# Build One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane says the government should use an unspent ten-billion-rand allocation to temporarily reduce the general fuel levy in November amid global uncertainty. Maimane says South Africa must also review fuel pricing, strengthen domestic refinery capacity and reduce reliance on imported crude oil. He called for better spending at […]
# DigiDeeds says its mobile application has attracted more than five-thousand-300 members since its launch in March, as it seeks to address South Africa’s housing recognition challenge. CEO Jaco Carstens says the initiative aims to help households whose homes fall outside the formal property system. He says according to the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse premier, Alan Winde, en LUR vir Finansies, Deidré Baartman, vra die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, om beslissende maatreëls in te stel om die stygende lewenskoste te verlig. Die minister lewer vandag die Mediumtermyn-begrotingsrede in die Parlement. Winde sê stygende elektrisiteit- en brandstofkoste plaas toenemend druk op huishoudings en sakeondernemings. Baartman sê […]
# Western Cape premier Alan Winde and Finance MEC Deidré Baartman are calling on Finance minister Enoch Godongwana to introduce decisive measures to ease the rising cost of living. The minister will table the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement in Parliament today. Winde says rising electricity and fuel costs are putting increasing pressure on households and […]
# Die vakbond GIWUSA vra die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, om ʼn staatsgeleide noodplan aan te kondig om werkloosheid aan te spreek. Die minister lewer vandag die Mediumtermyn-begrotingsrede in die Parlement. Die land se amptelike werkloosheidsyfer het in die tweede kwartaal vanjaar tot 33,6-persent gestyg. GIWUSA-president Mametlwe Sebei sê die plan moet grootskaalse openbare […]
# Forum for South Africa sê hy verwag dat die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, praktiese oplossings sal bied vir Suid-Afrika se ekonomiese probleme soos stadige ekonomiese groei, hoë werkloosheid en stygende lewenskoste. Die minister lewer vandag sy Mediumtermyn-begrotingsrede. Forum-leier Tebogo Mashilompane sê Nasionale Tesourie moet voorkeur gee aan betekenisvolle verligting vir lae-inkomstehuishoudings, wat deurloop […]
# Die onderwysersvakbond SADOU sê die mediumtermynbegroting-beleidsverklaring moet ’n duidelike politieke en fiskale verbintenis toon om behoorlike werk te skep, armoede te verlig en te verseker elke leerder en opvoeder beskik oor die hulpbronne en geleenthede om te floreer. Tydens verlede jaar se begroting is die toelae vir agterstande in skoolinfrastruktuur besnoei. SADOU-woordvoerder, Nomusa Cembi, […]
# Union GIWUSA is calling on Finance minister Enoch Godongwana to announce an emergency, state-led jobs plan to address unemployment in today’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement. The country’s official unemployment rate rose to 33.6-percent in the second quarter of this year. GIWUSA president Mametlwe Sebei says the plan should include mass public employment programmes, direct […]
# Forum for South Africa says it expects Finance minister Enoch Godongwana to present practical solutions to South Africa’s economic challenges, particularly slow economic growth, high unemployment and the rising cost of living. The minister will table the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement in Parliament today. Forum leader Tebogo Mashilompane says National Treasury must prioritise meaningful […]
