# Suid-Afrika se bootboubedryf word gevra om dringend plaaslike vaardighede te ontwikkel en internasionale onderdele-vervaardigers te lok. Die uitvoerende hoof van Ullman Sails International, Michael England, het op die Afrika-bootkonferensie in Kaapstad gesê afhanklikheid van duur invoere uit Amerika, die Europese Unie en China bedreig volhoubaarheid. Hy vra ‘n behoorlike opleidings-gerief om jongmense toe te […]
# Die Organisasie teen Belastingmisbruik verwelkom Eskom se besluit om burokrasie vir residensiële sonkrag- en batterystelsels te verminder. Van 1 Oktober af kan nie net ingenieurs nie, maar ook geakkrediteerde elektrisiëns, kleinskaalse sonkraginstallasies onder die bestaande sertifikaat van voldoeningsraamwerk goedkeur. Dit sal koste en vertragings vir huiseienaars verminder. Die uitvoerende hoof van OUTA, Wayne Duvenage […]
# AfriForum has confirmed that the City of Cape Town, Johannesburg Metro, and Mogale City Municipality have joined its North Gauteng High Court case against Nersa. The municipalities support Nersa against AfriForum. The civil rights group challenges the regulator’s approval of municipal electricity tariffs without proper cost-of-supply studies or sufficient public participation. Nersa admits its […]
# The National Employers’ Association of South Africa says the ANC’s recent statement defending broad-based black economic empowerment is a poor attempt to protect its last political stronghold. They refute ANC claims that the policy empowers women, youth, and people with disabilities as false. NEASA CEO Gerhard Papenfus says the ANC refuses to admit the […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse welcomes Eskom’s decision to ease red tape for residential solar and battery systems. From the first of this month, accredited electricians, not only engineers, can sign off small-scale solar installations under the existing certificate of compliance framework, cutting costs and delays for homeowners. OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage says ongoing […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika en Viëtnam is daartoe verbind om handelstruikelblokke te verminder en beleggingsbeskermingsraamwerke te versterk. Ramaphosa het die Viëtnam-SA Sakeforum in Hanoi toegespreek. Hy sê handel tussen Suid-Afrika en Viëtnam gaan nie net oor goedere en dienste nie, maar ook oor vertroue, vernuwing en gedeelde waardes. Die president sê hierdie forum […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika en Viëtnam is verbind tot die oorskakeling na skoner vorme van energie. Ramaphosa het tydens die Viëtnam-SA Sakeforum in Hanoi gepraat. Hy sê Suid-Afrika bevorder hernubare energie- en groen waterstofprojekte, terwyl Viëtnam ook in volhoubare energie-infrastruktuur belê. Die president sê albei lande moet saamwerk met die vervaardiging van elektriese […]
# South Africa’s boat-building industry has been called to urgently grow local skills and attract international component manufacturers. Ullman Sails International CEO, Michael England, told the African Boating Conference in Cape Town reliance on costly imports from the US, EU, and China threatens sustainability. He called for a proper training facility to equip young people […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa and Vietnam are committed to reducing barriers to trade and strengthening investment protection frameworks. Ramaphosa addressed the Vietnam-SA Business Forum in Hanoi. He says trade between South Africa and Vietnam is not only about goods and services, but it is also about trust, innovation and shared values. The […]