# The International Monetary Fund has revised South Africa’s 2025 economic growth forecast down to 1-percent, significantly lower than the National Treasury’s projection of 1.5-percent in January. In March, Finance minister Enoch Godongwana was still forecasting growth of 1.7-percent this year. The IMF attributes this downgrade to escalating global trade tensions, particularly the impact of […]
# Die DA beskuldig ActionSA dat hy doelbewus die publiek mislei met vals bewerings oor die nasionale begrotingsproses. Die DA sê ActionSA is besig om ‘n oneerlike veldtog te voer om misleiding te veroorsaak met sy rol in die hulp om die fiskale raamwerk goedgekeur te kry. Die DA sê hy het die voorgestelde verhoging […]
# The DA says ActionSA is misleading the public with false claims about the national budget process. It accuses ActionSA of running a dishonest campaign to deflect from its role in helping pass the government’s fiscal framework. The party argues it opposed the proposed two-percent VAT increase from the beginning and led efforts to stop […]
# Die Parlement voer aan die verhoging van 0,5-persent in BTW wat volgende week van krag word, is wettig hangend parlementêre wysiging. Die DA en die EFF betwis die verhoging in die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof, en beweer dat dit die Parlement se magte ten opsigte van belasting uitskakel. Uitspraak is voorbehou. Die Parlement se regsverteenwoordiger, Priscilla […]
# Parliament argues the 0.5-percent VAT hike set to commence next week is lawful, pending parliamentary amendment. The DA and EFF are challenging the increase, calling it unconstitutional and claiming it sidelines Parliament’s taxing powers. Judgment has been reserved. Appearing before the High Court in Cape Town, Parliament’s lawyer, Priscilla Pillay, defended the hike under […]
# ’n Onlangs opname het oorweldigende steun getoon vir die oorskakeling van fossielbrandstowwe na hernubare energie. Die opname deur E3G en vennote sluit een-duisend-477-sake-leiers in, waaronder 104 van Suid-Afrika. Dit toon dat 97-persent van die bestuurders die vermindering van steenkoolgebruik steun, terwyl 87-persent regerings aanmoedig om voorkeur te gee aan hernubare beleggings. In Suid-Afrika ondersteun […]
# A recent survey has showed overwhelming support for shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Commissioned by E3G and partners, the poll of one-thousand-477 business leaders including 104 from South Africa, reveals that 97-percent of executives back phasing out coal, with 87-percent urging governments to prioritise renewable investments. In South Africa, 95-percent support the […]
# Die Internasionale Monetêre Fonds is van mening China se ekonomie sal vanjaar met slegs vier-persent groei, heelwat laer as Beijing se amptelike teiken van vyf-persent. Dit is weens ‘n toenemende handelsoorlog met Amerika. Die aanhoudende krisis in die eiendomsektor, plaaslike regeringskuld en trae verbruikersbesteding dra verder by tot die afwaartse druk op groei. Die […]
# The International Monetary Fund now believes China’s economy will only grow by four percent this year, well below Beijing’s official target off five-percent as it fights a mounting trade war with the United States. Also contributing to downward pressure on growth are a persistent crisis in the property sector, local government debt and sluggish […]
