# The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry says global developments, including the Middle East conflict and rising crude oil prices, are negatively affecting local trade conditions. The April 2026 Trade Conditions Survey shows 75-percent of businesses reported higher input costs, with most expecting further increases in the next six months. The Trade Activity […]
# Tien mense is vanoggend dood in ‘n botsing tussen ‘n minibus-taxi en ‘n bus op die R39 tussen Standerton en Morgenzon in Mpumalanga. Die provinsiale Departement van Gemeenskapsveiligheid sê nege slagoffers, insluitend die taxibestuurder, is op die toneel dood en ‘n ander persoon het in die hospitaal gesterf. Vier mense is ernstig beseer en […]
# The Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court has postponed the case against suspended police Sergeant Fannie Nkosi of the Organised Crime Unit to the 22nd of July for further proceedings. The state plans to centralise all matters against Nkosi, including a Thohoyandou case involving alleged interference in a drug investigation. Nkosi remains in custody after bail […]
# Ten people have died following a head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a bus on the R39 between Standerton and Morgenzon in Mpumalanga. The provincial Department of Community Safety says the crash happened this morning. Nine victims, including the taxi driver, died at the scene, while another died in hospital. Four others were […]
# PwC’s Global Infrastructure Outlook 2025 to 2050 report forecasts that South Africa’s infrastructure spending will exceed 9.5-trillion-rand by 2050. The report says transport, resources and power will account for 63-percent of total investment over the next 25-years. Annual infrastructure spending is expected to rise 39-percent to 26-billion dollars by 2050. PwC says growing demand […]
# The MK Party is calling for deputy minister in the Presidency Steve Letsike to resign as vice president of the South African Pharmacy Council. The party says Letsike’s dual role raises concerns over governance, ethics and the independence of the regulator. MK Party’s Patrick Motubatse told SABC News that a serving Deputy Minister should […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, het die Wet op Afrika-groei en -Geleenthede tot Desember verleng en sodoende belastingvrye handelsvoorregte vir sommige Afrikalande herstel. Die verlenging volg op ‘n kort onderbreking in die program laat verlede jaar, wat onsekerheid veroorsaak het vir Afrika-uitvoere, insluitend dié van Suid-Afrika, wat afhanklik is van Amerikaanse marktoegang. Gaboen is […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie is bekommerd oor toenemende waninligting op sosiale media rakende die bestuur van verkiesings. Dit volg voor die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing op 4 November. Die OVK waarsku politieke partye om nie vals bewerings te maak wat die geloofwaardigheid van die verkiesingsproses kan ondermyn nie. ‘n Verkiesingsbeampte, Ntombifuthi Masinga, het die publiek en party-agente aangemoedig […]
# Forum for South Africa is bekommerd oor die openbare busdiens, Putco, se jongste tariefverhoging. Putco sal vanaf die eerste Junie busgeld met ‘n gemiddeld van tien-persent verhoog as gevolg van die rekordhoë dieselpryse. FOSA se leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, sê elke verhoging in tariewe bring duisende pendelaars nader aan ekonomiese uitsluiting:
