# The Green Connection has warned that government’s focus on gas and nuclear energy could drive up electricity costs for consumers. This follows Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s presentation of the two-trillion-rand integrated resource plan. The environmental group’s Liz McDaid says the plan lacks a clear commitment to phasing out fossil fuels and instead […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoere deur klein- en mediumgrootte ondernemings na die VSA het sedert April met 46-persent gedaal. Volgens die verskepingsplatform TUNL se KMO-uitvoerindeks volg die daling na die herroeping van die belastingvrye kwytskelding en nuwe wederkerige tariewe van 30-persent met die VSA. Die uitvoerende hoof van TUNL, Craig Lowman, sê die veranderings het klein […]
# The Airlines Association of Southern Africa has elected Lift Senior Executive, Daniel Rosenzweig as chairperson, with Eswatini Air CEO Captain President Dlamini as deputy chairperson. Both will serve 12 months. Speaking at its 55th Annual General Assembly in Lusaka, Zambia, AASA CEO Aaron Munetsi said the duo will guide the association in advocacy with […]
# South African exports by small and medium-sized enterprises to the US have dropped 46-percent since April. According to shipping platform TUNL’s SME Export Index, the fall follows the revocation of the duty-free waiver and new 30-percent reciprocal tariffs. TUNL CEO Craig Lowman says the changes have hit small exporters pricing them out of the […]
# ‘n Wêreldwye onderbreking het die Amerikaanse tegnologie-reus Amazon se wolkdienste vir ‘n aantal ure getref. Talle webwerwe en dienste is ontwrig, insluitend Amazon Prime, Perplexity, Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat en Duolingo. Amazon se instandhoudingsmaatskappy sê die probleem is na sowat drie uur grootliks opgelos, met sommige dienste wat nog werk om die agterstand uit te […]
# A global outage hit Amazon’s cloud services for several hours on Monday. A subsidiary of the US tech giant said it disrupted many websites and services including Amazon Prime, Perplexity, Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat and Duolingo. Amazon’s maintenance said it took some three hours to largely fix the problem, with some services working to erase […]
# Die DA sê die huidige Swart Ekonomiese Bemagtigingsmodel het ‘n kerndrywer vir korrupsie geword. Die party sê Suid-Afrikaners sien dit in die grootskaalse plundering van ongeveer twee-miljard-rand uit die Tembisa-hospitaal, en die moord op die Stad Ekurhuleni se hoofouditeur, Mpho Mafole, na bewering oor ‘n tender vir chemiese toilette van 1,8-miljard-rand. Mat Cuthbert van […]
# Die DA het die Wetsontwerp op Ekonomiese Insluiting vir Almal van stapel gestuur wat daarop gemik is om swart ekonomiese bemagtiging te vervang. Die party sê sedert SEB in 2003 ingestel is, het die ANC staatshulpbronne gebruik om sy sakke te vul in plaas daarvan om broodnodige dienste en opheffing aan die mense te […]
# The DA says the current Black Economic Empowerment model has become a key driver of corruption. The party says South Africans have witnessed this in the widescale looting of approximately 2-billion-rand from Tembisa Hospital, and the murder of the City of Ekurhuleni’s chief auditor, Mpho Mafole allegedly over a 1.8-billion-rand chemical toilets tender. The […]