# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, says preparations for the local government elections in November are firmly on track. He led the presentation of the Department of Cooperative Governance Budget Vote to the National Council of Provinces yesterday. Hlabisa says four-thousand-488 wards have been finalised, an increase of 20 wards from […]
# The National Assembly has passed the Defence Amendment Bill, which amends the Defence Act of 2002 to ensure compliance with a ruling of the Constitutional Court. The court found that sections of the Defence Act are unconstitutional, to the extent that they permit members of the Executive to establish boards of inquiry to investigate […]
# The South African Reserve Bank says the country’s financial system remains resilient overall, despite tighter financial conditions and monetary policy stemming from the Middle East war. The Reserve Bank’s latest half-yearly financial stability review says the country’s susceptibility to volatile capital flows has gone up, as non-resident investors sell domestic assets in search of safe […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging sê die regering moet dringend by die staalbedryf ingryp. Dié bedryf is toenemend onder druk weens swak ekonomiese groei, hoë elektrisiteitskoste, onvoldoende plaaslike vraag, goedkoop invoere en ʼn wêreldwye ooraanbod. Die komitee sê daar is ʼn behoefte aan doeltreffende en deeglike betrokkenheid by die sektor om […]
# Die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, sê die brandstofbedryf moet nouer saam met die regering werk en sê dié bedryf se belangrikheid om die land se ekonomie aan die gang te hou, kan nie onderskat word nie. Sy het gister die Suid-Afrikaanse Brandstofbedryf-vereniging se jaarlikse imbizo in Sandton, Johannesburg, toegespreek. Creecy beklemtoon dat die […]
# Kaapstad het Time Out se lys van Beste Kosstede vir 2026 gehaal. Die Moederstad, wat op nommer elf geplaas is, word gevier vir sy plaaslike geure, met Kaaps-Maleisiese kerrie wat spesiale vermelding kry. Die Peruaanse stad Lima is eerste, bekend vir sy seekos-lekkernye soos ceviche. Vir die tweede agtereenvolgende jaar is Bangkok in Thailand […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sê Suid-Afrika het vordering getoon in die stryd teen tuberkulose deur stelsels te versterk en innovasie en tegnologie toe te pas. Hy het gister die slotopmerkings gelewer by die Negende Suid-Afrikaanse TB-konferensie in Boksburg, Gauteng, in sy hoedanigheid as voorsitter van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale VIGS-raad. Mashatile sê die land het sedert […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Trade, Industry and Competition has called for urgent government intervention in the steel industry. The industry is facing mounting pressure from weak economic growth, high electricity costs, insufficient domestic demand, cheap imports, and global overcapacity. The committee says there is a need for effective and thorough engagement with the sector […]
# Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy has called on the fuel industry to deepen collaboration with government, saying the industry’s importance in keeping the country’s economy ticking cannot be underestimated. She addressed the Fuels Industry Association of South Africa Annual Imbizo in Sandton, Johannesburg, yesterday. Creecy emphasised that government is committed to creating an enabling […]
