# Grain SA says almost 700-million-rand could be lost across the soybean value chain because of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s approach to calculating location differentials. The organisation estimates a single-reference-point system could result in average transport deductions of 333-rand a tonne, compared with 113-rand under its proposed multi-reference model. Grain SA says the difference could […]
# Higher Education, Science and Innovation minister Blade Nzimande says the South African Women in Science Awards are vital in motivating women and encouraging girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Nzimande says the awards form part of a broader transformation programme, supported through scholarships, postgraduate funding and assistance for emerging researchers. […]
# Die Amerikaanse Departement van Finansies het sanksies ingestel teen tien mense wat na bewering deel is van ‘n netwerk verantwoordelik vir die oordrag van kontant aan Hisbollah. Dis na bewering gedoen deur koeriers wat op handelsvlugte tussen Libanon, Turkye en die Verenigde Arabiese Emirate gereis het. Die Kantoor van Buitelandse Batebeheer sê die netwerk […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says it has some concerns about the draft revised Electricity Pricing Policy. The policy introduces unbundled transparent billing, curbs the shifting of non-payment losses onto compliant consumers, expands free basic electricity access, and sets concessional tariffs for distressed key industries. GIWUSA’s Zaki Mamdoo says the starting […]
# The Forum for South Africa is demanding stronger interventions to reduce the cost of basic food and essential household goods, improve energy security and address the affordability of electricity. Statistics South Africa reports that consumer inflation declined from 5.0-percent in June to 4.3-percent in July this year. Forum leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, has cautioned government […]
# The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on ten individuals alleged to be part of a network responsible for transferring cash to Hezbollah. This was allegedly done by couriers travelling on commercial flights between Lebanon, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. The Office of Foreign Assets Control says the network allowed the Iranian-backed Lebanese […]
# Business Leadership South Africa sê vir grootskaalse werkskepping moet die land beter doen en die groeikoers tot bo drie-persent opskuif. Daar is tans 8,5-miljoen werklose mense en jaarliks kom sowat 300-duisend nuwe werksoekers by. BLSA se voorsitter, Adrian Gore, sê die sakesektor glo Suid-Afrika het aansienlike geleentheid om ʼn self-versterkende siklus te skep met […]
# Die eko-regte groep Green Connection dring by die Parlement aan om die voorgestelde Wetsontwerp op Gas te herroep en gewaarsku dat dit Suid-Afrika dieper kan dompel in afhanklikheid van olie en gas terwyl oorsig verswak word. Wanneer dit afgekondig word, sal dit die Gaswet vervang met ‘n nuwe raamwerk wat onder meer aardgas, gasinfrastruktuur, […]
# Iran se Ministerie van Buitelandse Sake sê die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, se onwettige dreigement van verhoogde sanksies is die keerkant van die munt van oorlog en militêre aggressie. Trump dreig met ‘n ekonomiese D-Dag met gevolge vir enige land wat met Iran sake doen. Pogings sloer om die oorlog te beëindig en Amerika […]
