# The DA says the Medium Term Development Plan 2024-2029 tabled in Parliament is a good first step in developing a government of national unity growth and jobs agenda. The plan incorporates three strategic priorities, drive inclusive economic growth and job creation, reduce poverty and tackle the high cost of living, and build a capable, […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says South Africa is committed to improving mutually beneficial trade, political, and diplomatic relations with the US. South African ambassador Ebrahim Rasool’s expulsion from America has plunged the country into a fresh diplomatic crisis, worsening already strained relations with the US. Mashatile says the government is looking to consider diversifying […]
# The Gauteng government will today honour the late struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg. MEC for Finance and Economic Development Lebogang Maile will deliver a memorial lecture as part of the Human Rights Festival. The event celebrates Madikizela-Mandela’s legacy as a fierce anti-apartheid activist who endured banning orders, detentions, and political […]
# Die Gauteng-regering sal vandag die afgestorwe strydikoon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela op Konstitusieheuwel in Johannesburg vereer. LUR vir Finansies en Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling, Lebogang Maile, sal die gedenklesing as deel van die Menseregtevieringe lewer. Die geleentheid vier Madikizela-Mandela se nalatenskap as ‘n verbete anti-apartheidsaktivis wat verbannings, detensie en politieke vervolging verduur het. Sy het later in die […]
# Die Departement van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding sê die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente het sy befondsingsteikens oortref en meer as 542-duisend universiteitstudente vir die 2025 akademiese jaar gehelp. Meer as een-miljoen studente het by universiteite of kolleges ingeskryf. Die adjunkminister, Buti Manamela, sê inskrywings by gemeenskapsonderwys- en opleidingskolleges is egter laer as verwag. […]
# The Department of Higher Education and Training says the National Student Financial Aid Scheme has surpassed its funding targets, helping over 542-thousand university students for the 2025 academic year. More than one-million students have enrolled in universities and colleges. However, enrolments at community education and training colleges are lower than expected, Deputy Minister Buti […]
# Die EFF in Gauteng het die 2025/2026-begroting wat die LUR vir Finansies, Lebogang Maile, ingedien het, verwelkom maar sê toegekende fondse gaan dalk nie genoeg wees om uitdagings te hanteer nie. Die totale begroting beloop 171,5-miljard-rand. Die ANC lei tans ʼn minderheids-koalisieregering en het ander partye se steun nodig om die begroting te aanvaar. […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, sê Eskom is bewus dat hy nie elektrisiteitstariewe kan verhoog soos hy wil nie, omdat mededinging in die bedryf toeneem. Die Nasionale Energiereguleerder het Eskom se kleinhandeltariewe en strukturele aanpassings vir 2025 goedgekeur wat veroorsaak dat pryse van April af met 12,74-persent styg. Die reguleerder het ook ʼn […]
# Die graderingsagentskap, Moody’s, verwag van die regering van nasionale eenheid om ʼn ooreenkoms te bereik wat sal toelaat dat die begroting aanvaar word. Sommige partye, insluitend die DA, het die gewysigde begroting verwerp al het die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, die voorgestelde BTW-verhoging verminder. Moody’s sê die voortgesette wrywing in die regering beteken […]
