# The minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, will host a Women Trade Intervention Dialogue at the official launch of 2025 Women’s Month at the Sandton Convention Centre today. Held under the theme ‘Building Resilient Economies for All,’ the event will spotlight informal economic support, green energy, and […]
# Die DA sê Suid-Afrika ondervind ‘n dubbele ekonomiese slag met dreigende tariefverhogings sowel as beperkte toegang tot Taiwan se halfgeleier-elektroniese skyfies. Die party beskuldig die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, omdat hy Taiwan se sending na Suid-Afrika afgradeer het, en waarsku dat sleutelnywerhede soos motorvervaarding, wat swaar op hierdie skyfies staatmaak, […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank het die terugkoopkoers van môre af tot sewe-persent verlaag, net ure voor die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump se verwagte aankondiging van ‘n tarief van 30-persent op Suid-Afrikaanse goedere. Die president van die Reserwebank, Lesetja Kganyago, het verswakkende sake- en verbruikersvertroue met inflasie op drie-persent as redes aangegee. Alhoewel voedselpryse styg, is […]
# The South African Reserve Bank has reduced the repo rate to seven-percent, effective tomorrow, just hours before US president Donald Trump’s expected announcement of a 30-percent tariff hike on South Africa. Reserve Bank governor, Lesetja Kganyago, cited weakening business and consumer confidence, with inflation at three-percent. While food prices are rising, inflation expectations remain […]
# The DA says South Africa is facing a double economic blow – looming US tariffs and restricted access to Taiwanese semiconductor chips. The party blames International Relations and Cooperation minister Ronald Lamola for downgrading Taiwan’s mission in South Africa, warning that this could threaten key industries like automotive manufacturing, which relies heavily on these […]
# ‘n Bietjie goeie nuus vir Suid-Afrikaners met skuld. Die Reserwebank se monetêre beleidskomitee het die terugkoopkoers met 25 basispunte verlaag. Dit beteken banke se prima-uitleenkoers verlaag môre tot 10,5-persent.
# Some good news for South Africans with debt. The Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank has decided to lower the repo rate by 25 basis points. This means the prime lending rate will drop to 10.5-percent from tomorrow.
# Die DA-woordvoerder oor Finansies, Mark Burke, sê die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau het slegs ure om ‘n handelsooreenkoms met Amerika te sluit voordat tariewe van 30-persent in werking tree. Burke beskuldig Tau daarvan dat hy aansporings voorstel wat met belastingbetalersgeld befonds sal word, in stede daarvan om kritieke ooreenkomste te […]
# DA Finance spokesperson Mark Burke says Trade, Industry and Competition minister Parks Tau has only hours to clinch a US trade deal before 30-percent tariffs kick in. Burke accuses Tau of proposing taxpayer-funded incentives instead of securing vital agreements, risking further debt and taxes. With 40-billion-rand already lost in customs subsidies last year, Burke […]
