# South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago warns that rising global energy and food prices could create additional inflationary pressures in South Africa, making it more difficult to bring consumer prices under control. Inflation is expected to average 4.4-percent this year, with the central bank projecting a gradual decline into its target range in […]
# Union federation COSATU welcomes Transport minister Barbara Creecy’s bold intervention to stop yet another fuel levy hike. The minister has blocked a Road Accident Fund proposal to hike the RAF Levy to three rand per litre, saying consumers are under enough pressure. COSATU’s Matthew Parks says workers and the economy have been reeling from […]
# AgriSA says stronger partnerships, accountability and effective implementation are needed to grow the agricultural sector. This follows its 2026 congress, where it set five priorities, land reform, natural resources, labour, rural safety, and economics and trade. The organisation’s president, Willem de Chavonnes Vrugt, says land reform must help farmers build successful businesses, while water […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association says technological change must benefit workers and not only businesses, as automation and artificial intelligence reshape workplaces. The comments come as the Federation of Unions of South Africa holds its eighth national congress, focusing on workers’ dignity, rights and the future of work. MISA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says workers […]
# AgriSA sê sterker vennootskappe, verantwoordbaarheid en doeltreffende inwerkingstelling is nodig om die landbousektor te laat groei. Dit volg op die 2026-kongres, waar hy vyf prioriteite gestel het: grondhervorming, natuurlike hulpbronne, arbeid, landelike veiligheid, ekonomie en handel. AgriSA se president, Willem de Chavonnes Vrugt, sê grondhervorming moet boere help om suksesvolle ondernemings te bou, terwyl […]
# Die Motorbedryf-personeelvereniging sê tegnologiese verandering moet werkers bevoordeel en nie net ondernemings nie, aangesien outomatisering en kunsmatige intelligensie werkplekke hervorm. Die vakbondfederasie FEDUSA se agtste nasionale kongres fokus op die waardigheid van werkers, regte en die toekoms van werk. MISA se woordvoerder, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, sê werkers moet betrek word by besluite oor nuwe tegnologie […]
# Build One South Africa doen ‘n beroep op die regering om sy bestedingsprioriteite te verander ten einde die lewenskoste te help verlig. Die party vra in aanloop tot die mediumtermyn-begrotingsbeleidsverklaring volgende week, dat meer geld bestee word aan die herstel van waterinfrastruktuur, werkskepping, die verbetering van polisiëring en om munisipaliteite tot verantwoording te roep. […]
# Die adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sê Limpopo moet sy strategiese ligging benut om streekshandel uit te brei en voordeel te trek uit geleenthede binne die Afrika-kontinentale Vryhandelsgebied. Mashatile het aan afgevaardigdes by die 6de Limpopo-beleggingskonferensie gesê handel moet plaaslike produksie ondersteun, nywerhede versterk en volhoubare werksgeleenthede skep. Hy sê belegging in betroubare elektrisiteit, water, vervoer, […]
# Die Limpopo-provinsie beoog om beleggingsverbintenisse in werklike ekonomiese groei, nuwe ondernemings en werksgeleenthede te omskep. Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile het tydens die sesde Limpopo-beleggingskonferensie beklemtoon die fokus is om beleggings te lok wat gemeenskappe bevoordeel, plaaslike ondernemings ondersteun en geleenthede vir inwoners skep. Hy het aangedring op vinniger optrede om beloftes in resultate te omskep […]
