# Standard Bank has announced the top ten finalists in its 2026 Kasi Small and Medium-sized Enterprises National Pitch Challenge, with entrepreneurs from all nine provinces competing for a one-million-rand prize. The finalists run businesses in sectors including agriculture, healthcare, manufacturing, food production, media and sustainable construction. The bank’s Naledzani Mosomane says the finalists will […]
# Eskom says its turnaround is gaining momentum, with the energy availability factor reaching 72.56-percent for the past week and 67.79-percent year-to-date, its highest level since 2020. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says unplanned outages have fallen by 39.2-percent year-on-year. Seven provinces have also been removed from the load-reduction schedule, benefiting about 1.2-million customers. She says […]
# Die DA sê die regering moet dringend meer privaat ondernemings toelaat om deel te neem aan die bestuur van Suid-Afrika se hawens. Chris Hunsinger van die party sê Fase-3 van die regering-sakevennootskap moet werklike hervormings lewer om hawe-doeltreffendheid te verbeter en vertragings te verminder. Volgens Hunsinger kan privaat belegging meer mededinging, vaardighede en befondsing […]
# The DA says government must urgently allow more private companies to take part in running South Africa’s ports. The party’s Chris Hunsinger says phase three of the government-business partnership must deliver real reforms to improve port efficiency and reduce delays. According to Hunsinger, private investment can bring more competition, skills and funding while keeping […]
# Die rand het gister tot onder 16 rand teenoor die dollar versterk en sy sterkste vlak sedert die begin van die Iran-oorlog bereik. Die geldeenheid is aangemoedig deur ‘n swakker Amerikaanse dollar en verdere winste in die goudprys. Reuters sê die dollar het in vroeë handel teen ongeveer 16-rand-5 sent verhandel, terwyl News24 berig […]
# The rand strengthened to below 16-rand against dollar yesterday, reaching its strongest level since the start of the Iran war. The currency was boosted by a weaker US dollar and further gains in the gold price. Reuters says the dollar was trading at about 16-rand-5-cents in early trading, while News24 reports it briefly moved […]
# Die Zimbabwiese president Emmerson Mnangagwa sê infrastruktuurontwikkeling moet ‘n prioriteit bly in die versterking van ekonomiese samewerking met Suid-Afrika. Mnangagwa het tydens die Suid-Afrika-Zimbabwe bi-Nasionale Kommissie gevra vir die versnelde konstruksie van ‘n derde Limpopo-brug om handel en migrasie te verbeter. Hy het die vordering met die Beitbrug-eenstopgrenspos verwelkom en gevra vir sterk optrede […]
# Die DA sê president Cyril Ramaphosa se Fase Drie regering-sake-vennootskap moet dringend optree om Suid-Afrika se ekonomiese krisis aan te spreek. Die partyleier Geordin Hill-Lewis verwelkom die teiken om die ekonomie met meer as drie-persent te laat groei. Hill-Lewis sê Suid-Afrika kan nie stadige hervormings bekostig nie, en vra vir duidelike spertye en aanspreeklikheid […]
# Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa says infrastructure development must remain a priority in strengthening economic cooperation with South Africa. Addressing the South Africa-Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission, Mnangagwa called for fast-tracking of the construction of a third Limpopo Bridge to improve trade and migration. Mnangagwa welcomed progress on the Beitbridge one-stop border post, calling for bold action […]
