# Grain SA introduced Richard Krige as its new chairperson during the 2025 Congress, with Danie Minnaar and Jeremia Mathebula as vice-chairpersons. Outgoing chairperson Derek Mathews highlighted the sector’s resilience amid economic and climate challenges. Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen assured government support, addressing climate change, rural safety, and land reform concerns. Global expert Paul Temple […]
# Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom is aware that it cannot increase electricity tariffs as it wants because competition is intensifying in the industry. The National Energy Regulator has approved the Eskom retail tariffs and structural adjustment for 2025, which will see prices increased by 12.74-percent from April. The regulator has also approved the […]
# Ratings agency Moody’s expects the government of national unity to reach a compromise that will allow for the passing of the budget. Some parties including the DA have rejected the amended budget, despite Finance minister Enoch Godongwana scaling back the size of the proposed value-added tax hike. Parliament’s portfolio committees are reviewing the budget. […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says South Africa is making efforts to maintain investor confidence by addressing structural obstacles to economic growth. He was speaking at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday. Mashatile says the government is implementing extensive structural, policy, and regulatory reforms to enhance the economy’s performance. He says these include […]
# Russiese president Vladimir Putin sê die Weste sal probeer om Rusland te ondermyn of die land sankies opskort of nie. Hy het aan sakeleiers in Moskou gesê hulle moet elders kyk vir beleggingsgeleenthede. In ‘n hoofsaaklik-anti-Westerse toespraak voor sy krities-belangrike telefoonoproep met VSA president Donald Trump, het hy gesê Westerse dominansie is besig om […]
# Russian President Vladimir Putin says the West would try to undermine Russia regardless of whether it lifted sanctions, telling business leaders in Moscow they should look elsewhere to invest. Delivering a broadly anti-Western speech ahead of a crunch phone call with US counterpart Donald Trump, Putin said Western dominance was “slipping away”. Western countries […]
# Die DA sê Gauteng se begroting is onder druk weens e-tol-skuld en agterstallige fakture. Die DA-lid, Ruhan Robinson, het die LUR, Lebogang Maile, gekritiseer omdat die party uitgesluit is van die begrotingsraadplegings. Robinson beweer ondanks ‘n begroting van 171-miljard-rand is daar ‘n tekort van 7,3-miljard-rand in die Gesondheidsdepartement en baie diensverskaffers bly onbetaald. Hy […]
# The DA says Gauteng’s budget is under pressure due to e-Toll debt and overdue invoices. The DA’s Ruhan Robinson slammed MEC Lebogang Maile for excluding the party from budget consultations. Robinson claims that despite a 171-billion-rand budget, the Health Department faces a 7.3-billion-rand deficit, as many service providers remain unpaid. He said the DA […]
# Die Agri-sakevertroueaanwyser het met 11 punte vanaf die vierde kwartaal verlede jaar tot die eerste kwartaal van hierdie jaar gestyg. Dit is die derde agtereenvolgende verbetering en plaas die aanwyser op sy hoogste vlak sedert die vierde kwartaal van 2021. Die huidige vlak dui aan dat Suid-Afrikaanse agrisake optimisties bly oor sakeondernemings in die […]
