# National Treasury acting chief data analytics officer, Ayanda Hlatshwayo, has told Parliament they are using a methodology linking biometric and photo data with the Home Affairs Department to flag officials without valid ID numbers. Hlatshwayo says the system cross-references anomalies in salary and administrative datasets, including bank accounts. She confirmed that preliminary checks are […]
# Die adjunkminister van Finansies, Ashor Sarupen, versoek regerings, die privaat sektor, ontwikkelings-befondsingsinstellings en multilaterale vennote om bevorderlike omgewings vir klein, medium en mikro-ondernemings te skep. Sarupen het tydens ‘n G20-byeenkoms in Johannesburg beklemtoon 91-persent van Suid-Afrika se ondernemings en 60-persent van werksgeleenthede is te danke aan KMMO’s. Hy het die behoefte aan uiteenlopende befondsing, […]
# The National Assembly has recommended Moipone Malefane and Natalie Skeepers to serve on the Media Development and Diversity Agency board. Malefane is an award-winning journalist and founder of Vutivi Business News, while Skeepers brings corporate governance and financial expertise. The appointments follow vacancies due to a resignation and term expiry. The agency promotes media […]
# Deputy Finance minister Ashor Sarupen has called on governments, the private sector, development finance institutions, and multilateral partners to create enabling environments for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises. Speaking at a G20 side event in Johannesburg, Sarupen highlighted that MSMEs account for 91-percent of South Africa’s businesses and 60-percent of jobs. He stressed the […]
# Statistieke Suid-Afrika sê die jaarlikse verbruikersprysinflasie het in Augustus tot 3,3-persent verlangsaam, minder as die 3,5-persent in Julie. Die hoofdirekteur van prys-statistieke, Patrick Kelly, sê laer voedsel- en brandstofpryse het gehelp om die koers te verlaag. Jaarlikse inflasie vir voedsel en nie-alkoholiese drankies het tot 5,2-persent gedaal en brandstof het met 5,7-persent gedaal. Intussen […]
# Die DA gaan die minister van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur, Gayton McKenzie, in die Parlement uitvra oor sy departement se mislukkings, soos wanbestuur, befondsing en roekelose finansiële besluite. Die party sê kultuurfeeste en grondvlaksport het gely nadat 82-miljoen-rand van sportfederasies herlei is om video-assistent-skeidsregter-tegnologie in sokker te befonds. Die DA eis dat befondsing vir […]
# Statistics South Africa says annual consumer price inflation slowed to 3.3-percent in August, down from 3.5-percent in July. Price Statistics chief director Patrick Kelly says softer food and fuel prices helped ease the rate. Annual inflation for food and non-alcoholic beverages dropped to 5.2-percent, while fuel fell 5.7-percent. Meanwhile, staples including cereals and white […]
# Die Departement van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding en die Takealot-groep sal vandag ‘n belangrike memorandum van verstandhouding in Kemptonpark onderteken om Suid-Afrika se vaardigheidsgaping te oorbrug. Die ooreenkoms, gefasiliteer deur adjunkminister Mimmy Gondwe, bepaal dat Takealot ondermeer drie TVET- en gemeenskapskolleges naby sy verspreidingsentrums sal aanneem, studente praktiese ervaring bied, en leerplanne met bedryfsbehoeftes […]
# The DA will expose the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture’s failures under minister Gayton McKenzie in Parliament, citing mismanagement, patronage, and reckless financial decisions. The party says cultural festivals and grassroots sports have suffered, with 82-million-rand diverted from sports federations to fund Video Assistant Referee technology in soccer. Spokesperson Leah Potgieter demands reinstated […]
