# Eskom het ‘n elektrisiteitstariefooreenkoms van 62-sent per kilowatt-uur met Samancor Chrome en Glencore-Merafe Chrome ferrokroomsmelters gesluit, as deel van ‘n nuwe prysbenadering vir energie-intensiewe gebruikers. Volgens die nutsmaatskappy is die ooreenkoms bedoel om sy finansies te verbeter, bestendige aanvraag te verseker en sleutelbedrywe te ondersteun. Die ooreenkoms verg steeds goedkeuring van die energiereguleerder, Nersa. […]
# Statistieke Suid-Afrika sê vervaardigingsproduksie het in Februarie met 2,8-persent gedaal in vergelyking met dieselfde tydperk verlede jaar, hoofsaaklik gedryf deur dalings in voedsel, drank en papier en die uitgewersbedryf, en metaalverwante nywerhede. Oor die drie maande tot Februarie was produksie 20-persent laer, met die meeste vervaardigingsafdelings wat negatiewe groei aangeteken het. Nicolai Claassen van […]
# Die uitvoerende hoof van die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens, John Lamola, het met ingang van die einde van die maand bedank. News24 berig die uitvoerende hoof van Air Chefs, Matshela Seshibe, sal intussen as uitvoerende hoof waarneem. Die lugredery sê drie raadslede het ook om verskillende redes bedank. Die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, en die […]
# Eskom has concluded a 62-cents per kilowatt-hour electricity tariff agreement with Samancor Chrome and Glencore–Merafe Chrome ferrochrome smelters, as part of a new pricing approach for energy-intensive users. According to the utility, the deal is intended to improve its finances, secure stable demand, and support key industries, but it still requires approval from energy […]
# Statistics South Africa says manufacturing production fell by 2.8-percent in February compared with the same period last year, driven mainly by declines in food and beverages, paper and publishing, and metal-related industries. Over the three months to February, output was down 20-percent, with most manufacturing divisions recording negative growth. Stats SA’s Nicolai Claassen says […]
# South African Airways CEO John Lamola has resigned with effect from the end of this month. News24 reports, Air Chefs CEO Matshela Seshibe will act as CEO in the meantime. The airline says three board members have also stepped down for varying reasons. Transport minister Barbara Creecy and the SAA board have thanked Lamola […]
# Sakeliga and the National Employers’ Association of South Africa have taken their challenge against Employment Equity quotas to the Constitutional Court, in a final bid for urgent relief. The business groups are seeking to overturn a lower court decision that refused to suspend the new regulations, which impose strict race and gender hiring targets […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa is entering the next phase of electricity sector reform aimed at modernising the power system and attracting more investment. In his keynote address at Kusile power station in Mpumalanga, Ramaphosa said Eskom will remain central to ensuring a stable electricity supply while the sector is opened to greater […]
# Die inflasiekoers in Amerika het verlede maand tot sy hoogste vlak in byna twee jaar gestyg, namate hoër oliepryse weens die VSA-Israel-oorlog in Iran, na die breër ekonomie begin oorspoel het. Volgens die Amerikaanse Departement van Arbeid het verbruikerspryse met 3,3-persent oor die 12 maande tot Maart gestyg, teenoor 2,4-persent in Februarie. Dit is […]
