# President Cyril Ramaphosa says intensive negotiations are underway with the US as countries await president Donald Trump’s tariff decisions. Speaking at the Union Buildings, Ramaphosa said South Africa has tabled a package seeking exemptions for key exports like vehicles, steel, aluminium, and citrus, while encouraging mutual investment. He emphasised that many nations face similar […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa has welcomed the decision by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to cut interest rates by 25 basis points. The repo rate, at which the central bank lends money to commercial banks, now stands at seven-percent, and the prime lending rate has been lowered […]
# Solidariteit sê ʼn handelsooreenkoms tussen Suid-Afrika en Amerika is steeds moontlik, ondanks die tarief van 30-persent-tarief wat van vandag geld op Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoere na Amerika. Die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging het ʼn stel maatreëls aangekondig na aanleiding van die tariefverhoging, onder meer ʼn uitvoerondersteuningskantoor. Jaco Kleynhans van Solidariteit sê hulle sal vandag […]
# Die DA sê die instel van die heffing van 30-persent op Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoere na Amerika is ‘n vernietigende vooruitsig. President Donald Trump het gister ‘n uitvoerende bevel onderteken waarin invoertariewe van meer as 60 lande aangepas is. Kanada s’n is verhoog van 25- tot 35-persent. Toby Chance van die DA sê die Departemente van […]
# Solidarity believes a trade deal is still possible between South Africa and the US, despite the 30-percent US tariff on South African exports coming into effect today. The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has announced a set of measures in response to the tariff hike, including the establishment of an export support desk. […]
# The DA says the commencement of 30-percent tariffs on South African goods and produce exported to the US is a devastating outcome for the country. US president Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday evening modifying tariffs to over 60 countries, including increasing Canada’s tariffs from 25-to-35-percent. The DA’s Toby Chance says both […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee se besluit om die rentekoers met nog 25 basispunte te verlaag, is die regte besluit gegewe die lae inflasie en trae groei in die bruto binnelandse produk. Dit is die mening van ‘n ekonoom van die Noordwes-universiteit se Sakeskool, professor Raymond Parsons. Hy sê die laer leenkoste is […]
# Eskom verwelkom die versnelde hervorming in die energiemark met die opening van die kwalifiseringstender om Onafhanklike Transmissie-projekte te bekom. Dit beoog om die land se transmissie-infrastruktuur uit te brei met die teiken van 14-duisend-kilometer se nuwe transmissielyne teen 2032. Die Nasionale Transmissiemaatskappy van Suid-Afrika sal na verwagting die projek van 440-miljard-rand lei. Dan Marokane […]
# The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee’s reduction of interest rates by another 25 basis points is the right decision given the low inflation and sluggish gross domestic product growth. This is according to North West University Business School economist, professor Raymond Parsons. He says the lower borrowing costs are positive at a […]
