# B20 Sustainable Food Systems Task Force chairperson, Debra Mallowah, has warned that the global food crisis is no longer hypothetical, but a harsh reality requiring urgent action. Speaking at a B20 South Africa virtual roundtable, she called the crisis a systemic failure, affecting all regions and income groups. Mallowah outlined four urgent priorities including food […]
# Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, is launching the Merchant Development Programme to help township-based small, medium, and micro enterprises enter the automotive industry. Launching at the Chamdor Automotive Hub in Krugersdorp, the initiative aims to support small businesses with training, accreditation, and integration into the government supply chain. The programme targets merchants […]
# Kaapstad se burgemeester, Geordin Hill-Lewis, sê die stad het in 2024/25 9,5-miljard-rand suksesvol in infrastruktuur belê, wat ʼn rekord vir ʼn Suid-Afrikaanse metro is. Die metro het 92,3-persent van sy kapitaal-begroting bestee, maar Veiligheid en Sekerheid is die toppresteerder met 99,7-persent. Hill-Lewis sê hulle bou Kaapstad tot ʼn stad van hoop met ʼn groeiende […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare sê met inflasie wat binne die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se teikenband is en die ekonomie wat teen ‘n slakkepas groei, is ‘n rentekoersverlaging geregverdig en nodig. Sommige ekonome verwag dat die Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee die repokoers met 25 basispunte sal verlaag. Die staatsdiensvakbond sê ‘n verlaging in rentekoerse sal broodnodige […]
# Ekonome verwag dat die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee die terugkoopkoers vandag met 25 basispunte sal verlaag of onveranderd sal hou. Dit is te midde van plaaslike en internasionale ekonomiese onsekerhede. Inflasie het in Junie met 0,2-persent tot drie-persent gestyg van die 2,8-persent in April en Mei. Aluma Capital se hoofekonoom, Frederick Mitchell, sê […]
# Cosatu vra die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee om die terugkoopkoers vandag met ten minste 25 basispunte te verlaag. Die meeste ekonome voorspel ‘n verlaging as gevolg van inflasie wat bestendig bly. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Zanele Sabela, sê hoewel die inflasiekoers effens gestyg het, het die komitee steeds genoeg beweegruimte, veral omdat inflasie steeds […]
# The Public Servants Association says that with inflation currently within the South African Reserve Bank’s target range and economic growth remaining sluggish, a rate cut is justified and necessary. Some economists expect the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points. PSA says a reduction in interest rates […]
# Economists are expecting the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points or keep it steady. This is amid domestic and international economic uncertainties. Inflation increased by only 0.2-percent in June to three-percent from 2.8-percent in May and April. Aluma Capital chief economist, Frederick Mitchell, says […]
# ActionSA sê die regering van nasionale eenheid het misluk in sy pogings om die verslegtende verhouding met Amerika reg te stel. Die twee lande het steeds nie ‘n handelsooreenkoms bereik nie, terwyl president Donald Trump se tariewe van 30-persent op Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoere môre in werking tree. ActionSA se president, Herman Mashaba, sê die gevolge […]
