# Kanadese vergeldingstariewe op Amerikaanse goedere ter waarde van 441,17-miljard-rand word vandag van krag, terwyl die handelsoorlog tussen die twee bondgenote voortsleep. Die tariewe wat wissel van 15- tot 50-persent volg nadat president Donald Trump van Amerika verlede maand 50-persent tariewe op Kanadese goedere ingestel het nadat handelsgesprekke ʼn dooiepunt bereik het. Die maatreëls raak […]
# Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on 441.17-billion-rand worth of American goods will come into effect today, intensifying the trade war between the longtime allies. The tariffs, which range from 15 to 50-percent follow US president Donald Trump’s 50-percent tariffs he imposed on Canadian goods last month, after trade talks collapsed. The measures will target US sectors including […]
# Die Britse minister van Finansies, John Healey, sê hy gaan nie belastingverhogings in volgende maand se begroting uitsluit nie, en erken die staat se leenkoste is op ‘n “geskiedkundige hoogtepunt”. Die land se langtermyn-staatsleenkoste het verlede week ‘n 18-jaar hoogtepunt bereik te midde van die uitwerking van die VSA-Israelse oorlog, wat die olieprys nader […]
# UK Chancellor John Healey has refused to rule out tax increases in next month’s Budget, after acknowledging government borrowing costs are at “historic highs”. The country’s long-term government borrowing costs reached an 18-year high last week, amid the impact of the US-Israeli war, which pushed the price of oil closer to one-thousand-596-rand-90-cents a barrel. […]
# AfriForum plans to oppose Eskom’s proposed average electricity tariff increase of about 8.8-percent for 2027/2028. The organisation will submit formal objections to the energy regulator, Nersa, arguing that consumers should not have to pay for unnecessary or inefficient costs. AfriForum’s Morné Mostert says consumers are already struggling with rising living costs and high electricity […]
# AfriForum beplan om Eskom se voorgestelde gemiddelde elektrisiteitstariefverhoging van ongeveer 8,8-persent vir 2027/2028 teen te staan. Die organisasie gaan formele besware by die energiereguleerder, Nersa, indien, en sê verbruikers moet nie vir onnodige of ondoeltreffende koste betaal nie. Morné Mostert van AfriForum sê verbruikers sukkel reeds met stygende lewenskoste en hoë elektrisiteitspryse, terwyl ondernemings […]
# Iran sal in die komende dae ‘n nuwe beperkte sone in die Golf aankondig te midde van toenemende spanning met die VSA oor skeepvaart deur die Straat van Hormoes. Die veiligheidshoof Mohsen Rezaei sê skepe wat die nuwe sone binnegaan, sal gestraf word. Iran beplan ook om kaarte te publiseer vir ‘n nuwe internasionale […]
# Statistiek Suid-Afrika sê elektrisiteitsopwekking het in Julie met 7,9-persent afgeneem, terwyl kragverbruik met 2,6-persent gedaal het. Seisoensaangepaste opwekking was 0,4-persent laer as in Junie. Kragverspreiding het egter vergeleke met Junie met 0,3-persent toegeneem. Tsholofelo Ditinti van Statistiek SA sê elektrisiteitsopwekking het oor die drie maande tot einde Julie met 1,3-persent afgeneem, terwyl die verspreiding […]
# Statistics South Africa says electricity generation fell by 7.9-percent in July, while electricity consumption dropped by 2.6-percent. Seasonally adjusted generation also declined by 0.4-percent compared with June. However, electricity distribution increased by 0.3-percent month-on-month. Stats SA’s Tsholofelo Ditinti says generation fell by 1.3-percent over the three months to July, while electricity distribution increased by […]
