# Cabinet has approved the final closure of the Gauteng freeway improvement project e-toll system, including the orderly resolution of related legal cases and outstanding debt matters. This follows the decision to end electronic tolling in April 2024. Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, says the closure brings finality to a long-standing infrastructure financing issue:
# Die Fitch-graderingsagentskap het Suid-Afrika se langtermyngradering vir wanbetaling van BB-minus na BB opgradeer, met ‘n stabiele vooruitskouing. Hy sê die aanpassing weerspieël basies Suid-Afrika se rekord van omsigtige fiskale bestuur en vordering met fiskale konsolidasie, ondanks swak ekonomiese groei en binnelandse sowel as eksterne skokke. Fitch sê saam met bruto binnelandse produkhersienings laat dit […]
# Saftu is alarmed by Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube’s disclosure that there are currently 17-thousand-450 vacant teaching posts nationally out of 389-thousand-286 allocated posts, representing a national vacancy rate of approximately 4.5-percent. Saftu’s Asive Dyani says these figures represent thousands of classrooms where learners are being denied the full benefit of a stable and […]
# Fitch Ratings has anticipated South Africa’s debt and gross domestic product will stabilise over the next two years at around 80-percent of GDP including local government debt, well above the 2027 ‘BB’ median of 53-percent. It says debt stabilisation is due to improved fiscal performance and stock-flow adjustments with drawdowns on deposits and lower discounts at issuance, the […]
# Die Kabinet het die sterk groei in Suid-Afrika se toerismesektor verwelkom, met internasionale aankomste wat in April byna een-miljoen besoekers bereik het, die hoogste maandelikse toename ooit. Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, sê die sektor se groei word ondersteun deur uitgebreide internasionale lugroetes, insluitend nuwe en beter vlugte uit Europa en Suid-Amerika. […]
# Cabinet has welcomed strong growth in South Africa’s tourism sector, with international arrivals reaching almost one-million visitors in April, the highest monthly increase on record. Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, says the sector’s growth is being supported by expanded international air routes, including new and accelerated flights from Europe and South America. Ntshavheni […]
# Die vakbond Solidariteit sê die Onafhanklike Kommunikasie-owerheid van Suid-Afrika se nuwe regulasies oor inhouddeling kan gemeenskapsradiostasies en onafhanklike inhoudskeppers negatief beïnvloed. Die vakbond vra dat die reëls opgeskort word totdat daar regsekerheid is. Riaan Visser van Solidariteit waarsku beperkings op die gebruik van onafhanklik vervaardigde inhoud kan mediadiversiteit verminder en kleiner stasies wat op […]
# Trade union Solidarity says the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s new content-sharing regulations could negatively affect community radio stations and independent content creators. The union calls for the rules to be paused until legal certainty is established. Solidarity’s Riaan Visser warns that restrictions on the use of independently produced content could reduce media […]
# Die Kabinet het Suid-Afrika se belofte van ongeveer 95-miljoen-rand goedgekeur om ‘n reaksieplan dwarsoor die vasteland te ondersteun. Dit volg na die Ebola-uitbreking in dele van die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo en Uganda. Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, het aan die media gesê die fondse sal bydra tot voorbereidings- en reaksiepogings regoor […]
