# South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago warns that rising global energy and food prices could create additional inflationary pressures in South Africa, making it more difficult to bring consumer prices under control. Inflation is expected to average 4.4-percent this year, with the central bank projecting a gradual decline into its target range in […]
# Union federation COSATU welcomes Transport minister Barbara Creecy’s bold intervention to stop yet another fuel levy hike. The minister has blocked a Road Accident Fund proposal to hike the RAF Levy to three rand per litre, saying consumers are under enough pressure. COSATU’s Matthew Parks says workers and the economy have been reeling from […]
# The South African government says it is concerned about the renewed escalation of attacks in the Red Sea region, particularly in and around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, including attacks on Saudi Arabia. Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have intensified cross-border drone and missile strikes, including a high-casualty attack on King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh […]
# Die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, sê die regering is verbind tot die herstel van die land se spoornetwerk, die lok van privaat belegging en regshervorming om seker te maak dit duur voort ná die huidige administrasie. Die Nasionale Spoor-hoofplan identifiseer ʼn kern-spoornetwerk waarop die regering sy belegging sal fokus, terwyl privaat operateurs toegelaat […]
# Die MK-party het sy teleurstelling uitgespreek met die Konstitusionele Hof se uitspraak wat die ANC toelaat om nog name te plaas op sy kandidaatlys wat by die Verkiesingskommissie ingedien is. Die hof het die kommissie opdrag gegee om 181 raadslid-kandidate wat nie op ANC-lyste verskyn nie, by alle verkiesingsprosesse voor die verkiesing in te […]
# Die DA sê die Konstitusionele Hof se uitspraak in die saak oor die ANC-kandidaatslys wek ernstige kommer oor die presedent wat dit skep vir nakoming van die Verkiesingskommissie se spertye en vereistes. Die hoogste hof het die Kieshof se besluit dat 181 ANC-kandidate in ses munisipaliteite uitgesluit word van volgende maand se plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing, omgekeer. […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie sê hy sal nou begin om stembriewe te wysig en te herdruk ten einde 181 ANC-kandidate in ses munisipaliteite in te sluit. Dit volg op die Konstitusionele Hof se uitspraak ten gunste van die ANC in ‘n geskil oor kandidate wat uitgesluit is van volgende maand se plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing. Die kommissie het vroeër […]
# Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy says government is committed to restoring the country’s rail network, attracting private investment and embedding reforms in law to ensure their continuity beyond the current administration. The National Rail Master Plan identifies a core rail network on which the government will focus investment, while allowing private operators to explore opportunities […]
# The MK Party has expressed disappointment at the Constitutional Court judgment allowing the ANC to include more names on its list of councillor candidates submitted to the Electoral Commission. The court has instructed the IEC to include 181 councillor candidates excluded from the ANC lists in all electoral processes ahead of next month’s local […]
