstel vir ‘n verhoging van BTW teruggetrek. Hy sal Woensdag begroting 3.0 ter tafel lê. Malema […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema believes Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s budget speech will be devoid of plans for job creation, economic growth, or support for state-owned enterprises. Following a two-month-long budget impasse, the minister withdrew his proposal for a value-added tax hike last month. He will table budget 3.0 on Wednesday. Malema says Godongwana must […]
# Suid-Afrika en Nederland het ’n gesamentlike kommissie-ooreenkoms in Den Haag onderteken tydens die vierde vergadering van die gesamentlike samewerkingskommissie. Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge, Ronald Lamola, en die Nederlandse minister van Buitelandse Sake, Caspar Veldkamp, het bilaterale betrekkinge versterk. Die lande het onder meer Oekraïne, Palestina, Suid-Afrika se G20-voorsitterskap en klimaats-projekte bespreek. Sleuteluitkomste sluit […]
# South Africa and the Netherlands signed a joint commission agreement in The Hague during their Fourth Joint Commission of Cooperation meeting. International Relations minister Ronald Lamola met with Dutch Foreign Affairs minister Caspar Veldkamp to strengthen bilateral relations. The nations discussed Ukraine, Palestine, South Africa’s G20 Presidency, and climate initiatives. Key outcomes include a […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Suikerrietkwekersvereniging verwelkom die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging se voorgestelde konsepregulasies wat kan help om die lewensbestaan van meer as een-miljoen mense te beskerm. Die nuwe regulasies sal kleinhandelaars en voedselprodusente toelaat om regstreeks met suikerrietkwekers te onderhandel en voorkeur gee aan aankope van Suid-Afrikaanse suiker in plaas van invoere. Die […]
# SA Canegrowers welcomes the proposed draft regulations from the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition that could help protect over a million livelihoods. The new regulations would allow retailers and food producers to negotiate directly with sugarcane growers to prioritise buying South African sugar instead of imports. The organisation’s vice-chairperson, Andrew Russell, says the […]
# Verskeie sentrale banke in Afrika staan gereed om rentekoerse in die komende weke te verlaag namate inflasiedruk afneem en wêreldwye handelspanning toeneem. Egipte, Suid-Afrika, Kenia, Mosambiek, Eswatini en Lesotho gaan waarskynlik hul koerse verlaag, terwyl die van Nigerië, Ghana, Angola en Zambië na verwagting onveranderd sal bly. Die stappe volg ná die VSA invoertariewe […]
