# The US Congress has passed an extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act until the end of 2028. This followed Senate’s approval last month. AGOA was first enacted in 2000 to provide duty-free access to the US market for eligible Sub-Saharan countries, including South Africa, covering over one-thousand-800 products. Democratic Congresswoman Terri Sewell […]
# Die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, sê Leonard Lekgetho is aangestel as nuwe hoof van die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid terwyl die regering sy pogings voortsit om korrupsie te bekamp. Lekgetho het 19 jaar ervaring in die eenheid. Woordvoerder Palesa Rammitlwa sê Kubayi glo sy ondervinding en grondige kennis sal hom goed te […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare doen ʼn beroep op die regering om dringend maatreëls in te stel wat Suid-Afrikaners teen vandeesmaand se skerp styging in brandstofpryse kan beskerm. Albei grade petrol het met een-rand-34-sent per liter gestyg terwyl diesel tussen twee-rand-93-sent en drie-rand-15-sent per liter meer kos. Die vakbond-woordvoerder, Claude Naicker, sê dringende maatreëls, soos onmiddellike […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says the appointment of Leonard Lekgetho as the new head of the Special Investigating Unit comes at a time when government continues to strengthen its efforts to combat corruption. Lekgetho’s experience spans 19 years, from 2007 to the present in the SIU. The department’s spokesperson, Palesa […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu sê hy is bemoedig deur die daling in sommige ernstige misdade soos aangedui in die jongste kwartaallikse misdaadstatistiek vir die tydperk tussen April en Junie 2026. Volgens Statistiek Suid-Afrika was daar ʼn daling van 5,9-persent in moorde, 17,6-persent minder huisbrake, en ʼn 21-persent-daling in vragmotorkapings. Cosatu-woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê ten spyte […]
# The Public Servants Association is calling on government to implement urgent measures to cushion South Africans from the massive fuel price hikes this month. The petrol price has increased by one-rand-34-cents per litre, and the diesel price has gone up by between two-rand-94-cents and three-rand-15-cents per litre. PSA’s Claude Naicker says urgent measures, including immediate […]
# Union federation COSATU says it is encouraged by the recent positive fall in some serious crimes in the latest quarterly crime statistics released for April to June 2026. Statistics South Africa has recorded a 5.9-percent decline in murders, 17.6-percent drop in house robberies, and a 21-percent decline in truck hijackings. COSATU’s Matthew Parks says […]
# Die Goldman Sachs-groep meen Suid-Afrika kan sy beleggingstatus reeds in 2028 herwin, namate graderingsmaatskappye die land se verbeterende finansies en ekonomiese groei beloon. Volgens die ontleding kan die regering se tienjaar-opbrengs in plaaslike geldeenheid moontlik met meer as 100 basispunte tot 7,6-persent daal. Goldman-ekonoom Andrew Matheny sê die groep verwag beter fiskale dinamika, stewiger […]
# Die Padvragvereniging sê die jongste verhoging in die brandstofprys beklemtoon weer hoe blootgestel die bedryf aan die wisselvalligheid van die wêreld se oliemarkte is. Albei grade petrol styg met een-rand-34-sent per liter, terwyl diesel tussen twee-rand-93-sent en drie-rand-15-sent per liter meer kos. Die vereniging se uitvoerende hoof, Gavin Kelly, sê terwyl brandstofpryse styg, moet […]
