# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die voormalige begrotingshoof van die Nasionale Tesourie, Michael Sachs, as sy nuwe ekonomiese raadgewer aangestel. Hy vervang Trudi Makhaya. Die aanstelling is gedoen terwyl die regering sy pogings verskerp om ekonomiese groei te bevorder en hervorming te verdiep. Sachs het voorheen die Tesourie se begrotingskantoor gelei en ‘n sleutelrol gespeel […]
# Die omstrede sakeman Vusimuzi Matlala het in die Handelsmisdaadhof in Pretoria ingestem tot ‘n pleit- en vonnisooreenkoms met die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag rakende die polisie se Medicare24-tenderskandaal. Hy het aangedui hy sal skuldig pleit aan bedrog, korrupsie en geldwassery wat verband hou met die multi-miljoenrandse kontrak wat aan sy onderneming toegeken is. Die hof oorweeg […]
# Controversial businessman Vusimuzi Matlala has agreed to a plea and sentencing deal with the National Prosecuting Authority in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in connection with the SAPS Medicare24 tender scandal. He has indicated he will plead guilty to fraud, corruption and money laundering linked to the multimillion-rand contract awarded to his company. The […]
# Tourism minister Patricia de Lille has highlighted that passengers on Air Europa’s inaugural direct flight from Madrid to Gauteng have experienced the smart visitor information Centre at OR Tambo International Airport. She addressed the National Council of Provinces and emphasised the paperless platform showcases attractions across all nine provinces. De Lille says the initiative […]
# Spanish airline Air Europa has launched its first scheduled service into sub-Saharan Africa, introducing a direct route between Madrid and Gauteng, which touched down at OR Tambo International Airport this morning. The service which began last night will operate three times a week using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Tourism minister Patricia de Lille says […]
# Union federation Cosatu calls on South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, and Namibia to review their revenue-sharing formula. South Africa will host the Southern Africa Customs Union’s summit of heads of state and government in Cape Town tomorrow. They will deliberate on key issues affecting regional economic integration, industrial development and trade cooperation. Cosatu’s Zanele […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed former National Treasury budget chief Michael Sachs as his new economic adviser. Sachs is expected to assume the role in the coming weeks, replacing former adviser Trudi Makhaya. The appointment comes as government intensifies efforts to boost economic growth and deepen reforms. Sachs previously headed the Treasury’s budget office […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, is ontevrede met die Stad Johannesburg se vorderingsverslag, en gaan die Tesourie opdrag gee om die oordrag van fondse na die metro te staak. Hy het in ʼn brief aan burgemeester Dada Morero gesê die stap volg nadat die metro ʼn onbefondsde begroting aanvaar het, en sy voortslepende […]
# Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana says he is dissatisfied with the progress reports from the City of Johannesburg, as he plans to instruct the National Treasury to stop the transfer of funds to the metro. In a letter to mayor Dada Morero, the minister says this step is necessitated by the metro adopting an […]
