# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, meen nou die ekonomie sal vanjaar teen 1,4-persent groei, laer as die 1,9-persent wat hy in Maart voorspel het. Hy het vandag sy derde begroting in Kaapstad voorgelê. Godongwana voorspel die reële BBP-groei sal oor die volgende twee jaar matig styg tot 1,6-persent in 2026 en 1,8-persent in […]
# Die Black Business Council het gewaarsku teen die verandering van Suid-Afrika se transformasiewette om Elon Musk se Starlink te akkommodeer. Berigte dui daarop dat die regering ‘n plan het vir Starlink om die 30-persent vereiste van swart eienaarskap in terme van Swart Ekonomiese Bemagtigingsbeleide, te omseil. Die Kommunikasiedepartement het ‘n ekwiteits-ekwivalensiemodel voorgestel wat beleggings […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het aangekondig die brandstofheffing sal die eerste keer in drie jaar verhoog word. Dit beteken die algemene brandstofheffing sal vanaf die vierde Junie styg met 16-sent per liter vir petrol en 15-sent per liter vir diesel. Dit is die enigste nuwe belastingvoorstel in vanjaar se begroting en vul […]
# Die Minerale Raad van Suid-Afrika verwelkom die bekendstelling van die kritieke minerale strategie en die Departement van Minerale en Petroleumbronne se nuwe Wetsontwerp op die Ontwikkeling van Minerale- en Petroleumhulpbronne. Allan Seccombe van die raad sê dié dokumente is op ‘n belangrike tyd bekendgestel om die mynbedryf se rol in ekonomiese groei en die […]
# Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana now estimates the economy to grow at 1.4-percent this year – lower than the 1.9 percent he projected in March. He presented his third budget in Cape Town today. Over the next two years, Godongwana projects real GDP growth to rise moderately, to 1.6-percent in 2026 and 1.8-percent in […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana announced the fuel levy will be increased for the first time in three years. It means from the fourth of next month, the general fuel levy will increase by 16 cents per litre for petrol, and 15 cents per litre for diesel. This is the only new tax proposal in […]
# All eyes are on Washington, DC, today as president Cyril Ramaphosa meets his US counterpart, Donald Trump, at the White House. The meeting is set to begin at 5.30 this afternoon and includes a working lunch and bilateral talks. Ramaphosa is accompanied by key ministers Ronald Lamola, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, Parks Tau, and John Steenhuisen, […]
# The Black Business Council has cautioned against altering South Africa’s transformation laws to accommodate Elon Musk’s Starlink. Reports indicate that government may offer Starlink a workaround to the 30-percent black ownership requirement under Black Economic Empowerment policies. The Communications Department has proposed an equity equivalence model, allowing investments in infrastructure instead of direct ownership. […]
# The Minerals Council South Africa welcomes the launch of the critical minerals’ strategy and the new Mineral Resources Development Bill by the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources. The council’s Allan Seccombe said these documents come at an important time to boost the mining industry’s role in economic growth and the energy transition. Seccombe […]
