# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sê die regering waardeer pogings deur die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging en Microsoft, om ‘n ooreenkoms te bereik oor ‘n belegging van 1,32-miljard-rand. Hy sê dit sal oor die volgende tien jaar aangewend word vir die ontwikkeling van klein, medium en mikro-ondernemings in swartbesit in tegnologie- en nie-tegnologiesektore. Mashatile […]
# Business groups Sakeliga and the National Employers’ Association of South Africa, NEASA, have slammed the new Employment Equity Amendment Act as unconstitutional, impossible, and harmful. They argue the sectoral numerical targets amount to unlawful race-based quotas that could destroy economic value. This adds to the DA’s legal action claiming the law violates equality rights. […]
# The South African Weather Service has dismissed a viral message warning of an extremely cold winter due to the so-called Aphelion phenomenon as false and misleading. The hoax, widely circulated on social media, claims the Earth’s distance from the sun will cause a colder-than-usual season. Forecaster Lehlohonolo Thobela clarified that the Aphelion, expected on […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has announced the launch of a new South African transmission company to improve the national electricity grid. The National Transmission Company of South Africa, a subsidiary of Eskom, will manage and expand power lines, helping to stabilise supply and support renewable energy. He reiterated that the initiative aims […]
# Die minister van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur, Gayton McKenzie, het vandag die tweede G20 Kultuur-werksgroepsessie in Sandton geopen. Daar is 24 lande wat met die tema ‘Solidariteit, Gelykheid en Volhoubaarheid’ vergader. Die vergadering ondersteun Suid-Afrika se G20-voorsitterskap en sluit kernbesprekings in oor onderwerpe soos kulturele erfenis, digitale innovering, klimaatsverandering en maatskaplik-ekonomiese integrasie. McKenzie het […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sê dit is steeds die regering se oorkoepelende doelwit om die ontwikkeling van ’n inklusiewe ekonomie te bevorder. Tydens die bekendstelling van die Transformasiefonds by die Vryheidspark-erfenisterrein en -museum in Pretoria, het Mashatile gesê daar is steeds baie werk wat gedoen moet word om regverdige en inklusiewe ekonomiese vryheid vir alle […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says South Africa will not achieve an inclusive economy as long as corruption persists, both in the public and private sectors. He says corruption hinders the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises by increasing costs, reducing profits, and creating uncertainty. Mashatile says to promote an inclusive economy, they must commit […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says government appreciates efforts by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition and Microsoft for reaching an agreement on a 1.32-billion-rand investment. He says this will be deployed over the next ten years in the development of black-owned small, medium and micro enterprises in both tech and non-tech sectors. Mashatile […]
# South Africans can anticipate a winter without load-shedding, with a worst-case scenario of Stage 2 outages. The utility’s winter outlook is based on expected breakdowns between 13-thousand-MegaWatts and 15-thousand-MegaWatts. Eskom CEO Dan Marokane emphasised that the return of Medupi Unit 4, Kusile Unit 6, and Koeberg Unit 1 is expected to add approximately two-thousand-500-MegaWatts […]
