# 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 […]
# Die regering beplan om noodbrandstofvoorrade aansienlik te verhoog nadat ‘n oorsig groot swakpunte in die petroleumsekuriteitstelsel gevind het. Die minister van Minerale en Petroleumbronne, Gwede Mantashe, het gesê ‘n konsepbeleid stel voor om strategiese brandstofreserwes op te bou tot 60 dae se netto-invoere. Die huidige vlak is omtrent twee weke. Hy sê die plan […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare vra die regering om dringend ‘n gemengde werksmodel in die staatsdiens in te stel, in die lig van stygende lewenskoste en finansiële druk op werknemers. Die vakbond sê staatsamptenare is onder druk weens brandstof-, voedsel-, elektrisiteit- en mediese fonds-verhogings, en onlangse salarisaanpassings is nie genoeg nie. Claude Naicker van die […]
# FBN en die Buro vir Ekonomiese navorsing se bouvertroue-aanwyser toon Suid-Afrika se bousektor was in die tweede kwartaal meer pessimisties, en het van 42 in die vorige kwartaal tot 38 gedaal. FNB se ekonoom, Siphamandla Mkhwanazi, sê die afname hou verband met swakker boubedrywighede, laer winsgewendheid en stygende koste, deels aangevuur deur wêreldwye onsekerheid […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria het die energie-reguleerder NERSA se besluit verwerp om Eskom toestemming te gee vir die uitbreiding van sy kragtoevoer-netwerk om dele van die Mooikloof-megastad-ontwikkeling in Tshwane in te sluit. Die hogf het bevind die besluit van 2023 was ongeldig.. Die stad se woordvoerder, Selby Bokaba, sê die uitspraak verhoed ‘n groot […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has set aside a decision by the energy regulator, Nersa, to approve Eskom’s application to expand its electricity supply area to include parts of the Mooikloof Mega City development in Tshwane. The court found that the 2023 decision was unlawful. The city’s Selby Bokaba says the ruling prevents a […]
