# The National Treasury says its two-billion-rand smart-meter programme could help tackle Eskom’s ballooning municipal arrear debt, which has topped 100-billion-rand. Over 67-thousand smart meters were installed across eight municipalities last year, with a further 77-thousand-780 to be rolled out in eleven more municipalities this year. Treasury is aiming to install approximately 250-thousand smart meters […]
# FNB won eight awards at the Global Finance Best Digital Banks 2025 Awards, which is one of the most respected awards in global financial services. The awards celebrate institutions that are shaping the future of banking through innovation, security, and customer-centric digital transformation. FNB’s awards include best consumer digital bank and best mobile banking app […]
# Stellenbosch Business School’s 2024 Small Business Academy student of the year, Rucien Petersen, says his business is growing from strength to strength. He founded Spottmedia Limited during his postgraduate research in 2017. Petersen says Spottmedia was born to help small businesses identify marketing gaps and adopt strategies that look beyond short-term fixes. He adds […]
# Die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Toerisme sê hulle win regsadvies in oor die ontbinding van die Suid-Afrikaanse Toerismeraad. Die minister van Toerisme, Patricia de Lille, het haar besluit om die raad te ontbind, verdedig en onwettige gedrag, prosedurele oortredings en roekelose finansiële bestuur as gronde vir ingryping aangehaal. Die minister word egter beskuldig dat […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Tourism says it is seeking legal advice on the dissolution of the South African Tourism board. Tourism minister Patricia de Lille has defended her decision to dissolve the board, citing unlawful conduct, procedural violations, and reckless financial management as grounds for intervention. However, the minister has been accused of ignoring governance […]
# Die Congress of the People sê die volgehoue bloedbad oor werkgeleenthede in die land is die ANC se skuld. ArcellorMittal SA gaan aan die einde van September sluit met ‘n gevolglike drie-duisend-500 werkverliese. Die Ford Motormaatskappy SA beplan ook 474 afleggings by sy aanlegte in Pretoria en Gqeberha. Die waarnemende nasionale voorsitter van COPE, […]
# The Congress of the People says the ANC is to blame for the ongoing jobs bloodbath in the country. ArcellorMittal SA is set to shut down by the end of September, resulting in three-thousand-500 job losses. Ford Motor Company SA also plans to cut 474 jobs at its plants in Pretoria and Gqeberha. COPE’s […]
# Die adjunkminister van Finansies, David Masondo, sê infrastruktuur is steeds ‘n katalisator vir volhoubare en inklusiewe ekonomiese groei. Die regering sal oor die volgende drie jaar meer as 940-miljard-rand aan infrastruktuur bestee, wat 375-miljard- rand in besteding deur staatsinstellings insluit. Dié befondsing sal paaie en brûe opknap, damme en waterweë bou, hawens en lughawens […]
# Cosatu doen ‘n beroep vir onmiddellike regeringsoptrede om stygende kragpryse te verlaag ten einde ‘n werksgeleentheid-slagting te voorkom. Die vakbondfederasie sê sedert beurtkrag in 2006 begin het, het kragpryse met meer as 450-persent gestyg. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê die ekonomie nie langer die massiewe finansiële verliese van Eskom se vermoë om bekostigbare elektrisiteit […]
