# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, says the withdrawal of the liquidation proceedings against Tongaat Hulett represents a significant milestone in securing the future of the sugar value chain. This follows an agreement between the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa and Vision Consortium, safeguarding 250-thousand jobs. Tau says the prospect of […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, sê mense wat gekant is teen swart ekonomiese bemagtiging, wat ontwerp is om die ekonomiese ongelykhede van die apartheid-era aan te spreek, toon tekens van rassisme. Die vakbond Solidariteit daag die B-BBEE-verkrygingsraamwerk in die Konstitusionele Hof uit. Godongwana verwerp die idee dat hervorming en ekonomiese groei wedersyds uitsluitend is […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says people who are fighting against broad-based black economic empowerment, which is designed to redress the economic inequalities of the apartheid era, show remnants of racism. Trade union Solidarity has challenged the B-BBEE procurement framework at the Constitutional Court. Godongwana rejects the suggestion that transformation and economic growth are mutually exclusive, […]
# Die DA in Matlosana in Noordwes sê die munisipaliteit se finansies gaan voortdurend agteruit onder die ANC-geleide regering. Die party beweer Eskom se skuld het gestyg van ongeveer een-miljard-rand tot bykans drie-miljard-rand, terwyl ander laste ook skerp toegeneem het, insluitend skuld wat verband hou met die werkloosheidsversekeringsfonds wat nou ongeveer tien-miljard-rand beloop, en debiteurebalanse […]
# Die Organisasie teen Belastingmisbruik, sê inwoners van Johannesburg moet nie aanvaar die risiko van elektrisiteitsonderbrekings is verby nie, al het Eskom sy openbare deelnameproses met 30 dae verleng. Die organisasie voer aan die verlenging los nie die onderliggende dispuut op nie, aangesien die Stad Johannesburg en City Power steeds miljarde in uitstaande skuld het. […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says Johannesburg residents should not assume the risk of electricity interruptions has passed, despite Eskom extending its public participation process by 30 days. The organisation argues the extension does not resolve the underlying dispute, as the City of Johannesburg and City Power still owe billions in outstanding debt. OUTA’s […]
# The DA in Matlosana in North West says the municipality’s finances continue to deteriorate under ANC-led governance. The party claims Eskom debt has risen from about one-billion-rand to around three-billion-rand, while other liabilities have also increased sharply, including unemployment insurance fund-related debts now at about ten-billion-rand and debtor balances doubling to roughly 12-billion-rand. The […]
# Vyftien lande in Afrika, Asië, die Karibiese Eilande, Europa en die Stille Oseaan onderskryf ‘n nuwe politieke verklaring gemik op die verskerping van toesig oor wêreldwye visvangste. Dit beoog om groter deursigtigheid af te dwing oor wie visvang, waar hulle bedrywig is en onder watter gesag. Die ooreenkoms, bekend as die Mombasa-verklaring, is tydens […]
# Fifteen countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and the Pacific endorsed a new political declaration aimed at tightening oversight of global fisheries. It hopes to force greater transparency on who is fishing, where they are operating and under which authority. The agreement, known as the Mombasa Declaration, was unveiled at the 11th Our […]
