# Johnson and Johnson has offered to pay roughly 92.3-billion-rand to resolve lawsuits alleging its baby powder and other products containing talcum cause ovarian cancer. The settlement covers around 76-thousand claims, with the company paying up to 50.25-billion-rand next year, with further payments in 2028. J&J’s vice president of litigation, Erik Haas, says while they are […]
# Western Cape MEC of Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers, says the provincial government is transforming the way infrastructure is planned, financed and delivered, through stronger partnerships, greater transparency, and a shared vision for long-term growth. The provincial government will convene its inaugural Infrastructure Ministerial Roundtable in Cape Town on Thursday. Simmers says at the centre of […]
# Die minister van Wetenskap, Tegnologie en Innovasie, Blade Nzimande, sê die veredeling van minerale moet die middelpunt van Afrika se ekonomiese gesprek wees. Die vasteland beskik oor 30-persent van die wêreld se mees kritieke mineraal-afsettings wat kobalt, litium, koper, seldsame aardmetale, en metale uit die platinum-groep insluit. Nzimande het gister tydens ʼn bespreking by […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het voorgestel die salarispakket van die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente se administrateur, Hlengani Mathebula, word heroorweeg. Mathebula is in Mei deur die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, aangestel nadat die skema onder administrasie geplaas is. Sy vergoeding beloop elf-miljoen-rand oor 24 maande terwyl sy […]
# Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Blade Nzimande, says mineral beneficiation must sit at the absolute centre of Africa’s economic conversation. The continent holds about 30-percent of the world’s most critical mineral deposits, including cobalt, lithium, copper, rare earths, and platinum group metals. Speaking during a panel discussion at the Southern African Development Community Industrial […]
# ʼn Senior FNB-ekonoom, Siphamandla Mkhwanazi, sê hoër leningkoste, swakker verbruikersvertroue en traer ekonomiese toestande beïnvloed die vraag na behuising en sal na verwagting die res van die jaar mark-aktiwiteit kniehalter. Die FNB-huisprysindeks het in Junie verder verlangsaam. Die jaarlikse groei in huispryse het van 5,7-persent in Mei tot 5,2-persent gedaal. Mkhwanazi sê die behuisingsmark trek […]
# Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, has proposed that the salary package of National Student Financial Aid Scheme administrator, Hlengani Mathebula, be reconsidered. Mathebula, who was appointed by minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela in May after NSFAS was placed under administration, will earn eleven-million-rand over 24 months. His four technical advisers are […]
# Die vakverbond Saftu veroordeel Amerika se jongste besluit om nuwe handelstariewe teen Suid-Afrika en tientalle ander lande in te stel omdat hulle na bewering nie dwangarbeid keer of doeltreffend bekamp nie. Die Amerikaanse handelsverteenwoordiger het tariewe van 12,5-persent teen Suid-Afrika ingestel. Volgens Saftu se woordvoerder, Asive Dyani, het die land herhaaldelik bewys hy het ‘n […]
# FNB senior economist, Siphamandla Mkhwanazi, says higher borrowing costs, weaker consumer confidence and softer economic conditions are weighing on housing demand, and are likely to restrain market activity through the remainder of the year. The FNB House Price Index slowed further in June, with annual house price growth easing to 5.2-percent year-on-year from 5.7-percent in […]
