# South Africa’s wine growers are cautiously optimistic for a good 2027 harvest following an above-average crop this year. Early signs show healthy vineyard growth and generally enough water. However, weather conditions, including possible El Niño effects, could influence the final crop. South Africa Wine executive Gerard Martin says it is too early to predict […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Plaaslike Owerheidsvereniging vra menslike hulpbron-praktisyns om te help om kundige beroepslui en tegniese kenners na plaaslike regering te lok. Uitvoerende hoof Sithole Mbanga sê die land se beste talent moet wees waar dit dadelik nodig is. Hy sê munisipaliteite is waar beleid en die daaglikse lewe ontmoet, waar water, sanitasie, paaie, elektrisiteit, […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling sê die voormalige minister, Sisisi Tolashe, moet strafregtelik aangekla word. Sy het na bewering in 2024 onwettig geld van haar voedsel-assistent se salaris afgetrek. Die Staatsdienskommissie het tydens ʼn ondersoek bevind die vrou is gedwing om oor drie maande 37-duisend-rand van haar salaris aan Tolashe se dogter te […]
# Eskom is urging political parties, independent candidates, supporters, campaign teams and advertising agencies not to place election posters, banners or any promotional material on electricity infrastructure. The power utility has observed an increase in election-related posters being attached to electricity poles, mini-substations, transformers and other electrical infrastructure. Spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says the risk arises when […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Communications and Digital Technologies has expressed concern that mobile network operators have connected only ten-thousand-851 of the 21-thousand-878 public service institutions targeted for internet connectivity. The spectrum auction resulted in five successful bidders: Vodacom, MTN, Telkom, Liquid and Rain, who were allocated targets to connect public service institutions to the […]
# Members of Parliament’s portfolio committee on Social Development want former minister Sisisi Tolashe to face criminal charges. She allegedly ordered unlawful deductions of her food aide’s salary in 2024. An investigation by the Public Service Commission found the woman was forced to pay 37-thousand-rand of her salary to Tolashe’s daughter over three months. Committee […]
# Solidariteit verwelkom die DA en Vryheidsfront Plus se beplande optrede in die regering van nasionale eenheid oor die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika. Die VF Plus het formeel ‘n geskil verklaar, terwyl die DA sê die saak sal op die kabinetsagenda geplaas word met die moontlikheid om tot geskil verklaar te word. […]
# Die kredietgraderingsagentskap, Moody’s, sê hy kan Suid-Afrika ʼn beter gradering gee as sy fiskale prestasie aanhou verbeter. Die agentskap het in Mei die land se oorkoepelende kredietgradering van bestendig na positief aangepas terwyl sy langtermyn-gradering vir plaaslike en buitelandse valuta op BA-2 bly. Moody’s se visepresident, Evan Wohlmann, sê die voorspelling berus op die […]
# Credit ratings agency Moody’s says it could upgrade South Africa’s rating if fiscal performance continues to improve. In May, the agency revised the country’s sovereign credit rating outlook from stable to positive, while affirming its domestic and foreign-currency long-term ratings at Ba2. Moody’s vice president Evan Wohlmann says the baseline forecast was for debt […]
