# Pakistan se eerste minister, Shehbaz Sharif, sê onderhandelings begin Vrydag in Islamabad oor ‘n beslissende ooreenkoms om alle vyandighede tussen Amerika en Iran te besleg. Die twee lande het ooreengekom op ‘n wapenstilstand van twee weke, met Teheran wat instem tot die veilige heropening van die strategies-belangrike Seestraat van Hormoes. Pakistan het as bemiddelaar […]
# Die Melkprodusente-organisasie sê die regering se inentingsveldtog het gehelp om die uitwerking van bek-en-klouseer-uitbrekings op melkkuddes te beperk. Die land het teen verlede maand meer as een-duisend-200 gevalle aangeteken waarvan die meeste in KwaZulu-Natal was. Die organisasie se uitvoerende hoof, Fanie Ferreira, sê inentingsprogramme is uiters belangrik om kuddegesondheid te handhaaf en die aanbod […]
# The Pension Funds Adjudicator has warned retirement funds and administrators to respond to member complaints or face legal action. Adjudicator Lebogang Mogashoa says many funds ignore investigations or delay responses. He has now invoked Section 30-J of the Pension Funds Act, allowing summons and subpoenas against non-compliant entities. Failure to comply could result in […]
# The Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture has extended the deadline for retrenchment consultations at its ferrochrome smelters to tomorrow. This follows a request from Eskom, which is working to finalise a 62-cents-per-kilowatt-hour electricity tariff deal aimed at preventing plant closures. The process affects approximately one-thousand-500 employees. Despite suspended operations at some smelters since April 2025, workers […]
# The Milk Producers’ Organisation says government’s vaccination campaign has helped to limit the impact of foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks on dairy herds. As of last month, the country recorded over one-thousand-200 FMD cases, with KwaZulu-Natal being the most affected. The organisation’s CEO, Fanie Ferreira, says vaccination programmes have been crucial in maintaining herd health and stabilising […]
# Oliepryse het met meer as 13-persent gedaal namate geopolitieke spanning in die Midde-Ooste verlig het. Brent-ru-olie het gedaal van 109- tot onder 94-dollar per vat na die verrassende aankondiging van ‘n wapenstilstand van twee weke tussen Amerika en Iran. Die ooreenkoms om die strategies-belangrike Seestraat van Hormoes te heropen, het wêreldwyd verligting gebring, en […]
# Die nuut-aangestelde Gautengse LUR vir Finansies, Nkululeko Dunga, sê sy hooftaak is om die provinsie se finansies bestendig te maak. Die 2026/27-begroting is byna 180-miljard-rand, wat drie hoof-voorkeure ondersteun, naamlik die bevordering van inklusiewe groei en werkgeleenthede, die lok van beleggings en die verbetering van lewensomstandighede en welstand deur betroubare dienste. Dunga sê die […]
# Newly appointed Gauteng MEC for Finance, Nkululeko Dunga, says his primary mission is to stabilise the province’s finances. The province’s 2026/2027 budget is nearly 180-billion-rand, which supports three priorities, namely driving inclusive growth and jobs, crowding in investment and improving living conditions and wellbeing through reliable services. Dunga says the budget is restrictive, and […]
# Oil prices plummeted by over 13-percent today as geopolitical tensions eased in the Middle-East. Brent crude fell to less than 94-dollars per barrel from 109-dollars overnight following a surprise two-week ceasefire announced between the US and Iran. The agreement to reopen the strategically-important Strait of Hormuz sparked a massive global relief rally, with Asian stock markets surging over five-percent. Analysts warn prices remain […]
