# Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the South African Property Owners Association’s attempt to stop the metro’s pro-poor budget is to protect their own vested interests, and puts their profits ahead of the people of Cape Town. The mayor says this is in response to SAPOA’s pending High Court application for a review of […]
# BankservAfrica’s Economic Transactions Index recorded a second monthly rise in June, indicating improved economic momentum. The index, which tracks all electronic transactions at seasonally adjusted real prices, rose by 0.4-percent to 139.1. According to the index, the back-to-back increases suggest stronger second-quarter growth, with mining and manufacturing sectors likely to contribute positively. It adds […]
# Die president van die Reserwebank, Lesetja Kganyago, waarsku dat Amerikaanse tariewe die voertuigvervaardigings- en die landbousektor in Suid-Afrika die ergste sal raak. Amerika gaan vanaf begin volgende maand ‘n tarief van 30 persent op uitvoere uit Suid-Afrika instel. Ongeveer 100-duisend werksgeleenthede in die motor- en die landbousektor is in gevaar, insluitend 35-duisend net in […]
# South African Reserve Bank governor, Lesetja Kganyago, is warning that the US tariffs will impact the automotive and agriculture sectors the most in the country. America is set to impose a 30-percent tariff on exports from South Africa from August 1st. Around 100-thousand jobs in the automotive and agriculture sectors are at risk, including […]
# Die DA sê die Departement van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur het daarin geslaag om Suid-Afrika in ‘n konstruksieterrein te omskep, korrupsie uit te wis, werksgeleenthede te skep en openbare eiendom terug te eis. Die party het gister die departement se begroting in die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies ondersteun. Igor Scheurkogel van die DA sê […]
# Die DA in die Oos-Kaap doen ‘n beroep op premier Oscar Mabuyane om ‘n gemodelleerde en getoetste ekonomiese versagtingstrategie teen die dreigende 30-persent Amerikaanse tariewe te verskaf. Die party sê die 25-persent-tarief wat in April ingestel is, het reeds verwoestende gevolge vir die provinsie se motorvervaardigingsektor. Vicky Knoetze van die DA sê die nuwe […]
# The DA says the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure is successfully turning South Africa into a construction site, cutting out corruption, creating job opportunities, and reclaiming public property. The party supported the department’s budget in the National Council of Provinces yesterday. The DA’s Igor Scheurkogel says a total medium-term infrastructure investment of 54.1-billion-rand […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering het die belangrikheid van die versterking van handels- en beleggingsbetrekkinge met Kanada herbevestig. Suid-Afrika se uitvoere na Kanada was in 2023 op 8,28-miljard-rand, met die provinsie wat ‘n beduidende bydrae lewer van altesaam 3,4-miljard-rand. Die LUR van Landbou, Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Toerisme, Ivan Meyer, het onlangs met Kanada se minister van […]
# The DA in the Eastern Cape is calling on premier Oscar Mabuyane to provide a modelled and tested economic mitigation strategy against the looming 30-percent US tariffs. The party says already, the 25-percent tariff levelled in April is having devastating effects on the province’s automotive sector. The DA’s Vicky Knoetze says these new tariffs […]