# Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says government is focused on lowering electricity costs, as high prices gradually erode household incomes. The cost of electricity from 2007 to 2024 has increased by 937-percent. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa recently came under fire after admitting to a 54-billion-rand mistake in Eskom’s tariff determination for […]
# Die ekonoom Frederick Mitchell sê om betekenisvolle ekonomiese vordering te ondersteun, moet Suid-Afrika sy plaaslike ekonomiese beleid en sy internasionale houding verander. Suid-Afrika se ekonomie het in die tweede kwartaal vanjaar slegs 0,8-persent gegroei. Mitchell sê om Suid-Afrika se ekonomiese potensiaal te ontsluit, vereis ʼn ondubbelsinnige ekonomiese bloudruk. Hy sê die bloudruk moet onder […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Brouerye sê hy is vol vertroue dat sy herstruktureringsproses in wese en wat prosedure betref, regverdig is. Dit volg nadat die Arbeidshof in Johannesburg ʼn dringende aansoek van die Food and Allied Workers’ Union vir ʼn interdik teen afleggings by die SAB, van die hand gewys het. Die maatskappy besnoei 233 werkers […]
# The South African Breweries says it is confident that its restructuring process is both procedurally and substantially fair. This comes as the Labour Court in Johannesburg has dismissed an urgent application by the Food and Allied Workers’ Union for an interdict to stop retrenchments at SAB. The company is cutting 233 local warehouse jobs. […]
# Economist Frederick Mitchell says to foster meaningful economic advancement, South Africa must reconsider both its domestic economic policies and its international posture. South Africa’s economy recorded modest growth of just 0.8-percent during the second quarter of this year. Mitchell says unlocking South Africa’s economic potential requires an unambiguous economic blueprint. He says the blueprint […]
# Die Departement van Minerale en Petroleumbronne, die Raad vir Geowetenskappe en die Nywerheidsontwikkelingskorporasie het ‘n tweede ronde aansoeke vir die junior mynbou-eksplorasiefonds oopgemaak. Die fonds, wat klein mynbou-ondernemings met eksplorasie ondersteun, het 240-miljoen-rand opsy gesit om klein mynbouondernemings te help om minerale soos goud, koper, litium en uraan te vind. Junior mynwerkers met geldige […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sal die hoofrede lewer tydens die galadinee van die plaaslike regeringsindaba in Gauteng. Die indaba bring die regering-, handel-, arbeid-, akademiese en burgerlike samelewingsektore bymekaar om ‘n omkeerstrategie vir munisipaliteite te beplan. Swak oudit-uitslae dui op regeringsmislukkings en die doel van die vergadering is om openbare vertroue deur aanspreeklikheid, etiese leierskap […]
# Die Speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering, Thoko Didiza, het afgevaardigdes by die elfde G20 Parlementêre Speakersberaad in Kaapstad versoek om oorsig en globale solidariteit te bespreek. Die tema is “Die benutting van Parlementêre Diplomasie vir die Verwesenliking van Globale Solidariteit, Gelykheid en Volhoubaarheid” en Didiza het wêreldwye samewerking aangemoedig om die befondsing van ‘n […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the keynote address at the Local Government Indaba Gala Dinner this evening at Gallagher Convention Centre, Gauteng. The Indaba brings together government, business, labour, academia, and civil society to chart a turnaround strategy for municipalities. With poor audit outcomes highlighting governance failures, the gathering aims to restore public confidence […]
