# AfriForum sê die Mediumtermyn-begrotingsrede moet verligting vir verbruikers insluit te midde van hemelhoë brandstofpryse, asook ander maatreëls wat ekonomiese groei bevorder. Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, sal na verwagting vandag in Kaapstad die regering se hersiene fiskale uitkyk tydens ʼn hibriede sitting van die Nasionale Vergadering uiteensit. Louis Boshoff van AfriForum sê Godongwana […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, lewer vandag sy Mediumtermyn-begrotingsrede en die DA sê Suid-Afrika het beter besteding, vinniger hervorming en groter aanspreeklikheid nodig. Ekonome verwag dat Godongwana ʼn verbetering in die land se fiskale posisie sal aankondig met die begrotingstekort wat moontlik kleiner is en die primêre begrotingsoorskot wat beter as verwag is. […]
# RISE Mzansi says after years of careful mismanagement and methodically executed corruption, most municipalities have fallen into different levels of dysfunction, including metros where tens of millions of South Africans live. The party has unveiled its governance plan for seven municipalities it will contest in the November local government elections, including Johannesburg and Tshwane. […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, beklemtoon die behoefte om bilaterale verbintenisse in tasbare ekonomiese voordele te omskep. Hy het gister in Pretoria deelgeneem aan die derde sitting van die Gesamentlike Kommissie vir Samewerking tussen Suid-Afrika en Uganda. Lamola sê die twee lande het goeie geleenthede om samewerking in vervoer, mynbou, […]
# AfriForum says the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement must provide relief to consumers amid sky-high fuel prices, along with other measures that will stimulate economic growth. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is expected to outline the government’s revised fiscal outlook during a hybrid sitting of the National Assembly in Cape Town today. AfriForum’s Louis Boshoff says […]
# As Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is set to table the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement today, the DA says South Africa needs better spending, faster reform and greater accountability. Economists expect Godongwana to report an improvement in the country’s fiscal position, with the budget deficit potentially narrowing and the primary budget surplus strengthening beyond earlier […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola has emphasised the need to translate bilateral commitments into tangible economic benefits. He participated in the Third Session of the South Africa–Uganda Joint Commission for Cooperation in Pretoria yesterday. Lamola said the two countries had significant opportunities to expand cooperation in transport, mining, energy, agriculture, agro-processing, […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association says the City of Tshwane must be held accountable after 408 people fell ill from gastrointestinal infections linked to contaminated drinking water in Bronkhorstspruit and surrounding communities. A joint investigation found that the local water treatment works distributed unchlorinated water for three weeks, due to problems with the city’s […]
# SA Canegrowers urges Finance minister Enoch Godongwana to scrap the sugar tax in tomorrow’s medium-term budget policy statement, which is adding to pressure on local sugar producers. The organisation’s Higgins Mdluli says growers are struggling with heavily subsidised sugar imports and uncertainty surrounding Tongaat Hulett. Mdluli warns the levy has contributed to job losses […]
