# The City of Cape Town is urging residents to comment on the metro’s draft 2025/2026 budget before the 2nd of May. Mayoral committee member for Finance, Siseko Mbandezi, says the budget brings important changes to the tariff structure to ensure that the metro can perform its service delivery functions sustainably. He says they are […]
# Die EFF het ‘n aansoek by die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof ingedien om by die DA aan te sluit in sy aansoek vir die uitdaging van die 2025/2026 begroting se fiskale raamwerk ten einde dit onwettig en ongrondwetlik te verklaar. Di fiskale raamwerk is verlede week in die Parlement aanvaar en sluit ‘n 0,5-persent verhoging in […]
# Die Withuis het bevestig dat Amerika 104-persent tariewe gaan hef op invoere uit China. Dit begin vandag nadat Beijing geweier het om sy wederkerige tariewe terug te trek. Amerika gaan ʼn bykomende 50-persent voeg by tariewe teen China plus ʼn aanvanklike 20-persent wat by ʼn 34-persent wederkerige tarief gevoeg word. China sê hy weier […]
# The EFF has filed court papers in the Western Cape High Court to join the DA in its application to challenge the 2025/2026 budget fiscal framework, declaring it unlawful and unconstitutional. The fiscal framework was adopted in Parliament last week and includes a 0.5-percent value-added tax hike, which comes into effect in May. The EFF’s […]
# The White House has confirmed that the US will hit Chinese imports with 104-percent tariffs starting today after Beijing refused to withdraw its retaliatory tariff. America will add an extra 50-percent on tariffs against China plus an initial 20-percent that was supplemented by 34-percent reciprocal levies. China has refused to bow to what it called […]
# Die VSA-handelsverteenwoordiger, Jamieson Greer, sê Amerika het te doen met onregverdige, ongebalanseerde en nie-wederkerige handel, wat president Donald Trump genoop het om ‘n nasionale noodtoestand oor tariewe af te kondig. Trump sê ‘n tarief van tien-persent op alle lande en tariewe van tot 50-persent op sekeres, sal die Amerikaanse ekonomie help en werksgeleenthede beskerm. […]
# US Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, says America faces unfair, unbalanced, non-reciprocal trade, which has driven president Donald Trump to call a national emergency on tariffs. Trump claims that a ten-percent tariff on all nations and much higher rates of up to 50-percent on individual countries will boost the US economy and protect jobs. Testifying […]
# Die minister van Indiensneming en Arbeid, Nomakhosazana Meth, vra G20-wêreldleiers om kwesbare werkers te beskerm. Meth het op die tweede G20 Werkgroep vir Indiensneming in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, gepraat en vra vir beleide wat ordentlike werk bevorder en kwesbare werkers wêreldwyd beskerm. Sy het die behoefte beklemtoon om groeiende ongelykhede, die afname in die arbeidsinkomste-aandeel […]
# Employment and Labour minister, Nomakhosazana Meth, urges G20 global leaders to protect vulnerable workers. Speaking at the second G20 Employment Working Group in Umhlanga, in KwaZulu-Natal, Meth called for policies that promote decent work and safeguard vulnerable workers worldwide. She emphasised the need to address growing inequalities, the decline in labour income share, and […]
