# The Rand Merchant Bank Bureau for Economic Research Business Confidence Index slipped one point to 39 in the third quarter of 2025, following a five-point drop earlier this year. The reading, three points below the long-term average, shows over 60-percent of businesses are unhappy with conditions. RMB’s chief economist, Isaah Mhlanga, says the decline mirrors […]
# The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association says Eskom has reached 100 consecutive days without load-shedding. The milestone is credited to the utility’s improvements and the rapid growth of solar energy, which has reduced demand on the national grid and strengthened energy security across the country. The association’s CEO, Rethabile Melamu, calls for further investment […]
# The National Consumer Commission has announced recalls for the Ford Mustang, Ford Transit Custom, BMW X3, Volkswagen Polo, and Hino 500 series buses. The recalls are due to critical safety faults, including faulty fuel pumps, airbags, headrests, rear axles, and steering components. The commission’s Phetho Ntaba urged owners to take their vehicles to authorised […]
# Gauteng se premier, Panyaza Lesufi, sê die provinsiale regering het planne bevestig om die Gautrein se diens uit te brei na Roodepoort, Soweto, Fourways, en Mamelodi in Tshwane. Die projek beoog om openbare vervoer te verbeter en die provinsiale vervoernetwerk te integreer om beter skakeling en dienste aan pendelaars te bied. Lesufi het die […]
# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi says the provincial government has confirmed plans to expand the Gautrain to Roodepoort, Soweto, Fourways and Mamelodi in Tshwane. The project aims to improve public transport and integrate the provincial transport network, offering better connectivity and services for commuters across the province. Lesufi told the media the preferred bidder for […]
# Die vakbond GIWUSA verwelkom die brandstofprysverlagings hierdie maand. GIWUSA se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê die daling in dieselpryse is veral betekenisvol, aangesien dit die druk effens kan verlig op die logistieke kettings wat die land van noodsaaklike goedere voorsien. Hy sê die vakbond hou egter vol die huidige brandstofprysmodel en die oliebedryf is inherent […]
# Die vakbond GIWUSA sê hy eis die hernasionalisering van Sasol en die onteiening van alle privaat oliemaatskappye, raffinaderye en kleinhandelnetwerke. GIWUSA se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê hierdie bates moet gekonsolideer word en ‘n nuwe, kragtige Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Petroleummaatskappy moet op die been gebring word. Hy sê hierdie organisasie se mandaat sal wees om die […]
# Die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, in vennootskap met die Suid-Afrikaanse Kamer van Koophandel en Nywerheid en die Britse Hoë Kommissariaat, bied vandag ‘n seminaar in Johannesburg aan. Die geleentheid wil bewustheid versterk oor die ekonomiese vennootskap tussen lidlande van die Suider-Afrikaanse Doeaneunie en Mosambiek met die Verenigde Koninkryk. Die ooreenkoms waarvan Suid-Afrika, […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says it demands the re-nationalisation of Sasol and the expropriation of all private oil companies, refineries, and retail networks. GIWUSA president Mametlwe Sebei says these assets must be consolidated into a new, powerful South Africa National Petroleum Company. He says this entity’s mandate will be to […]
