# Credit provider Prime Loans urges the government to reform short-term lending rules to improve access to safe, regulated credit and protect financially vulnerable consumers from illegal lenders. The company says outdated pricing rules, which have not been substantially revised since 2015, are making it harder for lenders to serve higher-risk customers. Prime Loans’ Nita […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Ekurhuleni’s approved Ministerial Determination on electricity could significantly reduce its reliance on Eskom. Ramokgopa says diversifying energy sources is key to improving energy security and making electricity more affordable. He says the shift towards renewables, supported by reliable power generation, could also strengthen the competitiveness of Ekurhuleni’s […]
# JustMoney says South Africans face increasing financial pressure. Its Money & Me 2026 survey of over five-thousand-400 people conducted in July and August found 65-percent find every month financially difficult, up from 61-percent in 2025. Spokesperson for JustMoney, Judy Bryant, says only ten-percent feel confident about their income and 43-percent borrow before month-end. She […]
# Ekurhuleni mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza says the city’s independent power producer programme could attract 6.2-billion-rand in investment and generate 36-billion-rand in bulk electricity savings over 20 years. Xhakaza says the City’s application for a Ministerial Determination of the Electricity Regulation Act provides regulatory certainty for producers to secure funding moving towards construction. The Determination allows […]
# Oekraïne se president, Volodimir Zelensky, sê dit sal ʼn geskiedkundige fout wees indien Amerika amptelik standpunt inneem saam met president Vladimir Putin van Rusland. Die verhouding tussen Washington en Kiëf het verswak nadat Amerika verlede week ʼn omstrede diesel-invoerooreenkoms met Rusland gesluit het. President Donald Trump beskuldig Zelensky dat hy nie die oorlog wil […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says if the US takes an official stance and sides with Russian president Vladimir Putin, it would be a “historic mistake”. Relations between Washington and Kyiv frayed after America struck a controversial deal to import Russian diesel last week. US president Donald Trump has accused Zelensky of not wanting to […]
# Die Forum for South Africa het kommer uitgespreek oor toenemende spanning tussen Pretoria en Washington en die moontlike uitwerking op werksgeleenthede. Amerika sal na verwagting volgende maand besluit of Suid-Afrika deel van die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika bly. Die forum se leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, sê hulle is ook bekommerd oor die […]
# Die vakverbond COSATU sê die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, se mediumtermyn-begroting kom in ʼn tydstip waar werkers onder beleg is. Werkloosheid het tot ʼn gevaarlike vlak van 43,8-persent gestyg en die ekonomie groei teen ʼn skamele 1,2-persent. Godongwana lewer Woensdag die begroting in die Parlement. COSATU se woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê dit moet […]
# Die DA sê Eskom se leierskap moet rekenskap gee oor bykomende werk wat deur bestaande kontrakte eerder as mededingende tenders toegeken is. Sunday Times het bevind die kragverskaffer was tussen Oktober 2023 en Maart vanjaar verantwoordelik vir byna 60-persent van die 69,6-miljard-rand se kontrakuitbreidings in nasionale departemente en staatsinstellings. DA-woordvoerder Kevin Mileham sê Eskom […]
