# US president Donald Trump blasted Federal Reserve chairperson Jerome Powell for not lowering interest rates, calling him “always too late and wrong”. Trump wrote on his TruthSocial platform that Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough. The central bank’s chair warned yesterday that Trump’s sweeping tariffs on virtually every trade partner could put the Fed […]
# According to Statistics South Africa, retail trade sales rose by 3.9-percent in February compared to the same month last year. The strongest growth came from retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear, and leather goods at 15.7-percent, as well as general dealers, which increased by 3.4-percent. However, Stats SA’s Raquel Floris says on a month-to-month basis, […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Raad vir Projek- en Boubestuursberoepe het een-duisend-983 lede gederegistreer omdat hulle nie voldoen het aan die voortgesette beroepsontwikkelingsvereistes nie. Die lede mag dus nie meer wettig in die bou-omgewingsektor werk nie. Die raad sê ondanks ondersteuningsprojekte in die afgelope vyf-jaar, bly nakoming noodsaaklik om bevoegdheid en veiligheid te verseker. Die raad vra […]
# Cosatu bevestig sy volle ondersteuning aan Mcebisi Jonas nadat president Cyril Ramaphosa die voormalige adjunkminister van Finansies as presidensiële gesant na Amerika aangestel het. Woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê die vakbondfederasie sal voortgaan om saam met die regering en handel te werk om te verseker dat die verhouding met Amerika op ’n wedersyds-voordelige roete geplaas […]
# Cosatu says it offers its full support to Mcebisi Jonas after president Cyril Ramaphosa appointed the former deputy minister of Finance as presidential envoy to the United States. The union federation’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks, says they will continue to work with government and business to ensure that relations with the US are set on […]
# The South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions has deregistered one-thousand-983 members for failing to meet continuing professional development requirements. They can no longer legally operate in the built environment sector. Despite five years of support initiatives, the council says compliance is essential to ensure competence and safety. The council urges […]
# Die Instituut vir Rasseverhoudinge sê hy gaan aan die DA, die VF Plus en die ACDP skryf oor hoe belangrik dit is om voorskrifte oor swart ekonomiese bemagtiging in openbare verkrygingsbeleid te skrap. Die instituut het verlede week die EFF en die MK-party oor dieselfde kwessie genader. Hy sê die skrapping van hierdie beleid […]
# The Institute of Race Relations says it will be writing to the leaders of the DA, FF Plus and ACDP, to set out the importance of scrapping black economic empowerment premiums in public procurement policies. The institute approached the EFF and MK Party on the same issue last week. The IRR says scrapping BEE […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria het die 2014-kontrak tussen Transnet en Wabtec South Africa Technologies tersyde gestel. Dit hou verband met die verkryging van 233 diesellokomotiewe ter waarde van agt-miljard-rand. Die hof het die 2014-verkrygingsooreenkoms en gepaardgaande subkontrakte ongeldig verklaar. As deel van die skikkingsooreenkoms sal Transnet die 233 diesellokomotiewe behou wat Wabtec gelewer het. […]
