# The Freedom Front Plus says it supports the City of Ekurhuleni’s 2026/2027 budget, following amendments, corrections and binding commitments from the ANC-led administration in the interest of residents. The budget was passed during a special council meeting yesterday, following three failed attempts. The FF Plus’s Jennifer Glover says previous versions of the budget had […]
# Die EFF sê die DA en ActionSA het die mense van Ekurhuleni verraai deur die ANC te help om ʼn onbefondsde begroting wat teen armes en inkontraktering is, te aanvaar. Die metro se 2026/2027-begroting van 71-miljard-rand is ná drie mislukte pogings aanvaar. Die EFF sê hy het teen die begroting gestem omdat dit nie […]
# The EFF says the DA and ActionSA have betrayed the people of Ekurhuleni by helping the ANC adopt an anti-poor, unfunded budget that doesn’t support insourcing. The metro’s 71-billion-rand 2026/2027 budget has passed after three previous failed attempts. The EFF says it voted against the budget as it remains disconnected from the realities of […]
# Die burgemeester van die Stad Ekurhuleni, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, het die goedkeuring van die metro se 2026/2027-begroting verwelkom en dit beskryf as ‘n belangrike stap vir die verbetering van die lewens van inwoners. Die begroting van 71-miljard-rand is gister goedgekeur, na drie vorige mislukte pogings. Die deurbraak het gevolg op onderhandelinge tussen die ANC en […]
# City of Ekurhuleni mayor, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, has welcomed the approval of the metro’s 2026/2027 budget, describing it as a major step towards improving the lives of residents. The 71-billion-rand budget was passed yesterday, after three previous failed attempts to pass it. The breakthrough followed negotiations between the ANC and the DA, with the opposition […]
# The Bureau for Economic Research says South Africa’s mining policy is focusing on the wrong priority by pushing beneficiation before fixing basic production challenges. The bureau criticised the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s plan to tax mineral exports to force local processing, which could harm mining and reduce investment. It warns export taxes […]
# Die Buro vir Ekonomiese Navorsing sê Suid-Afrika se mynboubeleid fokus op die verkeerde prioriteit deur veredeling te bevorder voordat basiese produksie-uitdagings opgelos word. Die buro het die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging se plan gekritiseer om belasting te hef op mineraaluitvoere om plaaslike verwerking af te dwing, wat mynbou kan benadeel en belegging […]
# Rise Mzansi says the government needs fewer priorities and more private investment to fix struggling public services. Speaking during the Appropriation Bill debate in Parliament, party leader Songezo Zibi said many state services, including hospitals, schools, the military and police, are under severe strain due to underfunding, inefficiency and corruption. Zibi argues while budget […]
# Rise Mzansi sê die regering het minder prioriteite en meer privaat belegging nodig om sukkelende openbare dienste te herstel. Tydens die debat oor die Begrotingswetsontwerp in die Parlement het die partyleier, Songezo Zibi gesê baie regeringsdienste, insluitend hospitale, skole, die weermag en polisie, verkeer onder ernstige druk weens onderbefondsing, ondoeltreffendheid en korrupsie. Zibi voer […]
