# Transport minister Barbara Creecy has directed Transnet’s National Port Authority to renew leases for tenants at Durban’s Island View precinct and guarantee access for the Central Energy Fund. The 25-year-old directive seeks to balance transformation with energy security, creating space for emerging black players. The department’s spokesperson, Collen Msibi, confirmed that Creecy has also […]
# Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen says South Africa is driving collaboration with the B20 to finance resilient, inclusive, and sustainable food systems. B20 serves as the official G20 dialogue forum with the global business community. Steenhuisen says the B20 Sustainable Food Systems and Agriculture Task Force has built a pragmatic platform for this collaboration. He […]
# FNB says the risk of digital banking fraud is on the increase, as South Africans head into the last stretch of the year and spending rises. According to the South African Banking Risk Information Centre, digital banking fraud incidents increased from 31-thousand-612 cases in 2023 to 64-thousand in 2024. FNB’s Chris Boxall says scammers are […]
# Eskom het ‘n samewerkingsooreenkoms met BYD Auto Suid-Afrika onderteken met die oog op skoner mobiliteit. Dit volg op die bekendstelling van die BYD Dolphin Surf, ‘n kompakte, bekostigbare volledig elektriese voertuig. Eskom se woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, sê hulle sal saam met BYD Suid-Afrika se poging ondersteun om koolstof uit vervoer te verwyder en die […]
# Eskom has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with BYD Auto South Africa, a move toward cleaner mobility. This follows the launch of the BYD Dolphin Surf, a compact, affordable all-electric vehicle. Eskom’s spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, says together with BYD, they will support South Africa’s national drive to decarbonise transport and position the country as […]
# Cosatu het die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank dringend versoek om die terugkoopkoers te verlaag vir ‘n blaaskans aan miljoene werkers wat weens die stygende lewenskoste sukkel om te oorleef. Die bank het koerse met altesaam 125 basispunte verlaag sedert die aanvang van die siklus van koersverlagings verlede September – van 8,25-persent tot sewe-persent. Matthew Parks van […]
# Die graderingsagentskap, Moody’s, verwag Suid-Afrika se ekonomie sal oor die volgende twee jaar met minder as 1,5-persent per jaar groei. Dis minder as die byna 5-persent wat vir Afrika suid van die Sahara voorspel word. Moody’s sê hy verwag Amerikaanse tariewe sal slegs ʼn matige uitwerking op die land hê, maar kleiner aanvraag uit […]
# Ratings agency Moody’s expects South Africa’s economy to grow by less than 1.5-percent a year over the next two-years. This is below the nearly five-percent forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa. Moody’s says it only expects changes in US tariffs to have some modest impact in the country, while softer demand from key trading markets such […]
# Cosatu is urging the South African Reserve Bank to cut the repo rate to provide breathing space to millions of workers battling to cope with the rising costs of living. Following the start of the local rate-cutting cycle in September 2024, the Reserve Bank has cut rates by a cumulative 125 basis points, reducing the […]
