# Elektriese voertuigverkope in Duitsland het in die eerste helfte van die jaar herstel ná ‘n moeilike 2024, selfs met die verlangsaming van die breër motormark. Die verkope van battery-aangedrewe motors het verlede jaar gedaal toe regeringsubsidies onttrek is en die ekonomie in Duitsland water getrap het. Verkope van volledig-elektriese motors het egter met ongeveer […]
# Gholf: Suid-Afrika is glo by LIV Gholf se toernooi-kalender vir 2026 ingesluit. Sports Business Journal berig dat LIV Gholf van plan is om die toernooi na Suid-Afrika te bring as die vyfde bestemming in die reeks wat in Riaad in Saoedi-Arabië in Februarie begin, gevolg deur die gewilde toernooi in Adelaide, Australië, die volgende […]
# Strike action by French air traffic controllers today has led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights, leaving tens of thousands of passengers in the lurch at the start of the summer season. France’s civil aviation authority said airlines needed to revise their schedules, including at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport — one of […]
# Employment and Labour minister Nomakhosazana Meth has warned that uncertainty over South Africa’s continued access to the African Growth and Opportunity Act could threaten thousands of jobs. Delivering her budget speech in Parliament, Meth said losing preferential trade access to the US market would severely impact key sectors such as automotive manufacturing, steel, textiles, […]
# France announced a record 827-million-rand fine against e-commerce giant Shein, saying it misled customers on price deals and on its environmental impact. The French competition and anti-fraud office said the investigation found Shein used “deceptive commercial practices towards consumers regarding price reductions”. It added that the China-founded retailer had accepted the fine. Shein said […]
# Die suidelike Indiese staat Kerala het ‘n unieke ambassadeur gevind om sy kokospalm-omringde strande, waterpoele en lewendige kultuur aan toeriste te bevorder – ‘n Britse F-35-vegvliegtuig wat sedert middel Junie daar gestrand is. Die vlieënier van die Koninklike Lugmag moes ‘n noodlanding op die lughawe uitvoer. Die vliegtuig is sedertdien gehok, ondanks pogings om […]
# Golf: South Africa has reportedly been added to LIV Golf’s tournament schedule for 2026. Sports Business Journal reports LIV Golf is set to bring the tournament to the country likely to be the fifth stop on the circuit which includes Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in February followed by its popular event in Adelaide, Australia, the […]
# Electric vehicle sales in Germany rebounded in the first half of the year after a difficult 2024, even as the broader auto market slowed. After years of growth in Europe’s top auto market, sales of battery-powered cars plunged last year following the withdrawal of government subsidies and as Germany’s economy battled a slowdown. But […]
# Suid-Amerika se grootste handelsblok, Mercosur, het ’n handelsooreenkoms met die vier-nasie Europese Vryhandelsvereniging gesluit, wat ‘n vryehandel-streek van amper 300-mijoen mense skep. Die groepe het ‘n gekombineerde bruto binnelandse produk wat meer as 77-duisend-miljard-rand beloop. Die vereninging bestaan uit Switserland, Noorweë, Liechtenstein en Ysland, terwyl Mercosur uit 11 nasies, insluitend Argentinië, Brasilië, Paraguay, Uruguay […]
