# Union federation Cosatu is deeply concerned about the pending 30-percent tariff announced by US president Donald Trump on South African exports, saying this will have a devastating impact on the economy. Sectors that will be hard hit include automotive, agriculture, clothing, chemical and jewellery. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says it’s clear that more engagement with […]
# Die landbou-organisasie TLU SA het kommer uitgespreek oor Amerika se invoertariewe van 30-persent op Suid-Afrikaanse goedere wat op 1 Augustus ingestel word. Die Amerikaanse mark, met ondersteuning van die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika, het in 2024 vier-persent van die land se totale uitvoere uitgemaak. Bennie van Zyl van TLU SA sê hierdie […]
# The DA is calling for a joint parliamentary inquiry between the portfolio committees of Police and Justice to investigate allegations of corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system. This follows the damning allegations made by KwaZulu- Natal’s Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, which directly implicates Police minister Senzo Mchunu. The DA says a […]
# The GOOD Party has condemned the South African Social Security Agency’s decision to delay the July grant payments for thousands of beneficiaries flagged for review. SASSA delayed some payments in July targeted at beneficiaries who are suspected of having extra sources of income. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says the truth is that this […]
# The agriculture organisation TLU SA has expressed concern at the US’s imposition of a 30-percent import tariff on South African goods from August. The American market, with support of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, only accounted for four-percent of the country’s total agriculture exports in 2024. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says this tariff will […]
# Die parlementêre gekose komitee oor Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Handel sê hy is bekommerd oor die 30-persent tariefverhoging wat die Amerikaanse regering op Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoere gaan instel. Die komiteevoorsitter, Sonja Boshoff, sê die tarief ondermyn die geskiedkundige handelsamewerking tussen Amerika en Suid-Afrika en is ʼn ernstige bedreiging vir strategiese sektore soos sitrus, makadamia, voertuigonderdele, staal […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die regering se handelsonderhandelingspan opdrag gegee om dringend met die VSA in gesprek te tree op grond van die raamwerkooreenkoms wat Suid-Afrika in Mei aan Amerika voorgelê het. Dit volg nadat die VSA vanaf 1 Augustus ‘n tariefverhoging van 30-persent op alle Suid-Afrikaanse goedere gaan instel. Ramaphosa sê die raamwerkooreenkoms […]
# Parliament’s Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade says it is concerned at the impending 30-percent tariff imposed by the US government on South African exports. This comes into effect on the first of August. Committee chairperson, Sonja Boshoff, says the tariff undermines the historical US–SA trade cooperation, and poses a serious threat to […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has instructed the government trade negotiations team to urgently engage with the US based on the framework deal that South Africa submitted to America in May. This comes as the US has imposed a 30-percent tariff hike on all South African goods from the first of August. Ramaphosa says the framework […]
