# Standard Bank het die top tien finaliste in sy 2026 Kasi Nasionale Voorleggingsuitdaging vir Klein en Mediumgrootte Ondernemings aangekondig, met entrepreneurs van al nege provinsies wat meeding om ‘n prys van een-miljoen-rand. Die finaliste bedryf besighede in sektore soos landbou, gesondheidsorg, vervaardiging, voedselproduksie, media en volhoubare konstruksie. Naledzani Mosomane van die bank sê die […]
# Standard Bank has announced the top ten finalists in its 2026 Kasi Small and Medium-sized Enterprises National Pitch Challenge, with entrepreneurs from all nine provinces competing for a one-million-rand prize. The finalists run businesses in sectors including agriculture, healthcare, manufacturing, food production, media and sustainable construction. The bank’s Naledzani Mosomane says the finalists will […]
# Eskom says its turnaround is gaining momentum, with the energy availability factor reaching 72.56-percent for the past week and 67.79-percent year-to-date, its highest level since 2020. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says unplanned outages have fallen by 39.2-percent year-on-year. Seven provinces have also been removed from the load-reduction schedule, benefiting about 1.2-million customers. She says […]
# Die DA sê die regering moet dringend meer privaat ondernemings toelaat om deel te neem aan die bestuur van Suid-Afrika se hawens. Chris Hunsinger van die party sê Fase-3 van die regering-sakevennootskap moet werklike hervormings lewer om hawe-doeltreffendheid te verbeter en vertragings te verminder. Volgens Hunsinger kan privaat belegging meer mededinging, vaardighede en befondsing […]
# The DA says government must urgently allow more private companies to take part in running South Africa’s ports. The party’s Chris Hunsinger says phase three of the government-business partnership must deliver real reforms to improve port efficiency and reduce delays. According to Hunsinger, private investment can bring more competition, skills and funding while keeping […]
# Die rand het gister tot onder 16 rand teenoor die dollar versterk en sy sterkste vlak sedert die begin van die Iran-oorlog bereik. Die geldeenheid is aangemoedig deur ‘n swakker Amerikaanse dollar en verdere winste in die goudprys. Reuters sê die dollar het in vroeë handel teen ongeveer 16-rand-5 sent verhandel, terwyl News24 berig […]
# The rand strengthened to below 16-rand against dollar yesterday, reaching its strongest level since the start of the Iran war. The currency was boosted by a weaker US dollar and further gains in the gold price. Reuters says the dollar was trading at about 16-rand-5-cents in early trading, while News24 reports it briefly moved […]
# Die Zimbabwiese president Emmerson Mnangagwa sê infrastruktuurontwikkeling moet ‘n prioriteit bly in die versterking van ekonomiese samewerking met Suid-Afrika. Mnangagwa het tydens die Suid-Afrika-Zimbabwe bi-Nasionale Kommissie gevra vir die versnelde konstruksie van ‘n derde Limpopo-brug om handel en migrasie te verbeter. Hy het die vordering met die Beitbrug-eenstopgrenspos verwelkom en gevra vir sterk optrede […]
# Die DA sê president Cyril Ramaphosa se Fase Drie regering-sake-vennootskap moet dringend optree om Suid-Afrika se ekonomiese krisis aan te spreek. Die partyleier Geordin Hill-Lewis verwelkom die teiken om die ekonomie met meer as drie-persent te laat groei. Hill-Lewis sê Suid-Afrika kan nie stadige hervormings bekostig nie, en vra vir duidelike spertye en aanspreeklikheid […]
