# 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 […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, sê Suid-Afrika se swak ekonomie en elektrisiteitstariewe maak dit toenemend moeilik vir inwoners om die elektrisiteit wat hulle gebruik, te betaal. Munisipaliteite skuld saam meer as 400-miljard-rand, en hulle skuld Eskom net meer as 100-miljoen-rand. Ramogkopa sê weens klante se onvermoë om te betaal, wend meer […]
# Die Amerikaanse handelsverteenwoordiger, Jamieson Greer, en die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, ontmoet na verwagting vandag in New York. Die doel is om die 30-persent tariewe wat Amerika op Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoere ingestel het, te bespreek. Die land se onderhandelingspan het ʼn hersiene voorstel voorgelê om ʼn laer tarief te bewerkstellig. Amerika […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramogkopa says South Africa’s underperforming economy, combined with electricity tariffs, is making it increasingly difficult for residents to pay for the electricity they use. Municipalities collectively owe over 400-billion-rand, and in return, municipalities owe Eskom just above 100-billion-rand. Ramogkopa says the inability of customers to pay for electricity creates […]
# Die Metaalwerkersvakbond NUMSA het ‘n nuwe vyfjaar-loonooreenkoms met South32 Hillside Aluminium verwelkom. Die ooreenkoms maak voorsiening vir jaarlikse verhogings tot 2030, van 5,5- tot ses-persent afhangende van die onderskeie poskategorieë. Dit is meer as die huidige inflasiekoers van 3,3-persent. Werkers sal ook jaarlikse erosievoordele vir mediese fondse en ‘n eenmalige ondertekeningsbonus van 20-duisend-rand ontvang. […]
# Die Instituut vir Rasseverhoudinge bevorder hierdie week sy Bloudruk vir Groei as ‘n alternatief om die beleggingsdroogte in Suid-Afrika om te keer. Die instituut se veldtogbestuurder, Makone Maja, sê hulle sal die skadelike gevolge van beleide soos Breed-gebaseerde Swart Ekonomiese Bemagtiging, gelyke indiensnemingskwotas, en onsekerheid oor eiendomsregte op Suid-Afrika se ekonomie, ondersoek. Sy voer […]
# US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, are reportedly expected to meet in New York today. The talks aim to lower the 30-percent tariff that America imposed on South African exports. The country’s trade-negotiation team has submitted a revised proposal in an effort to reach a lower […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile lewer vandag die hoofrede by Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur se MinLUR-sitting by die Eastcape-opleidingsentrum in Gqeberha. Mashatile sal praat oor die rol van infrastruktuur in die bevordering van die ekonomie en werkskepping. Die forum bring nasionale en provinsiale leiers bymekaar om vordering te hersien, beleide te belyn, en dienslewering te versterk. […]
# The Institute of Race Relations will this week promote its Blueprint for Growth as an alternative to reverse the investment drought in South Africa. IRR campaign manager, Makone Maja, says they will investigate the damaging effects of policies such as Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment, employment equity quotas, and property rights uncertainty on South Africa’s […]
