# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the metro’s capital expenditure tally of over 12.2-billion-rand for the 2025/2026 financial year is not only a record infrastructure investment for Cape Town, but a South African record for a city in a single year. Around 75-percent of the metro’s infrastructure investment directly benefits lower-income households. Hill-Lewis says […]
# Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance says the appointment of deputy minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Seiso Mohai, as the Public Investment Corporation board chairperson is a significant step towards strengthening governance stability. He replaces deputy minister of Finance David Masondo, who became the sixth person to step down from the PIC board last […]
# Statistics South Africa says the number of business liquidations declined slightly in June. The total number of liquidations fell by 0.4-percent year-on-year, from 246 to 245 cases. Company liquidations decreased, while liquidations of close corporations increased. Stats SA’s Onica Mushwana says liquidations were down by 1.4-percent between April and June and declined by 0.9-percent […]
# AfriForum says the proposed Gas Bill could discourage investment by giving the Ministry of Electricity and Energy and the energy regulator, Nersa, broader powers over gas prices, licensing and infrastructure. The organisation argues several provisions could increase state control, reduce competition and create uncertainty for investors. AfriForum’s Lambert de Klerk calls for changes that […]
# Statistiek Suid-Afrika sê die aantal maatskappylikwidasies het effens afgeneem in Junie. Die totale aantal likwidasies het met 0,4-persent op ‘n jaargrondslag gedaal, van 246 tot 245 gevalle. Maatskappy-likwidasies het afgeneem, terwyl likwidasies van beslote korporasies toegeneem het. Onica Mushwana van Statistiek SA sê likwidasies was 1,4-persent laer tussen April en Junie en het met […]
# AfriForum sê die voorgestelde Gaswetsontwerp kan beleggings ontmoedig deur die Ministerie van Elektrisiteit en Energie en die energiereguleerder, Nersa, breër magte oor gaspryse, lisensiëring en infrastruktuur te gee. Die organisasie voer aan verskeie bepalings kan staatsbeheer verhoog, mededinging verminder en onsekerheid vir beleggers skep. Lambert de Klerk van AfriForum doen ‘n beroep op veranderinge […]
# Die Internasionale Handelsadministrasiekommissie het aanbeveel dat beskermende invoerheffings op ingevoerde yster- en staal-skroefdraadhegstukke vir ‘n verdere drie jaar verleng word. Die aanbeveling volg na ‘n ondersoek wat deur plaaslike vervaardigers aangevra is, wat aanvoer invoere benadeel die plaaslike bedryf. Itac het bevind die beëindiging van die heffings kan die bedryf weer aan ernstige skade […]
# Die kabinet het goekeuring verleen dat die geldigheid van rybewyse vir ligte motorvoertuie van vyf na tien jaar verleng word. Die verandering is van toepassing op lisensiekodes A, A1, B en EB, terwyl swaar vrag- en openbare vervoervoertuie steeds aan die bestaande vereistes moet voldoen. Permitte vir beroepsbestuurders sal ook steeds vir twee jaar […]
# Cabinet has approved extending the validity of driving licences for light motor vehicles from five to ten years. The change applies to licence codes A, A1, B and EB, while heavy commercial and public transport vehicles will continue with existing two or five-year renewal cycles. Professional driving permits will also remain valid for two […]
