# The City of Johannesburg’s Department of Human Settlements has launched a crackdown on businesses and residents failing to honor rental agreements in the Johannesburg Social Housing Company-owned properties. Mayoral committee member for Human Settlements Mlungisi Mabaso led an operation in the inner city aimed at recovering outstanding debt and addressing illegal occupation and subletting. Several […]
# Europe’s Future Combat Air System fighter jet programme has broken down and was offically cancelled. German chancellor Friedrich Merz and French president Emmanuel Macron agreed to scrap the multi-billion-euro project after manufacturers failed to resolve a long-running industrial and strategic deadlock. The breakdown is the result of irreconcilable differences across multiple fronts, including the […]
# Groot banke in Suid-Afrika gebruik toenemend outomatisering om doeltreffendheid te verbeter en bedryfskoste te verminder. Die banksagtewareverskaffer Avaloq sê baie banke probeer om ingewikkelde ouer stelsels met geïntegreerde digitale platforms te vervang wat prosesse stroomlyn en die afhanklikheid van groot agterkantoor-spanne verminder. Die onderneming sê outomatisering kan transaksie-verwerking aansienlik verbeter en opkomende tegnologieë soos […]
# South Africa’s major banks are increasingly adopting automation to improve efficiency and reduce operational costs. According to banking software provider Avaloq, many banks are seeking to replace complex legacy systems with integrated digital platforms that streamline processes and reduce reliance on large back-office teams. The company says automation can significantly improve transaction processing and […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, sê die land se Weermag het sedert verlede maand ‘n geheime operasie uitgevoer om olietenkskepe deur die Seestraat van Hormuz te laat vaar. Sowat 20-persent van wêreldpetroleumvoorrade word normaalweg deur die roete vervoer, maar verkeer is erg ingekort sedert die Amerikaans/Israelse aanvalle op Iran in Februarie. Trump sê die […]
# US president Donald Trump says the military has since last month executed a secret operation to help oil tankers transit the Strait of Hormuz. Normally, about 20-percent of global petroleum supplies pass through the route, but traffic has remained severely limited since the US-Israeli attacks on Iran in February. Trump says the secret operation […]
# Die vakbondfederasie SAFTU is bekommerd oor onthullings van die Openbare Beleggingskorporasie se Isibaya-fonds wat in 15 maatskappye en projekte belê het waar al hul geld verloor is. Die fonds het sowat 4,45-miljard-rand belê wat nou ‘n interne inkomste van minus 100-persent het. Dit beteken elke sent is verlore. Asive Dyani van SAFTU sê die […]
# The government plans to significantly increase emergency fuel stockpiles after a review found major weaknesses in the petroleum security system. Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe says a draft policy proposes building strategic fuel reserves of up to 60-days of net imports, compared to current levels of about two weeks. He says the […]
# The FNB/ Bureau for Economic Research Building Confidence Index shows that South Africa’s construction sector has become more pessimistic in the second quarter of 2026, falling to 38 from 42 in the previous quarter. The bank’s economist Siphamandla Mkhwanazi says the decline is linked to weaker building activity, lower profitability and rising costs, partly […]
