# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government is finalising targeted incentives to boost electric vehicle production, battery cell localisation, and clean mobility innovation in South Africa. Speaking at the launch of the BMW X3 plug-in hybrid in Pretoria, Ramaphosa said these measures will support the transition to a low-carbon economy and unlock new opportunities for […]
# Transnet se Haweterminale het ‘n verhoging van 16-persent aangeteken in sitrushouers wat per spoor verskeep is. Durban het sedert April 980 verkoelingseenhede ontvang wat die totaal vir die volle 2024-seisoen oortref. Sitrusuitvoere het op ‘n jaarkoers met 18-persent verbeter, met die Europese Unie en die Midde-Ooste wat die aanvraag verhoog. Transnet se Haweterminale verwag […]
# Die Patriotic Alliance het ‘n belangrike oorwinning in die Wes-Kaap behaal deur ‘n wyk te wen wat voorheen deur die DA gehou is in hierdie week se tussenverkiesings. Veronica Leoni Maralack-Boonzaaier van die PA het wyk 27 in die Drakenstein-plaaslike owerheid met net meer as 42- persent van die stemme gewen. Die DA het […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema says no other party in South Africa is as organisationally grounded and politically coherent as the EFF. Briefing the media ahead of the party’s 12th anniversary in Khayelitsha, Malema said the EFF is a protest movement and a government force with clear programmes. These include land expropriation, nationalised healthcare, and […]
# The Department of Agriculture has issued new regulations governing meat analogue products, also known as mock or imitation meat. Products labelled as meat substitutes must now contain at least nine-percent protein. Terms like ‘chicken-style’ or ‘beef-style’ are banned under the Agricultural Product Standards Act. Acceptable names include patties, sausages, and nuggets. Inspectors and the […]
# Die EFF-parlementslid, Sihle Lonzi, het die nuutaangestelde minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, gewaarsku hy moet kies of hy die kaders van die korrupte ANC en Kommunistiese Party gaan dien of homself by Suid-Afrikaners gaan skaar. Lonzi het Manamela gedurende die begrotingsdebat aangemoedig om studente-skuld te beveg, NSFAS skoon te maak, SETA-korrupsie […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the launch of the new BMW X3 plug-in hybrid at the Rosslyn plant in Pretoria marks a major milestone for South Africa’s green mobility drive and industrial growth. In his keynote address, Ramaphosa praised BMW’s continued investment, including its efforts in skills training and youth employment. He added that the […]
# Die vakbond Giwusa eis die onmiddellike terugtrekking van Prasa se treinkaartjie-prysverhogings vir Metrorail se pendelaars. Die vakbond se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê Prasa het aangekondig dat kaartjiepryse van 1 Augustus met tot twee-rand-50-sent verhoog word vir ‘n enkelkaartjie, ses-rand vir ‘n retoerkaartjie en meer as 100-rand vir maandkaartjies. Hy sê die besluit is ‘n […]
# Die staat het sy saak gesluit in die Senzo Mchunu-moordverhoor in die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria. Dis byna elf-jaar nadat die gewese sokkerkaptein en doelwagter van Bafana Bafana en Orlando Pirates doodgeskiet is in sy vriendin, Kelly Khumalo, se huis in Vosloorus, Gauteng. Die staat het die afgelope drie jaar getuienis voorgelê teen die vyf […]