# The Forum for South Africa has welcomed the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to keep the repo rate unchanged. The repo rate remains at seven-percent and the prime lending rate at 10.50-percent. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, says, however, this decision offers little immediate relief to millions of South Africans who continue […]
# Die ANC-jeugliga sê ekonomiese beleide moet gelyke klem plaas op groei, vervaardiging en werkskepping, en inflasiebestuur. Verbruikersprysinflasie het verlede maand tot vyf-persent geklim – die hoogste vlak in twee jaar. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee het die terugkoopkoers op 7,5-persent gehou en die prima uitleenkoers op 10,50-persent. Die jeugliga se woordvoerder, Sindiswa Scheepers, […]
# Standard Bank says the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged has provided welcome relief for the agricultural sector. This is despite inflation ticking higher to five-percent last month. Standard Bank’s Brendan Jacobs has cautioned the agricultural sector continues to face significant external risks, particularly from ongoing geopolitical tensions in […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika se administrasie stel tariewe van tussen 10- en 12,5-persent in teen 60 handelsvennote, insluitend Suid-Afrika. Die rede is die lande se versuim om maatreëls doeltreffend toe te pas om die invoer van goedere wat deur dwangarbeid vervaardig is, te keer. Die tariewe raak belangrike ekonomiese vennote soos die Verenigde […]
# Die IVP sê al het die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee die terugkoopkoers onveranderd gehou, sal baie landburgers steeds finansieel sukkel weens hoë lewenskoste, stadige ekonomiese groei en voortslepende werkloosheid. Die terugkoopkoers bly sewe-persent en die prima uitleenkoers bly 10,5-persent. ʼn IVP-woordvoerder, Nhlanhla Hadebe, sê die besluit bied wel kontinuïteit in monetêre beleid, maar […]
# The ANC Youth League says economic policies must place equal emphasis on growth, production and job creation alongside inflation management. Consumer price inflation skyrocketed to five-percent last month, the highest level in two years. Meanwhile, the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee has maintained the repo rate at 7.5-percent and the prime lending […]
# US president Donald Trump’s administration is imposing new tariffs ranging from ten-percent to 12.5-percent on 60 trading partners, including South Africa. This is for their failure to adopt and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labour. The tariffs target key economic partners, including the UK, China, the EU, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die Nasionale Water-aksieplan bekendgestel om die basiese oorsake van die watervoorsieningskrisis in baie munisipaliteite te hanteer. Die plan sit strategiese ingrypings uiteen om die krisis op die kort, medium en lang termyn aan te spreek. Hy het in Februarie die aanstelling van die Nasionale Waterkrisis-komitee aangekondig en beloof om die […]
# The IFP says while the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee has kept the repo rate unchanged, many citizens continue to experience financial strain amid the high cost of living, slow economic growth and persistently high unemployment. The repo rate remains at seven-percent while the prime lending rate stays at 10.50-percent. The IFP’s […]
