# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kamer van Koophandel en Nywerheid sê wêreldwye ontwikkelings, insluitend die konflik in die Midde-Ooste en stygende ruoliepryse, het ‘n negatiewe uitwerking op plaaslike handelstoestande. Verlede maand se opname oor handelstoestande toon 75-persent van ondernemings het hoër insetkoste aangeteken, met die meeste wat verdere stygings binne die volgende ses maande verwag. Die Handelsbedrywigheids-aanwyser […]
# Die moedermaatskappy van sosiale mediaplatforms soos Facebook en WhatsApp, Meta het hierdie week met sy jongste ronde afleggings begin, wat tien-persent van sy werksmag of ongeveer agt-duisend poste sny. Werkers wat tot dusver geraak word, sluit in diegene in die kuberveiligheid-, integriteits- en inhoudsontwerp-afdelings. Meta sê die posverminderings vorm deel van sy voortgesette pogings […]
# Botswana President Duma Boko says African nations must strengthen cooperation to withstand global economic and geopolitical challenges. Speaking at the the sixth South Africa-Botswana Bi-National Commission Summit, in Botswana, Boko highlighted rising living costs, energy insecurity and climate change as key concerns. He urged African countries to invest in innovation and knowledge generation to […]
# The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry says global developments, including the Middle East conflict and rising crude oil prices, are negatively affecting local trade conditions. The April 2026 Trade Conditions Survey shows 75-percent of businesses reported higher input costs, with most expecting further increases in the next six months. The Trade Activity […]
# PwC’s Global Infrastructure Outlook 2025 to 2050 report forecasts that South Africa’s infrastructure spending will exceed 9.5-trillion-rand by 2050. The report says transport, resources and power will account for 63-percent of total investment over the next 25-years. Annual infrastructure spending is expected to rise 39-percent to 26-billion dollars by 2050. PwC says growing demand […]
# The MK Party is calling for deputy minister in the Presidency Steve Letsike to resign as vice president of the South African Pharmacy Council. The party says Letsike’s dual role raises concerns over governance, ethics and the independence of the regulator. MK Party’s Patrick Motubatse told SABC News that a serving Deputy Minister should […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, het die Wet op Afrika-groei en -Geleenthede tot Desember verleng en sodoende belastingvrye handelsvoorregte vir sommige Afrikalande herstel. Die verlenging volg op ‘n kort onderbreking in die program laat verlede jaar, wat onsekerheid veroorsaak het vir Afrika-uitvoere, insluitend dié van Suid-Afrika, wat afhanklik is van Amerikaanse marktoegang. Gaboen is […]
# Forum for South Africa is bekommerd oor die openbare busdiens, Putco, se jongste tariefverhoging. Putco sal vanaf die eerste Junie busgeld met ‘n gemiddeld van tien-persent verhoog as gevolg van die rekordhoë dieselpryse. FOSA se leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, sê elke verhoging in tariewe bring duisende pendelaars nader aan ekonomiese uitsluiting:
# US president Donald Trump has extended the African Growth and Opportunity Act through December this year, thereby restoring duty-free trade privileges for some African countries. The extension follows a brief lapse in the programme late last year, which had caused uncertainty for African exports, including those of South Africa, that depend on US market […]
