# Die staatsbeheerde logistieke operateur Transnet het die voltooiing van ‘n belegging van vier-miljard-rand in Afrika se grootste ystererts-uitvoerterminaal in Saldanhabaai aan die Weskus aangekondig. Die infrastruktuur-uitbreidingsprojek sluit ‘n swaardiens-tuimelaar in om spoorwaens af te laai. Die uitvoerende hoof van Transnet-haweterminale, Jabu Mdaki, sê die nuwe tuimelaar het na raming ‘n bydrae van 45-persent tot […]
# Die Nasionale Tesourie het beëindigingsbriewe aan 13 munisipaliteite uitgereik en beplan soortgelyke stappe teen nog 14 omdat hulle nie aan die voorwaardes van die munisipale skuldverligtingsprogram voldoen nie. Die skema is in 2023 ingestel om munisipaliteite te help om opgehoopte geskiedkundige skuld aan Eskom te vereffen. Die Tesourie sê die nakoming staan op slegs […]
# The National Treasury has issued termination letters to 13 municipalities and plans similar action against 14 others for failing to meet conditions of the municipal debt relief programme. The scheme was introduced in 2023 to help municipalities settle historic debt owed to Eskom. Treasury says compliance stands at just 66-percent, while municipal debt to […]
# Die Kanadese premier, Mark Carney, sê sy Liberale regering gaan binnekort wetgewing instel oor dwangarbeid in voorsieningskettings. Amerika het nuwe tariewe van 10- tot 12,5-persent voorgestel vir meer as 60 lande wat hy sê nie aandag gee aan die invoer van goedere wat met dwangarbeid vervaardig is nie. Die Amerikaanse handelsverteenwoordiger het ‘n heffing […]
# Transnet has announced the completion of a four-billion-rand investment in Africa’s largest iron ore export facility, the Saldanha iron ore terminal on the West Coast. The infrastructure expansion project includes the installation of a heavy-duty tippler used to empty rail wagons. Transnet Port Terminals’ CEO Jabu Mdaki says the installation of the new tippler achieved […]
# Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says his Liberal government will soon introduce legislation on forced labour in supply chains. The US has proposed new tariffs of 10- to 12.5-percent for over 60 countries it accuses of failing to address the importing of goods made with forced labour. The US Trade Representative’s office has proposed a […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says it could not support the Drakenstein Local Municipality’s budget for the 2026/2027 financial year, as the funds are simply not being directed towards addressing residents’ most pressing needs. The total budget for the Western Cape municipality is 4.5-billion-rand, of which 3.9-billion-rand is earmarked for operating expenditure and 569-million-rand for […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu beskryf die 2026/2027-begroting en Mediumtermyn-bestedingsraamwerk as futloos en sê dit reageer nie bepalend op die basiese krisisse wat die werkersklas en ekonomie in die gesig staar nie. Die vakverbond verwelkom wel die positiewe toekennings vir gesondheid en onderwys, veral die Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering-toelaes van 7,8-miljard-rand. Cosatu-woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê die begroting wil […]
# Union federation Cosatu has described the 2026/2027 Budget and Medium-Term Expenditure Framework as lacklustre, saying it fails to respond decisively to the fundamental crises facing the working class and the economy. The federation does welcome positive allocations for health and education, in particular 7.8-billion-rand for the National Health Insurance Grants. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says […]
