# Following marginal growth of 0,1-percent in the first quarter of 2025, GDP strengthened by 0,8-percent in the second quarter from April to June. Manufacturing, mining and trade led growth on the supply side of the economy. The expenditure side was also positive, lifted mainly by stronger household consumption and softer imports.
# Die staatsbeheerde digitale verspreider Sentech waarsku hy sal die SABC se sein teen Desember afskakel indien die uitsaaier nie sy skuld van ‘n miljard-rand vereffen nie. Die SABC wil die seinkoste weer onderhandel te midde van vertragings met die aanvaarding van die Wetsontwerp op die SABC om ‘n nuwe befondsingsmodel te skep. Die voorsitter […]
# Energy regulator Nersa has confirmed a four-percent increase in Sasol Gas’s maximum price for the 2025/2026 financial year. The adjustment, effective from next month to December, raises the maximum price from 87-rand-four-cents to 90-rand-57-cents per gigajoule, mainly because of higher costs of gas from Mozambique, oil prices, exchange rates, and the US price index. […]
# Gauteng Economic Planning and Development deputy director-general Bulumko Nelana says the Second Annual Embassies Business Fair and Conference at the CSIR Convention Centre in Pretoria is focused on building powerful networks across borders. Held under the theme ‘Direct Business Exchange amongst Embassies‘, the event gathers over one-thousand-500 delegates, 120 exhibitors, and 40 embassies. He […]
# State-owned digital distributor, Sentech, has warned it will switch off the SABC’s signal by December if the broadcaster fails to settle its one-billion-rand debt. The SABC wants to renegotiate signal costs, while delays in passing the SABC Bill to create a new funding model, add to the crisis. The chairperson of Parliament’s Communications committee, […]
# Die Nasionale Werkgewersvereniging van Suid-Afrika, NEASA, gaan nie die regering se rassekwotas nakom nie en sê hy gaan nie diskriminasie op grond van ras of geslag verdra nie. Die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria het onlangs NEASA en Sakeliga se aansoek vir ʼn interdik teen die nuwe indiensnemingsteikens van die hand gewys. Die teikens vir sogenaamde […]
# Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, sê Suid-Afrika se visbedryf het toegang gekry om vis en visprodukte van gelyste visserye tot ná Januarie 2026 na Amerika uit te voer. NOAA Fisheries se bepaling erken Suid-Afrika se regulatoriese program vir die beskerming van see-soogdiere se doeltreffendheid vergelyk goed met dié van […]
# The National Employers’ Association of South Africa will not comply with the government’s racial quotas, saying it won’t tolerate discrimination on the grounds of race and gender. The High Court in Pretoria recently dismissed NEASA and Sakeliga’s application for an interdict against the new employment equity quotas. The Employment Equity targets enforce race-based targets across skilled, […]
# Die Stad Tshwane sê alles is gereed vir sy eerste Tshwane-beleggingsberaad môre. Die geleentheid, met die tema “Tshwane Rising”, is gemik om beduidende beleggings te lok en die metro se enorme ekonomiese potensiaal te ontsluit. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Ruimtelike Beplanning, Sarah Mabotsa, sê hulle mik om vyf-miljard-rand se beleggings by die […]
