# The Institute of Race Relations is calling for the scrapping of broad-based black economic empowerment, as it hampers economic growth and benefits only a connected elite. The organisation has invited the World Bank for discussions on market-friendly policies after the bank’s recent report identified BEE as an anti-growth policy. The institute’s Makone Maja says […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir Landbou, Ivan Meyer, het die styging van 17,2-persent in Suid-Afrikaanse landbou van Oktober tot Desember 2024 toegeskryf aan ‘n toename in veldgewasse en lewende hawe. Hy sê vooruitskattings vir 2025 dui aan dat die provinsie se ekonomie met 2,1-persent kan groei as gevolg van landbou en handel. Meyer sê ook […]
# Western Cape MEC for Agriculture, Ivan Meyer, has credited South Africa’s agriculture surge by 17.2-percent from October to December 2024, to increased field crop and livestock activity. He says projections for 2025 expect the province’s economy to grow 2.1-percent, driven by agriculture and trade. Meyer says the agriculture sector plays a major role in […]
# Die DA doen ‘n beroep op die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, om volledige besonderhede oor die onreëlmatighede rondom die tender vir rybewyskaartmasjiene bekend te maak en die ouditeur-generaal se volledige verslag vry te stel. Die DA se nasionale woordvoerder vir Vervoer, Chris Hunsinger, sê hofaksie alleen sal nie verkrygingsmislukkings en sistemiese wanbestuur aanspreek […]
# The DA is calling on Transport minister Barbara Creecy to disclose full details of irregularities in the driving licence card machines tender and release the Auditor General’s full report. DA national spokesperson for Transport, Chris Hunsinger, says court action alone will not address procurement failures and systemic mismanagement. He warns that without full transparency, […]
# Die Raadgewende Ingenieursorganisasie van Suid-Afrika sê beleidshervorming moet doeltreffend ingestel word om die land se infrastruktuuruitdagings aan te spreek. Die raad se hoof- uitvoerende beampte Chris Campbell het in aanloop tot die infrastruktuurindaba wat van 18 tot 19 Maart plaasvind, beklemtoon dat swak toepassing, die tekort aan tegniese kundigheid en korrupsie vooruitgang belemmer. Campbell […]
# Consulting Engineers South Africa has stressed that policy reforms must be effectively implemented to address the country’s infrastructure challenges. Speaking ahead of CESA’s Infrastructure Indaba scheduled for March 18 and 19, CESA CEO Chris Campbell stresses that poor execution, lack of technical expertise, and corruption hinder progress. Campbell calls for stricter enforcement of payment […]
# ActionSA eis deursigtigheid van die KwaZulu-Natalse bank Ithala oor uitstaande lenings wat aan kliënte met politieke bande toegestaan is. Die party is bekommerd dat belastinggeld misbruik is om politici en hulle kennisse te bevoordeel, insluitend die voorsitter van die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee op Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Zweli Mkhize, en sy gesin. Alan […]
# ActionSA is demanding transparency from KwaZulu-Natal’s Ithala bank over outstanding loans granted to politically exposed individuals. The party is concerned that taxpayer funds may have been misused to benefit politicians and their associates, including the chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Zweli Mkhize and his family. ActionSA’s Alan Beesley […]
