# FNB agricultural economist, Paul Makube, says meat was the biggest driver of food inflation after surging to a 25-month high of 6.6-percent year-on-year and up by 2.2-percent month-on-month in June. He says the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak created a short supply crunch due to the inability to slaughter livestock, mainly cattle, while the earlier ban […]
# Three lavish multi-million-rand Saxonwold mansions linked to the Gupta family are being auctioned off in Johannesburg today. The properties, linked to the state capture scandal, are expected to fetch below their combined municipal value of 64-million-rand. Park Village Auctions is handling the sale, aimed to recover funds and settle debts after Atul, Ajay and […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa woon vandag ʼn aanbieding by BMW se fabriek in Rosslyn, Pretoria, by waar die nuwe BMW X3 hibriede elektriese voertuig bekendgestel word. Die geleentheid se tema is, Lei vandag, maak môre moontlik. Die presidensie sê die geleentheid vertoon die aktiewe vennootskap tussen die bedryf en die regering wat noodsaaklik is om […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend a presentation at BMW’s factory in Rosslyn, Pretoria today, showcasing the new BMW X3 Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle. The event is themed, Leading Today, Enabling Tomorrow. The Presidency says the event will showcase the active partnership between industry and government, a collaboration essential for driving innovation, catalysing job creation, […]
# Solidariteit sê hy het ‘n sensitiewe stadium in onderhandelinge met FlySafair by die Kommissie vir Versoening, Bemiddeling en Arbitrasie bereik. Die vakbond verteenwoordig sowat 200 vlieëniers wat sedert Maandag staak nadat onderhandelinge oor salarisse gefaal het. Die laekoste lugdiens het vroeër ‘n jaarlikse salarisverhoging van 5,7-persent vir vlieëniers aangebied maar die vakbond eis 10,5-persent […]
# Solidarity says it has reached a sensitive stage in the negotiations with FlySafair at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration. Around 200 pilots represented by the trade union have been on strike since Monday after a breakdown in wage negotiations. The low-cost airline previously tabled a multiyear 5.7-percent wage increase for its pilots, […]
# Die GOOD-party sê noudat die nasionale begroting aanvaar is, moet die vennote in die regering van nasionale eenheid ophou om nog krisisse te veroorsaak. Die Nasionale Vergadering het gister die Toedelingswetsontwerp aanvaar en die regering toestemming gegee om net meer as 1,2-duisend-miljard-rand in die 2025-2026-boekjaar te bestee. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, sê party-politieke […]
# Die DA-leier John Steenhuisen sê nou dat die begroting aanvaar is, moet die fokus verskuif na dienslewering en die vinnige instelling van noodsaaklike hervormings om ekonomiese groei te ontsluit en werk te skep. Die party het ten gunste van die Toedelingswetsontwerp gestem wat gister in die Parlement bekragtig is. Steenhuisen sê die DA het […]
# The GOOD Party says now that the national budget has been approved, the government of national unity partners must resist the creation of further crises. The National Assembly passed the Appropriation Bill on Wednesday, authorising government to spend just over 1.2-trillion-rand in the 2025-2026 financial year. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says party political […]