# Die Minerale Raad van Suid-Afrika verwelkom die bekendstelling van die kritieke minerale strategie en die Departement van Minerale en Petroleumbronne se nuwe Wetsontwerp op die Ontwikkeling van Minerale- en Petroleumhulpbronne. Allan Seccombe van die raad sê dié dokumente is op ‘n belangrike tyd bekendgestel om die mynbedryf se rol in ekonomiese groei en die […]
# Die Stad Johannesburg sê hulle is daartoe verbind om hul hantering van oortredings van verordeninge in Mayfair te versterk. Dit volg op die dood van vier kinders in ‘n verwoestende huisbrand Maandag. Woordvoerder van die stad, Virgil James, sê die gebied het wydverspreide ongemagtigde gebou-uitbreidings, wat die toename in agterkamers en oorbevolking vererger:
# Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana now estimates the economy to grow at 1.4-percent this year – lower than the 1.9 percent he projected in March. He presented his third budget in Cape Town today. Over the next two years, Godongwana projects real GDP growth to rise moderately, to 1.6-percent in 2026 and 1.8-percent in […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana announced the fuel levy will be increased for the first time in three years. It means from the fourth of next month, the general fuel levy will increase by 16 cents per litre for petrol, and 15 cents per litre for diesel. This is the only new tax proposal in […]
# All eyes are on Washington, DC, today as president Cyril Ramaphosa meets his US counterpart, Donald Trump, at the White House. The meeting is set to begin at 5.30 this afternoon and includes a working lunch and bilateral talks. Ramaphosa is accompanied by key ministers Ronald Lamola, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, Parks Tau, and John Steenhuisen, […]
# Fietsry: Die Tour de France se laaste skof sal drie rondes deur die geskiedkundige Montmartre-distrik van Parys insluit. Die nuwe formaat van die laaste skof op 27 Julie sal waarskynlik nie die wenner van die wedren van 21-dae bepaal nie, maar voeg ‘n nuwe kinkel by. Die fietsryers sal 16,8-kilometer in Montmartre jaag voor […]
# Gure weer het ‘n provinsiewye rampreaksie in KwaZulu-Natal veroorsaak. Die LUR vir Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, het spanne geaktiveer nadat donderstorms en skadelike wind vroeg vanoggend tot ‘n vlak twee-weerwaarskuwing gelei het. Die departement se woordvoerder, Senzelwe Mzila, sê rampspanne het ook ‘n veldbrand naby Vryheid in bedwang gebring:
# Labour and community organisations under the banner People Against Budget Cuts have criticised ongoing austerity measures, warning they deepen inequality and harm vulnerable communities. The coalition aims to mobilise public opposition to the government’s fiscal policies. Addressing the media in Cape Town, Reverend Allan Boesak called for urgent economic reforms to protect social services […]
# Cycling: The Tour de France will make three circuits of the historic Paris district of Montmartre on its last stage. The new format of the final stage on 27 July is unlikely to decide who wins the 21-day race, but it adds a new edge. The riders will race 16.8-kilometre in Montmartre before the […]
