# Die adjunkminister in die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Alvin Botes, sê Suid-Afrika het borgskappe van 149-miljoen-rand gekry om sy G20-presidentskap te ondersteun. In aanloop tot die G20-leiersberaad in Gauteng in November, het 90 van die 133 beplande vergaderings reeds plaasgevind. Botes het aan die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking gesê daar […]
# Solidariteit sê die ANC-geleide regering se mislukkings is die oorsaak van grootskaalse afleggings in verskeie sektore. Die vakbond sê in sy jongste verslag afleggings raak regstreeks of onregstreeks reeds meer as 350-duisend mense. Solidariteit se hoofsekretaris, Gideon du Plessis, sê afleggings in die mynbousektor kan toegeskryf word aan hoë insetkoste weens elektrisiteitstariewe en swak […]
# Ratings agency Moody’s expects South Africa’s economy to grow by less than 1.5-percent a year over the next two-years. This is below the nearly five-percent forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa. Moody’s says it only expects changes in US tariffs to have some modest impact in the country, while softer demand from key trading markets such […]
# Cosatu is urging the South African Reserve Bank to cut the repo rate to provide breathing space to millions of workers battling to cope with the rising costs of living. Following the start of the local rate-cutting cycle in September 2024, the Reserve Bank has cut rates by a cumulative 125 basis points, reducing the […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says the brutal killing of prosecutors is a heinous attack on the justice system and the rule of law. The minister says five prosecutors have been shot and killed over the past five years in the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape. Kubayi says these attacks directed […]
# The Forum for South Africa says it commends KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, for his bravery and honesty in standing firm against corruption and political interference. Mkhwanazi testified at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday, where he repeated his claim that the Political Killings Task Team was unlawfully disbanded on the orders of […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, sê Suid-Afrika se swak ekonomie en elektrisiteitstariewe maak dit toenemend moeilik vir inwoners om die elektrisiteit wat hulle gebruik, te betaal. Munisipaliteite skuld saam meer as 400-miljard-rand, en hulle skuld Eskom net meer as 100-miljoen-rand. Ramogkopa sê weens klante se onvermoë om te betaal, wend meer […]
# Die Amerikaanse handelsverteenwoordiger, Jamieson Greer, en die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, ontmoet na verwagting vandag in New York. Die doel is om die 30-persent tariewe wat Amerika op Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoere ingestel het, te bespreek. Die land se onderhandelingspan het ʼn hersiene voorstel voorgelê om ʼn laer tarief te bewerkstellig. Amerika […]
# The deputy minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, Alvin Botes, says South Africa has secured 149-million-rand in sponsorships to support its G20 presidency. Ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Gauteng in November, 90 of the 133 scheduled meetings have taken place. Botes told Parliament’s portfolio committee on International Relations and Cooperation that […]
