# Economists participating in the Bureau of Market Research and Unisa’s Economist of the Year Competition do not expect further interest rate hikes this year. The 43 economists’ September forecasts follow a hike that pushed the prime lending rate to 10.75-percent. The bureau’s CEO, Carel van Aardt, says weaker economic growth and consumer demand could […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die hervorming van Suid-Afrika se landbousektor is noodsaaklik vir ekonomiese hervorming en voedselsekerheid. Hy sê in sy weeklikse nuusbrief die regering sal deur sy Proaktiewe Grondverkrygingstrategie ongeveer 2,5-miljoen hektaar staatsgrond aan swart boere beskikbaar stel en van titelaktes voorsien. Hy sê bekostigbare befondsing is noodsaaklik vir opkomende handelsboere om suksesvolle […]
# The ANC Youth League has condemned what it describes as an escalating offensive against the economic upliftment of black people. The organisation says the setting aside of the Legal Sector Code by the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, the Constitutional Court’s invalidation of the Public Procurement Act, and efforts to weaken Broad-Based Black Economic […]
# Die Motorbedryf-personeelvereniging wens 2026 se matrieks sterkte en voorspoed toe met die Nasionale Senior Sertifikaat-eksamen wat môre begin. ‘n Rekordgetal van 962-duisend-832 kandidate het geregistreer. MISA se woordvoerder, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, sê die vereniging help sy lede se kinders deur finansiële ondersteuning, insluitend ‘n beurs van 12-duisend-500-rand en ‘n skoolondersteuningsprogram, om leerders te help om […]
# The GOOD Party says the state must prioritise prevention, accountability and safe infrastructure to protect women and children against gender-based violence. GOOD Party Secretary-General Brett Herron says men must be at the forefront of the fight against GBV by challenging abusive behaviour and holding one another accountable. Herron says communities also have a responsibility […]
# Die Gautengse polisie het bevestig ‘n verdagte is aangekeer in verband met die moord op die 38-jarige drawwer, Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo. Sy het op 12 September verdwyn nadat sy haar huis in Rhodesfield, Kemptonpark, verlaat het. Haar dood het landwye kommer veroorsaak en opnuut die kollig op vroue se veiligheid geplaas. Nasionale polisiewoordvoerder, Athlenda […]
# Die bestuur van die Wes-Kaapse polisie verwelkom die inhegtenisneming van ‘n man in verband met ‘n massa-skietery in Lwandle in die Strand op 27 September. Elf mense is dood en tien beseer. Die 32-jarige verdagte is Vrydag in Lwandle aangekeer. Polisiewoordvoerder André Traut sê die man verskyn vandag in die Landdroshof in die Strand […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the transformation of South Africa’s agricultural sector is both necessary for the broader transformation of the economy and critical to food security. In his weekly newsletter, he says through the Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy, government is releasing approximately 2.5 million hectares of state-owned land to black farmers and providing them […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association wishes the class of 2026 success ahead of the final National Senior Certificate examinations starting tomorrow. A record 962-thousand-832 candidates have registered to sit the October/November examinations. MISA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says financial support, including its 12-thousand-500-rand bursary and school support programme, helps members’ children complete schooling and pursue […]
