# Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, says negotiations for a conclusive agreement to settle all disputes between the US and Iran will begin in Islamabad on Friday. The two countries have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, with Tehran agreeing to the safe reopening of the strategically-important Strait of Hormuz. Pakistan has been acting as mediator. […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare sê die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens moet gelukgewens word omdat hy die eerste keer in drie dekades sy inkomste-teiken oorskry het. Dit het die twee-duisend-miljard-rand-kerf in netto inkomste-invordering vir die 2025/2026-boekjaar verbygesteek en ʼn rekord 2,01-duisend-miljard-rand ingesamel. Die verbeterde inkomste is 24,7-miljard-rand hoër as wat ʼn jaar gelede beraam is. Die vakbond-woordvoerder […]
# The Public Servants Association says the South African Revenue Service must be congratulated on surpassing its revenue target for the first time in three decades. SARS has passed the two-trillion-rand mark in net revenue collection for the 2025/2026 financial year, raking in a record 2,010-rand trillion-rand. The improved revenue collections result is 24.7-billion-rand higher […]
# Die Departement van Minerale en Petroleumhulpbronne hersien die plaaslike brandstofprysmeganisme en die proses sal einde Maart volgende jaar afgehandel wees. Die regering het verlede week die algemene brandstofheffing tydelik met drie rand per liter verlaag om verbruikers tegemoet te kom te midde van skerp internasionale brandstofprysstygings weens die konflik in die Midde-Ooste. Die Direkteur […]
# The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources says it is reviewing the local fuel price mechanism, with the process to be completed in March next year. Last week, the government announced a temporary three-rand reduction in the general fuel levy to cushion consumers, as fuel prices have skyrocketed due to the Middle East conflict. […]
# Business Leadership South Africa sê die land se markte het wêreldwye druk van verkooppryse beter as ander hanteer en hervormingsmomentum onderskei dit van ander opkomende markte wat die oliekrisis hanteer. Dit volg nadat die Midde-Oosterse konflik en sluiting van die Straat van Hormoes oliepryse wêreldwyd laat styg het. BLSA se uitvoerende hoof, Busiswe Mavuso, […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says the country’s markets have weathered global selling pressure better than others, with reform momentum differentiating it from emerging-market peers facing the oil crisis. This comes as the Middle East conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have led to fuel prices rising globally. BLSA CEO Busiswe Mavuso […]
# South African financial education company Fintr has launched its award-winning board game FinMaster nationwide at Exclusive Books stores. The game teaches saving, investing and building wealth through play, using South African themes like load-shedding and cabinet reshuffles. It was developed from a pizza-box prototype created by two industrial engineers and has since gained international […]
# The Bureau for Economic Research says the government of national unity must accelerate reforms or risk economic stagnation. Its latest report outlines three scenarios, ranging from slow growth to strong economic expansion and job creation. The bureau warns that simply keeping the coalition together is not enough, and that clear, coordinated policies are needed […]
