# BOSA is calling for full transparency following the revelation that Gold Rush Consortium is the preferred bidder for the multi-billion-rand contract to operate South Africa’s national lottery. Spokesperson Roger Solomons says this follows the party’s submission of a Promotion of Access to Information Act application to obtain the names of the members of the […]
# Die Verenigde State en China het ooreengekom om hul omstrede tariewe tydelik te sny, met die VSA se koers wat tot 30-persent verlaag word en Chinese tariewe, tot 10-persent. Die Amerikaanse minister van Finansies, Scott Bessent en die Handelsverteenwoordiger, Jamieson Greer, het ná handelsgesprekke in Genève hierdie naweek, aan verslaggewers gesê die partye het […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het gewaarsku teen die implementering van ’n welvaartbelasting en gesê Suid-Afrika kan sewe miljard rand in jaarlikse inkomstebelasting verloor. Godongwana sê ongeveer twee-duisend-850 individue met ’n hoë netto waarde, wat elk oor meer as vyftig miljoen rand in bates beskik, dra aansienlik by tot die land se inkomste. […]
# The United States and China have agreed to temporarily slash their tit-for-tat tariffs, with the US rate down to 30-percent and Chinese duties cut to to 10-percent. Following a weekend of trade talks in Geneva, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told reporters the sides had agreed to temporarily roll […]
# AfriForum has submitted a formal objection to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s proposed 100-billion-rand Transformation Fund. The group criticised its race-based criteria and funding model. Spokesperson Ernst van Zyl argues that the plan, which requires businesses to contribute three-percent of net profit after tax promotes racial exclusion and risks corruption. AfriForum has […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has cautioned against implementing a wealth tax, stating it could jeopardise seven-billion-rand in annual income tax from approximately two-thousand-850 high-net-worth individuals. These individuals, each possessing over 50-million-rand in assets, contribute significantly to the nation’s revenue. Godongwana emphasised that introducing such a tax might prompt these taxpayers to relocate, thereby eroding […]
# Gauteng se Toerisme-owerheid sê hy sien daarna uit om die provinsie se uiteenlopende aanbiedinge van vandag af uit te stel op die Afrika-Reisindaba in Durban. Die geleentheid vind plaas onder die tema, Onbeperkte Afrika. Vanjaar se indaba verwelkom meer as duisend uitstallers, afgevaardigdes van 27 Afrika-lande en meer as duisend gekeurde internasionale kopers van […]
# Die Amerikaanse minister van Finansies, Scott Bessent, beskryf die handelsamesprekings met China as produktief en opbouend. Amptenare van die wêreld se twee grootste ekonomieë het die naweek in Genève, Switserland, vergader om te onderhandel. Dit volg nadat president Donald Trump verlede maand omvattende handelstariewe van 145-persent op die meeste Chinese goedere ingestel het. China […]
# Business Unity South Africa sê ʼn gesamentlike poging is nodig om die land op ʼn volhoubare opwaartse trajek te plaas en resultate te lewer vir ʼn siklus van groei en werksgeleenthede. Die organisasie is deel van president Cyril Ramaphosa se 2023-vennootskap tussen die regering en sakeondernemings. BUSA sê die verbetering van Eskom se prestasie […]
