NuusFlits: Reserwebank hou koerse onveranderd
NuusFlits: Die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank het besluit om die terugkoopkoers onveranderd te hou op 7-persent met die prima uitleenkoers wat op 10,5-persent bly.
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NewsFlash: Reserve Bank keeps rates unchanged
NewsFlash: The South African Reserve Bank has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 7-percent, with the premier lending rate remaining at 10.5-percent.
Motlanthe herhaal oproep vir Afrika-eenheid om migrasie te hanteer [KLANK]
# Oudpresident Kgalema Motlanthe sê Afrikalande moet ekonomiese samewerking versterk om migrasie-uitdagings reg oor die vasteland te hanteer. Hy het op die Kgalema Motlanthe-stigting se winterseminaar in Johannesburg gesê migrasie is nie ‘n nuwe verskynsel nie, maar dis kommerwekkend hoe immigrasie tans behartig word. Motlanthe beklemtoon Suid-Afrika se ekonomie is nou verbind met die res […]
Mcebisi Jonas says immigrants are not to blame for SA’s economic woes
# MTN chairperson Mcebisi Jonas says removing immigrants from South Africa does not solve the country’s economic challenges. Speaking on the sidelines of the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation’s Winter Seminar, Jonas said unemployment, inequality and corruption are rooted in governance failures rather than migration. Jonas urged leaders to address structural economic problems instead of blaming foreign […]
Motlanthe reiterates calls for African unity to tackle migration [SOUND]
# Former president Kgalema Motlanthe says African countries must strengthen economic cooperation to address migration challenges across the continent. Speaking at the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation’s Winter Seminar in Johannesburg, he said migration is not a new phenomenon, but the current handling of immigration has sparked concern. Motlanthe stressed that South Africa’s economy is closely linked […]
Tshwane se finansiële hoof, Gareth Mnisi, keer terug ná skorsing
# Die Stad Tshwane se finansiële hoof, Gareth Mnisi, is terug in sy pos na ‘n voorsorgskorsing van drie maande en ‘n finale skriftelike waarskuwing. Hy is geskors nadat hy voor die Madlanga-kommissie daarvan beskuldig is dat hy probeer het om ‘n sekerheids-tender van miljarde rand van die Tshwane Metropolisiedepartement te beïnvloed. Hy het glo […]
Vereniging uiters bekommerd oor stygende inflasie met toenemende finansiële druk op staatsamptenare [KLANK]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare is uiters bekommerd oor ‘n styging in Suid-Afrika se verbruikersprysinflasie tot vyf-persent. Die vereniging sê ‘n daling in koopkrag veroorsaak dat baie werknemers sukkel om basiese huishoudelike uitgawes te betaal, skuld te delg en vir hul gesinne te sorg. Woordvoerder Claude Naicker sê die jongste inflasiesyfers sal die krisis vererger:
Verslag toon watertekorte bedreig toekomstige mynbouprojekte
# ‘n Verslag deur die Internasionale Raad vir Mynbou en Metale waarsku watertekorte word ‘n reuse-struikelblok vir mynbou en internasionale energie-oordrag. Die studie het bevind 30-persent van mynbou- en metaalgeriewe word in gebiede met water-bekommernisse bedryf, terwyl 96-persent van Suid-Afrika se geriewe aan ernstige droogtegevare blootgestel is. Die verslag sê gesamentlike optrede van regerings, beleggers […]
Tshwane CFO Gareth Mnisi reinstated after suspension
# The City of Tshwane has reinstated chief financial official Gareth Mnisi following a three-month precautionary suspension on a final written warning. He was suspended after being accused before the Madlanga of attempting to influence a multi-billion-rand Tshwane Metro Police Department security tender, sharing sensitive bid documents with external individuals and failing to declare business […]