# ‘n Senior ekonoom, by FNB, Siphamandla Mkhwanazi, sê die vertroue in die bousektor het in die tweede kwartaal vanjaar vanaf 41 in die eerste kwartaal, tot op 36 gedaal. Hy sê die laer saamgestelde lesing was grootliks te wyte aan ‘n 24-indekspunt-daling in die vertroue van hardeware-kleinhandelaars. Mkhwanazi sê egter die sakestemming van hoofbouwerk- […]
# The government has begun an interactive nationwide roadshow to roll out the 500-million-rand Spaza Shop Support Fund. Johannesburg Economic Development director Benji Seitlhamo says six-million-rand has already been disbursed to participating spaza shops across the country. He says the sessions aim to guide shop owners on accessing grants and low-interest loans to formalise and grow […]
# FNB senior economist, Siphamandla Mkhwanazi, says sentiment in the building sector has dropped to 36 in the second quarter of this year, from 41 in first quarter of 2025. He says the lower composite sentiment reading was largely due to a 24-index-point fall in the confidence of hardware retailers. Mkhwanazi says however, the business […]
# Die hoofsekretaris van die metaalwerkersvakbond Numsa, Irvin Jim, verwelkom die ondertekening van ‘n verhoging van bo inflasie van 2,8-persent as deel van die plastiekbedryf se hoof kollektiewe bedingingsooreenkoms. Die sektor verteenwoordig sowat 34-duisend werkers landwyd en is ‘n subsektor van die Bedingingsraad vir die Metaal- en Ingenieursbedryf. Jim sê die ooreenkoms wat op 30 […]
# Numsa general secretary, Irvin Jim, has welcomed the signing of the above inflation increase agreement of 2.8-percent as part of the Plastic Industry Main Collective Agreement. The sector represents approximately 34-thousand workers nationally, and it’s a sub-sector of the Metals Engineering Industries Bargaining Council. Jim says the agreement, which expires on the 30th of […]
# ‘n Amerikaanse afvaardiging onder leiding van die Minister van Handel, Howard Lutnick, vergader vandag met Chinese amptenare in Londen in gesprekke wat gemik is op die oplossing van die handelsoorlog tussen die wêreld se twee grootste ekonomieë. ‘n Negentig-dae handelsooreenkoms vroeër vandeesmaand het daartoe gelei dat die VSA sy algehele tariewe op Chinese goedere […]
# A US delegation led by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will be meeting with Chinese officials in London today, in a new round of talks aimed at resolving the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. A 90-day trade agreement earlier this month saw the US temporarily lowering its overall tariffs on Chinese goods […]
# Eskom sê hy beplan om ‘n totaal van twee-duisend-550-megawatt se opwekkingsvermoë beskikbaar te stel voor Maandag se aand-spitstyd, om ‘n bestendige netwerk te verseker voor ‘n koue week. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens het vroeër aangekondig dat erge en ekstreme winterweer Suid-Afrika hierdie naweek tot volgende week sal tref. Eskom-woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, sê die nutsmaatskappy verwag […]
# Eskom sê die kragnetwerk is steeds bestendig en veerkragtig. Die Eskom-woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, sê hoewel stelselbeperkings soms voorkom, is daar voldoende noodreserwes en dit word strategies aangewend om aan die vraag gedurende oggend- en aandspitstye te voldoen. Sy sê die kragvoorsiener maak goeie vordering deur die toppunt van die instandhoudingseisoen:
