# The DA has condemned a 54-billion-rand tariff error by the energy regulator, Nersa, that will push electricity prices higher. The party says mistakes in Eskom’s depreciation and asset calculations mean consumers will face extra increases in the next two financial years. The DA’s Kevin Mileham has called on Parliament’s portfolio committee on Energy and […]
# Eskom’s electricity tariffs will rise by 8.8-percent over the next two financial years after the energy regulator, Nersa, identified errors in its earlier price determination. The increase, higher than the initially announced five-percent and six-percent respectively, follows an out-of-court settlement with the utility. Nersa says the adjustment allows the utility to recover an additional […]
# Namibia’s Statistics Agency says the country recorded a trade surplus of 856-million-rand in June. Exports were predominantly mineral-based, including uranium, non-monetary gold, diamonds, and copper, with fish being the only non-mineral product in the top five. China emerged as the leading export destination, while South Africa remained the primary source of imports. According to […]
# Die president van Nehawu, Mike Shingange, sê hulle sal nie gedwing word om ‘n kollektiewe ooreenkoms te teken wat afleggings in die staatsdiens toelaat nie. Shingange het die vakbond se mandaat beklemtoon om werkers te verenig, te beskerm en vir hulle te veg. Shingange het gewaarsku teen die vermomming van gedwonge afleggings as vrywillige […]
# Die DA sê hy het in ‘n skrywe aan die voorsitter van die Parlement se Portefeuljekomitee oor Klein Besigheidsontwikkeling geëis dat die keuringsproses vir die Ombud vir Klein Ondernemings sonder verdere vertragings hervat moet word. Henro Krüger van die DA sê die ANC se poging om sy voorkeurkandidaat af te dwing is in Junie […]
# National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union president, Mike Shingange, says they will not be forced into signing a collective agreement permitting retrenchments in the public service. Shingange stressed the union’s mandate to unite, protect, and fight for workers. Shingange warned against disguising forced retrenchments as voluntary severance packages, adding that employees must not […]
# China se Internasionale Handelsverteenwoordiger en adjunkminister van Handel, Li Chenggan, sal hierdie week ‘n afvaardiging na Washington lei vir handelsgesprekke, terwyl die twee lande streef na ‘n wapenstilstand ná maande van wrywing. Beide lande het stygende tariewe op mekaar se uitvoere ingestel. China is die wêreld se voorste vervaardiger van seldsame aardmetale, wat gebruik […]
# The DA says it has written to the chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development to demand that the Small Business Ombud selection process be restarted without further delay. The DA’s Henro Krüger says the ANC’s attempt to force through its preferred candidate was referred back to the committee in June this […]
# China’s International Trade Representative and vice minister of commerce, Li Chenggan will lead a delegation to Washington for trade talks this week, as the two countries navigate a truce after months of friction. Both countries slapped escalating tariffs on each other’s exports. China is the world’s leading producer of rare earths, used to make […]
