# Rise Mzansi says while the Appropriation Bill is not perfect, Parliament must make decisions instead of debating endlessly. Speaking in the National Assembly, party leader Songezo Zibi said South Africans can’t afford more taxes or debt, especially with millions of young people unemployed. Zibi called for urgent spending reviews to prioritise programmes that have […]
# Former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has urged president Cyril Ramaphosa to show ethical leadership in appointing, suspending, and dismissing public officials. Speaking at the Council of Churches’ Anti-Corruption Conference in Johannesburg, Zondo criticised the appointment of individuals facing corruption allegations. Zondo said ethical leadership means choosing candidates without pending misconduct claims. He stressed that […]
# The EEFF says it will not support the Appropriation Bill, maintaining its longstanding rejection of the national budget. Speaking in the National Assembly, the EFF’s Omphile Maotwe said the budget is designed to keep a fragile coalition government afloat rather than serve the people. Maotwe accused the government of national unity of using the […]
# Die Mededingingstribunaal het Canal-Plus (Kanaal Ploes) se verkryging van MultiChoice goedgekeur, wat die laaste regulatoriese struikelblok oorkom. Die ooreenkoms sluit sleutelverbintenisse in soos die bevordering van plaaslike eienaarskap, die ondersteuning van klein, medium en mikro-ondernemings in die oudiovisuele sektor, en die befondsing van plaaslike inhoud. Canal-Plus sal die oorblywende aandele teen 125-rand elk koop. […]
# Verbruikersprysinflasie het in Junie tot drie-persent gestyg van 2,8-persent in April en Mei. Die styging is hoofsaaklik toe te skryf aan stygende voedselpryse, met voedsel en nie-alkoholiese drankies wat ‘n 15 maande-hoogtepunt van 5,1-persent aangemeld het. Beesvleis is die grootste bydraer met kookvleispryse wat jaarliks met meer as 21-persent gestyg het. Bek- en klouseer raak […]
# According to Statistics South Africa, consumer inflation rose to three-percent in June, up from 2.8-percent in April and May. The increase is largely driven by rising food prices, with food and non-alcoholic beverages recording a 15-month high inflation rate of 5.1-percent. Beef remains the main contributor, with stewing beef prices climbing over 21-percent annually. […]
# The Competition Tribunal has approved Canal-Plus (Kanaal Ploes) acquisition of MultiChoice, clearing the final regulatory hurdle. The deal includes key commitments like, boosting local ownership, supporting small, medium and micro enterprises in South Africa’s audiovisual sector, and funding local content. Canal-Plus will buy remaining shares at 125-rand each. MultiChoice’s South African operations will become […]
# Cosatu says it has noted with dismay Saftu’s latest peddling of what it calls, fake news, on the draft labour law amendments. The federation says it can assure workers, that Saftu’s claims that workers’ hard-won rights, guaranteed by the Constitution and set in law, have not been abandoned through some secret talks at the National Economic […]
# Die adjunkminister van Finansies, David Masondo, sê die skuldverligtingsprogram het Eskom ʼn balansstaat gegee om meer geld te bestee om kragvoorsiening te verbeter. Die Nasionale Vergadering het gister die Wysigingswetsontwerp op Eskom-skuldverligting bekragtig. Die wetsontwerp is die jongste wetgewing wat ʼn sogenaamde skuldoordrag tussen Eskom en die staat toelaat sodat die staat 250-miljoen-rand van […]
