# Huidige data van die Sentrale Energiefonds dui op groot brandstofprysstygings volgende maand, wat petrolpryse na ‘n rekordhoogtepunt kan opjaag en dieselpryse laat styg tot naby die rekordhoogtepunt in Mei. In hierdie stadium kan petrolpryse op 7 Oktober met ongeveer twee-rand-vyf-sent styg, en dieselpryse kan met tussen een-rand-65- en een-rand-98-sent per liter styg. Dit word […]
# Current Central Energy Fund data points to huge fuel price increases next month, which could send petrol prices to an all-time high and diesel prices close to the record high reached in May. At this stage, petrol prices can go up about two-rand-five-cents on 7 October, and diesel prices between one-rand-65- and one-rand-98-cents per […]
# Black Business Unity sê sy fokus verskuif van versoekskrifte aan die regering na ekonomiese bevordering in Gautengse townships. Die groep sê hy is gefrustreerd oor wat hy noem die stelselmatige verwaarlosing van township-ekonomieë en ‘n gebrek aan aanspreeklikheid oor befondsing van klein ondernemings. Die stigterslid, Mike Molloyi, sê van volgende week af word mini-sakekamers […]
# Suid-Afrika en Saoedi-Arabië wil toerismebande verder versterk, insluitend met meer regstreekse vlugte tussen die twee lande. Die minister van Toerisme, Patricia de Lille, sê gesprekke sluit vlugte na Johannesburg en pelgrimstog-dienste na Kaapstad in. Sy sê Saoedi-Arabië is een van 30 lande wat Suid-Afrika se elektroniese reismagtigingstelsel dek en reisigers uit dié land toelaat […]
# Ysland se regering gaan in Februarie ‘n wetsontwerp indien om walvisjag te verbied. Indien dit aanvaar word, sal Noorweë en Japan die enigste twee lande ter wêreld wees wat steeds kommersiële walvisjag beoefen. Walvisjag in Ysland veroorsaak reeds jare versetoptrede deur diereregte-aktiviste en Hollywood-bekendes. Die Internasionale Walviskommissie se vangrekords dui aan slegs Ysland, Noorweë […]
# Statistics South Africa says mining production fell by 7.5-percent year-on-year in July, mainly due to declines in platinum group metals, coal and iron ore. Mineral sales also dropped by 5.6-percent, with gold sales plunging by more than 33-percent. Stats SA’s Juan-Pierre Terblanche says on a monthly basis, seasonally adjusted mineral sales fell by 15.1-percent, […]
# South Africa and Saudi Arabia are looking to strengthen tourism ties, including increasing direct flights between the two countries. Tourism minister Patricia de Lille says discussions include commercial flights to Johannesburg and pilgrimage-related services to Cape Town. She says that Saudi Arabia is among 30 countries covered by South Africa’s electronic travel authorisation system, […]
# Iceland’s government will submit a bill in February to ban whaling, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries in the world to continue commercial whaling. Whaling in Iceland has sparked years of protests from animal welfare campaigners and Hollywood celebrities. Only Iceland, Norway and Japan have conducted commercial […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se inwonende koördineerder in Suid-Afrika, Nelson Muffuh, sê die land ondervind ‘n kritieke uitdaging om ambisieuse ontwikkelingsplanne in werklike gevolge te omskep. Hy het aan die SABC gesê Suid-Afrika het ‘n sterk grondslag ten opsigte van beleide, hervormings en vennootskappe, maar inwerkingstelling is noodsaaklik. Werkloosheid van 33,6-persent en ekonomiese groei van […]
