# The Freedom Front Plus says members of medical schemes cannot be penalised for not being a burden for the state and paying for their own medical care. The government has indicated that it wants to redirect tax credits for private medical scheme contributions to the National Health Insurance Fund. This would channel approximately 34-billion-rand […]
# Die Kommunikasiewerkersvakbond het sy woede uitgespreek omdat die SABC se totale besteding op uitvoerende direkteure tot 10,3-miljoen-rand gestyg het teenoor 9,9-miljoen-rand in die 2024/2025-boekjaar. Die openbare uitsaaier het ʼn netto verlies van 253,3-miljoen-rand getoon vergeleke met 197,8-miljoen in 2024. Die beskeie inkomstegroei van 1,3-persent is oortref deur ʼn styging van 3-persent in besteding. Die vakbondwoordvoerder, Moffat […]
# FNB senior economist, Thanda Sithole, says the decline in mining output in August represents a setback, amid weak economic growth and elevated global trade uncertainty. South Africa’s mining production fell slightly by 0.2-percent in August, with the biggest declines seen in platinum group metals, gold, and manganese ore. Sithole says domestic structural reforms to improve […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die Openbare Beskermer se kantoor speel ʼn belangrike rol om die verhouding tussen die landsburgers en die staat fundamenteel te verander. Hy het gisteraand die hoofrede gelewer by die Openbare Beskermer van Suid-Afrika se internasionale 30-jaar-herdenkingskonferensie in Kaapstad. Ramaphosa sê die Openbare Beskermer se kantoor was en is steeds die […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union says it has received reports from its members about unexplained reductions in their pension fund values. The reductions are reflected in their most recent statements from the Government Employees Pension Fund. Popcru’s spokesperson, Richard Mamabolo, says the fund has attributed these reductions to actuarial projections, which raises […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says the hard work that the National Treasury has put into the municipal debt relief programme is not resulting in an improvement in municipal payments. Municipalities collectively owe Eskom 94.6-billion-rand. The number of municipalities with an arrear debt balance of more than 100-million-rand has increased to 75. BLSA CEO Busiswe […]
The headlines of the leading newspapers on 15 October 2025: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Reports Moody’s expects South Africa’s real GDP growth to rise to around 1.6-percent next year. This is the most optimistic forecast of the three major rating agencies. However, Moody’s warns that debt must be reduced sustainably. # And the Netwerk24 website: […]
Die hooftrekke uit die belangrikste nuusblaaie soos op 15 Oktober 2025: NASIONAAL: # Business Day: Berig Moody’s verwag dat Suid-Afrika se werklike BBP-groei volgende jaar tot sowat 1,6-persent sal styg. Dit is die mees optimistiese voorspelling van die drie groot graderingsagentskappe. Moody’s waarsku egter skuld moet volhoubaar verminder wod. # En die Netwerk24-webblad: Berig die […]
# RISE Mzansi sê dis ʼn groot krisis dat slegs 11 van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens se 38 vliegtuie werk. Die Polisieministerie het op ʼn vraag in die Parlement gesê 27 ondergaan tans instandhouding. Die ministerie is besig om nog 15 helikopters teen ʼn geraamde begroting van 1,1-miljard-rand aan te koop. Makashule Gana van RISE Mzansi […]
