# Die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, waarsku Suid-Afrika ondervind groeiende mededinging van buurlande, wat in nuwe spoor- en hawe-infrastruktuur belê. Die departement se begroting van 102-miljard-rand vir die 2026/27-boekjaar is gemik op ʼn hervormde, inklusiewe en mededingende vervoerstelsel. Creecy sê hulle het aansienlike vordering gemaak om belegging te ontsluit en lewering van infrastruktuur te […]
# The South African Social Security Agency has reassured beneficiaries that social grants will continue despite the ongoing legal dispute with Postbank. Postbank is seeking interim relief to stop SASSA from terminating the master services agreement, arguing that millions of grant beneficiaries could face banking charges and lose protection against unauthorised deductions if the agreement […]
# The National Energy Regulator of South Africa says it will approach the High Court to seek an extension to finalise the consideration and approval of 14 outstanding municipal and private distributors’ tariff applications for the 2026/2027 financial year. Of the 176 tariff applications received on 31 March, 162 were approved within the prescribed timeframe […]
# Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy warns that South Africa is facing growing competition from neighbouring countries investing in new rail and port infrastructure. The department’s 102-billion-rand budget for the 2026/2027 financial year is aimed at building a transformed, inclusive and competitive transport system. Creecy says significant strides have been made in unlocking investment and accelerating […]
# Die minister van Gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi, sê geen gevaar bestaan dat die hantavirus in Suid-Afrika sal uitbreek nie. Altesaam 97 mense in Suid-Afrika het moontlik kontak gehad met mense wat verbind word met die uitbreking op die Nederlandse passasierskip, MV Hondius, waaraan drie mense dood is. Gesondheidsamptenare het die virus by ‘n Britse passasier […]
# COPE vra ‘n dringende, versnelde nasionale herstelprogram vir die ekonomie met die klem op werkskepping, jeug-entrepreneurskap, die township- en landelike ekonomieë, en infrastruktuurskepping. Altesaam 345-duisend werksgeleenthede het van Januarie tot Maart verlore gegaan. Waarnemende nasionale voorsitter Pakes Dikgetsi sê die ineenstorting van indiensneming in die bou- en die dienssektor is veral kommerwekkend, omdat dié […]
# Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi says South Africa is not at risk of a hantavirus outbreak. Ninety-seven contacts in the country are linked to the hantavirus outbreak on the Dutch MV Hondius cruise ship, which resulted in the deaths of three people. Health officials in Johannesburg first detected the virus when treating a British […]
# Die EFF-jeugbevel sê die regering van nasionale eenheid sê daar is ekonomiese bestendigheid terwyl hy regeer oor ʼn ekonomie wat ineenstort. Die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie het tussen Januarie en Maart vanjaar 345-duisend werksgeleenthede verloor wat die getal werkende mense tot 16,8-miljoen verminder het. In dieselfde kwartaal het 258-duisend jongmense hul werk verloor. Die jeugbevel se […]
# The Congress of the People is calling for an urgent, accelerated national economic recovery programme focused on job creation, youth entrepreneurship, township and rural economies and infrastructure rollout. A total of 345-thousand jobs were lost between January and March this year. COPE’s acting national chairperson, Pakes Dikgetsi, says the collapse of employment in the […]
