# A landmark World Trade Organisation agreement banning billions in harmful fishing subsidies has come into force. Approved by Brazil, Kenya, Tonga, and Vietnam, the deal prohibits subsidies for overfished stocks and fishing in international waters. Governments currently spend 614-billion-rand annually on such subsidies, mainly by China, the EU, the US, South Korea, and Japan. […]
# The DA in North West has urged the Portfolio Committee on Economic Development, Environment, Conservation, and Tourism to summon MEC, Bitsa Lenkopane over the province’s exclusion from South Africa’s G20 Tourism Investment Summit. DA spokesperson Jóhni Steenkamp says while other provinces secured flagship investments, North West missed a one-billion-rand pipeline. The party demands clarity […]
# BOSA leader, Mmusi Maimane has written to Finance minister Enoch Godongwana, demanding full transparency on the board of the Public Investment Corporation rationale and legal basis for prematurely terminating the previous board’s extended term. BOSA’s spokesperson, Roger Solomons says ten new non-executive directors were appointed, with no explanation and no public consultation. He says it is […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Taxiraad in die Wes-Kaap sê hy het kennis geneem van die provinsiale regering se besluit om Artikel 91 van die Nasionale Landvervoerwet in werking te stel. Dit bemagtig die regering om buitengewone maatreëls in te stel in gebiede waar geweld, onrus en onbestendigheid in die openbare vervoersektor lewens in gevaar stel. […]
# The South African National Taxi Council in the Western Cape says it has noted the provincial government’s resolution to invoke Section 91 of the National Land Transport Act. This empowers the government to impose extraordinary measures in areas where violence, unrest, and instability in the public transport sector have placed lives at risk. Santaco’s […]
# Standard Bank het die eerste Afrika-gebaseerde bank geword wat ʼn WELL-gesondheid-veiligheidgradering kry vir 15 korporatiewe geboue wat landwyd 353-duisend vierkante meter dek. Die gradering gee erkenning aan sakeondernemings wat voorkeur gee aan die gesondheid en veiligheid van hul werknemers en besoekers aan hul eiendom-ondernemings. Nkosinathi Manzana van Standard Bank sê die prestasie stem ooreen […]
# Standard Bank has become the first Africa-based bank to achieve a WELL Health-Safety Rating for 15 corporate buildings, covering 353-thousand square meters nationwide. The rating recognises businesses that prioritise the health and safety of their employees and visitors in their real estate operations. Standard Bank’s Nkosinathi Manzana says this achievement aligns with its broader […]
# Die graderingsagentskap Moody’s sê Suid-Afrika is in ʼn negatiewe siklus waar hoë leningskoste belegging ontmoedig, groei belemmer en skuldkoste verder verhoog. Die agentskap plaas die land se buitelandse en plaaslike langtermynskuld op Ba2 met ʼn bestendige vooruitsig. Moody’s sê hoewel beleid wat fiskale en ekonomiese kwessies betref verbeter, sal dit weens probleme om dit in […]
# Die adjunkminister van Finansies, David Masondo, sê enige besluit oor Suid-Afrika se benadering tot die inflasieteiken moenie ligtelik geneem word nie. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank wil ʼn nuwe inflasieteiken stel en voer aan die huidige koers maak dat die land nie mededingend is nie en plaas druk op landsburgers. Die land se inflasiesyfer het die afgelope […]
