# KPMG lead economist Frank Blackmore says changes in the global economy could create new opportunities for Africa. According to Blackmore, rising demand for artificial intelligence, renewable energy and electric vehicles is increasing the need for Africa’s minerals and energy resources. He says African countries need better infrastructure, reliable electricity, skills and processing facilities to […]
# The South African Reserve Bank has appointed economist Franz Ruch as an adviser to its governors and the seventh member of the Monetary Policy Committee. It says in a statement he brings vast monetary policy to the position, returning from a postition at the World Bank where he served as senior economist. Ruch led […]
# Trade union Solidarity has warned several state-owned enterprises and municipalities not to use provisions of the now-invalid Public Procurement Act in their tender processes. This follows a Constitutional Court ruling that the act was unlawfully enacted. Solidarity’s Theuns du Buisson says race, gender or disability requirements linked to the invalid act should not be […]
# Die Organisasie teen Belastingmisbruik verwelkom Eskom se besluit om sy kwytskelding van registrasiekoste vir klein sonkragstelsels van tot 50 kilovoltampère tot verdere kennisgewing te verleng. Die organisasie sê Eskom dring egter steeds aan dat registrasie verpligtend is, selfs vir veilige huishoudelike stelsels wat nie krag na die netwerk invoer nie. OUTA se uitvoerende hoof, […]
# Openbare Beskermer Kholeka Gcaleka vind geen fout met die regering se besteding van 46-miljoen-rand aan twee uitvoerbaarheidstudies vir die voorgestelde Moloto-spoordeurgang wat Mpumalanga en Limpopo met Tshwane sou verbind nie. Daar is bevind die twee studies het verskillende doelwitte. Die eerste studie in 2007 het 30-miljoen-rand gekos en die tweede in 2012 16-miljoen-rand. Gcaleka […]
# Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has found that former Ekurhuleni City Manager Imogen Mashazi committed improper conduct by appointing an unqualified official to a senior metro police position. The investigation found Ndumiso Gcwabe did not have the required NQF Level Seven qualification when appointed Deputy Chief of Metro Police: Security and Loss Control. Gcaleka says […]
# Die adjunkminister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Alexandra Abrahams, het met belanghebbendes vergader om vordering met die Meesterplan vir Hernubare Energie te hersien. Die komitee sluit verteenwoordigers in van die regering, die bedryf, georganiseerde arbeid en die hernubare energiesektor. Abrahams sê die energie-oorgang moet bekostigbaarheid en toeganklikheid vooropstel en die ekonomie ondersteun. Sy sê die […]
# Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has cleared government’s spending of 46-million-rand on two feasibility studies for the proposed Moloto rail corridor, meant to link Mpumalanga and Limpopo with Tshwane. An investigation found both studies were legally compliant and served different purposes. The first, in 2007, cost 30-million-rand and the second, in 2012, 16-million-rand. Gcaleka says […]
# Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has praised her office’s performance, saying it has achieved a clean audit for the second consecutive year. Gcaleka says the institution’s case finalisation turnaround has improved to 89-percent, while matters taken on review through the courts have declined by 87-percent. She says the implementation of remedial action has risen to […]
