# Die Kanadese eerste minister, Mark Carney, het die hofbeslissing verwelkom wat ʼn stokkie steek voor president Donald Trump se omvattende globale tariewe. ʼn Paneel van drie regters by die Amerikaanse Internasionale Handelshof het bevind Trump het sy gesag oorskry toe hy ʼn noodwet gebruik het om teen byna elke land tariewe te hef. Carney […]
# North West University Business School economist, professor Raymond Parsons, says the South African Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to resume its interest rate-easing cycle is right. The committee has cut the interest rates by 25 basis points. This brings the repo rate down to 7.25-percent and the prime lending rate to 10.75-percent. Parsons […]
# Canadian prime minister Mark Carney has welcomed the court ruling that has blocked US president Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs. A three-judge panel at the US Court of International Trade ruled that Trump overstepped his authority when he used an emergency law to impose tariffs on nearly every country. Carney says the ruling is […]
# Die DA verwelkom die Reserwebank se rentekoersverlaging as noodsaaklike verligting vir sukkelende huishoudings. Die DA se woordvoerder oor Finansies, Mark Burke, sê egter dis geensins ‘n plaasvervanger vir langtermynhervormings nie. Burke bepleit verbeterde staatsbesteding, betrokkenheid vanaf die privaat sektor en minder rompslomp om volhoubare groei aan te vuur. Hy sê Suid-Afrikaners verdien ‘n regering […]
# The DA has welcomed the Reserve Bank’s interest rate cut as necessary relief for struggling households. DA Finance spokesperson, Mark Burke, says while the reprieve is welcomes, it’s no substitute for long-term reforms. Burke urges improved government spending, private sector involvement, and reduced red tape to drive sustained growth. He says that South Africans […]
# Mauritanië se voormalige minister van Finansies, Sidi Ould Tah, is verkies tot die nuwe president van die Afrika-ontwikkelingsbank en gaan die onttrekking van Amerikaanse finansiering uit die instelling aanpak. Die wenner moes ‘n meerderheid stemme van al 81 lidlande verseker, asook ‘n meerderheid van die 54 Afrika-nasies wat deel van die bank is. Hy […]
# Mauritania’s former economy minister Sidi Ould Tah was elected new president of the African Development Bank and tackle the withdrawal of US financing from the institution. The winner had to secure both a majority of votes from all 81 member countries and a majority of votes from the 54 African nations who are part […]
# Die DA in Tshwane het die stad se jongste begroting verwerp en dit bestempel as ‘n instrument om ANC-patronaatskap te beskerm ten koste van inwoners. Volgens die party sal die nuwe skoonmaakheffing inwoners onregverdig belas met 200-rand-per maand, selfs diegene wat reeds vir privaat vullisverwydering betaal. Jacqui Uys van die DA sê die stad […]
# Die Kantoor van die Belastingombud ondersoek ‘n toename in kapings van eFiling-profiele, waar kubermisdadigers belastingbetalers se rekeninge uitbuit om terugbetalings te herlei. Die ondersoek volg nadat talle belastingbetalers en bedryfsliggame gekla het en swakhede in die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens se digitale stelsels aan die lig gebring is. Die Belastingombud Yanga Mputa het met ‘n indiepte-oorsig […]
