# The EFF in Gauteng says Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s letter to Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero exposes a metro facing severe financial distress and possible institutional collapse if urgent interventions are not implemented. The minister has threatened to withhold the metro’s grant funding unless it gets its financial affairs in order. The EFF says Johannesburg […]
# Moody’s Ratings sê beter fiskale prestasie en bestendige hervorming ondersteun sy siening dat Suid-Afrika se skuld vanjaar sal stabiliseer voordat dit geleidelik afneem. Die agentskap beraam dat algemene regeringskuld in 2025 ʼn hoogtepunt bereik het op 86,8-persent van die bruto binnelandse produk, en voorspel dit sal geleidelik daal tot 84,9-persent teen 2028. Moody’s waarsku […]
# Business Unity South Africa sê as hoë brandstofkoste ‘n volgehoue kenmerk van die bedryfsomgewing word, sal die gevolge kleiner beleggings, minder werksgeleenthede en stadiger groei wees. Globale oliemark-wisselvalligheid het gelei tot aansienlike stygings in brandstofpryse in April en Mei. BUSA sê met ongeveer 80-persent van goedere in die land wat per pad vervoer word, […]
# Moody’s Ratings says improving fiscal performance and steady reform momentum support its view that South Africa’s debt will stabilise this year before gradually declining. The ratings agency estimates that general government debt peaked at 86.8-percent of gross domestic product in 2025, and forecasts a gradual easing to 84.9-percent by 2028. Moody’s has cautioned that […]
# Business Unity South Africa says if high fuel costs become a sustained feature of the operating environment, the consequences will be lower investment, fewer jobs and slower growth. Global oil market volatility has resulted in significant increases in fuel prices in April and May. BUSA says that with about 80-percent of goods in the […]
# Die regering het streeksamewerking binne die Suider‑Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap gelas om bestendigheid in die voorsiening van brandstof en kunsmis te verseker. Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, sê die regering gryp in om brandstofpryse te verlig te midde van wêreldwye spanning weens die voortgesette konflik in die Midde-Ooste. Sy sê die kabinet het die […]
# Die kabinet veroordeel vals video’s en fotos waarin aanvalle op buitelandse burgers in Suid-Afrika uitgebeeld word. Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, sê hierdie waninligting beskadig die land se beeld en bevorder onbestendigheid. Sy sê hoewel burgers teen onwettige immigrasie mag betoog, sal geweld en stamgegronde aanhitsing nie geduld word nie. Ntshavheni beklemtoon […]
# ‘n Verslag deur die Sakeraad vir Afrika sê die meeste Afrikalande kan nog nie nywerheidsgroei volhoubaar handhaaf nie. Volgens die verslag voldoen slegs Suid-Afrika Egipte, Marokko en Mauritius tans aan die vereistes vir langtermyn behoud van nywerhede. Die verslag beklemtoon elektrisiteit, vervoer, opvoeding in wetenskap, tegnologie, ingenieurswese en wiskunde, asook sterk finansiële instellings as […]
# Government has directed regional coordination through the Southern African Development Community to secure supply stability of fuel and fertiliser. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says government is intervening to reduce fuel prices amid global tensions linked to the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict. She says cabinet has approved a 17.2-billion-rand fuel subsidy announced by […]
