# Die ANC se sekretaris-generaal Fikile Mbalula sê hy vergader die naweek met die DA en die Vryheidsfront Plus om hul verskille in die regering van nasionale eenheid te bespreek. Dit volg nadat die DA en VF Plus verlede week teen die fiskale begrotingsraamwerk, wat ʼn BTW-verhoging insluit, gestem het. Mbalula sê besprekings oor die begrotingskwessies […]
# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says they will be meeting with the DA and the Freedom Front Plus this weekend to iron out their differences in the government of national unity. This comes after the DA and FF Plus voted against the budget fiscal framework last week, which includes a proposed value-added tax hike. Mbalula says […]
# Financial firms are warning that climate change poses escalating risks to the global economy. A report by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research estimates that by 2049, climate-related disasters could cost approximately 703-trillion-rand annually. Insurers caution that rising risks are making some regions uninsurable, potentially destabilising financial systems and leading to properties that […]
# Die ekonomie-professor aan die Noordwes-universiteit se Sakeskool, Raymond Parsons, sê Suid-Afrika moet die uitstel van 90 dae op Amerikaanse tariewe gebruik om ʼn beter ooreenkoms te onderhandel. Die land staar tariewe van 31-persent in die gesig op belangrike uitvoere na Amerika. Meer as 60 lande sal egter steeds president Donald Trump se oorhoofse invoertarief […]
# Die Withuis het bevestig tariewe op Chinese goedere is nou 145-persent, en onmiddellik van krag. President Donald Trump het Woensdag ʼn heffing van 125-persent op invoere uit China aangekondig. Die Withuis sê dit is bykomend tot ʼn bestaande fooi van 20-persent, wat Trump in die eerste weke van sy tweede termyn ingestel het omdat […]
# Die ANC se sekretaris-generaal, Fikile Mbalula, sê onderhandelings oor die begrotingsdooiepunt vorder goed en hulle is optimisties dat hulle ʼn oplossing sal vind. Die party beraadslaag met partye soos ActionSA en Build One South Africa. Die fiskale begrotingsraamwerk is verlede week in die Parlement aanvaar, maar partye wil hê die BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persent moet […]
# North West University Business School economist professor, Raymond Parsons, says South Africa must use the 90-day pause in US tariffs to broker a better deal. The country faced a 31-percent tariff on key exports to America. However, president Donald Trump’s across-the-board ten-percent import tariffs still apply to over 60 countries. Raymond says South Africa’s […]
# The White House has confirmed that the tariffs imposed on Chinese goods now total 145-percent, effective immediately. President Donald Trump announced a 125-percent levy on imports from China on Wednesday. However, the White House says this is on top of an existing 20-percent fee, which Trump put in place in the opening weeks of his […]
# ANC secretary general, Fikile Mbalula, says engagements around the budget impasse have been constructive, and they are optimistic that these will produce the desired outcomes. The party has been engaging with parties including ActionSA and Build One South Africa. The budget fiscal framework was adopted in Parliament last week, but parties still want the […]
