# Die regering beplan om ‘n nuwe kommissie onder voorsitterskap van president Cyril Ramaphosa te stig om staatsbeheerde ondernemings te bestuur. Die minister in die Presidensie, Gwen Ramokgopa, sê die kommissie sal die nasionale strategie vir staatsondernemings hersien, bestuur en toesig hou oor herstrukturering om doeltreffendheid te verbeter. Dit volg nadat die Departement van Beplanning, […]
# Exporters Western Cape has called for urgent high-level intervention to stabilise South Africa’s relations with the United States, warning further deterioration could put established export business at risk. Chairperson Terry Gale says escalating public exchanges between the Department of International Relations and Co-operation and US ambassador Leo Brent Bozell are adding to uncertainty for […]
# South Africa plans to establish a new commission, chaired by president Cyril Ramaphosa, to coordinate and oversee state-owned companies. Minister in the Presidency Gwen Ramokgopa says the commission will review the national strategy for state firms, strengthen governance and monitoring, and coordinate restructuring to improve efficiency. The move follows the withdrawal of legislation proposing […]
# Die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Handel en Nywerheid is bekommerd oor die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging se prestasie in die 2025/26-boekjaar. Die departement het slegs 62-persent van sy beplande teikens bereik, maar 98-persent van sy begroting bestee het. Die Ouditeur-Generaal het ook ‘n wesenlike onreëlmatigheid uitgewys rakende bedrieglike eise ingevolge die Kapitaalprojek-uitvoerbaarheidsprogram. […]
# The South African Canegrowers’ Association is calling on minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana to scrap the sugar tax in the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement on October 21st. The association says the levy is threatening the sugar value chain, while sugarcane deliveries have fallen 18-percent this season. It says growers are also facing foreign […]
# South Africa’s mining sector is calling for stronger partnerships between business and government to improve municipal services and build capable local administrations. Speaking at the Joburg Indaba 2026, experts warned that skills shortages, corruption and political instability are undermining municipalities. Business leaders said mining companies should support municipalities without becoming permanent substitutes for the […]
# Parliament’s Trade and Industry committee has raised concerns over the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s performance in the 2025/26 financial year. The department achieved just 62-percent of its planned targets while spending 98 percent of its budget. The Auditor-General also flagged a material irregularity involving fraudulent claims from the Capital Projects Feasibility Programme. […]
# Government’s Economic Cluster is urging the public to verify information about the proposed Employment Services Amendment Bill amid social media claims about its impact on refugees and asylum seekers. The bill seeks to legally regulate the employment of foreign nationals, proposing imposing a 100-thousand-rand fine on employers hiring illegal foreign workers as a first […]
# The National Consumer Commission has launched a free national opt-out registry to help South Africans block unwanted direct marketing. Commissioner Hardin Ratshisusu told the media consumers can pre-emptively block direct marketers, while marketers must register and regularly remove blocked consumers from their lists. Ratshisusu added the system will be phased in, with consumers able […]
