# President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised government’s commitment to inclusive economic growth and transformation. Addressing the National Council of Provinces, Ramaphosa highlighted the equity equivalent programme as an innovative solution for foreign-owned companies unable to meet local ownership targets. Ramaphosa said the model allows global firms to contribute meaningfully to transformation and redress. He warned […]
# The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development alongside the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture will host a national dialogue today at Freedom Park in Pretoria, marking the 70th anniversary of the Freedom Charter. Under the theme From Charter to Constitution – Bridging Generations, the event features youth-led panels and a constitutional pledge. It […]
# Die Departement van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling en die Departement van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur, bied vandag ‘n nasionale dialoog by Vryheidspark in Pretoria aan ter viering van die 70ste herdenking van die Vryheidsmanifes. Die tema is, From Charter to Constitution – Bridging Generations, en sluit jeuggeleide paneelbesprekings en ‘n grondwetlike belofte in. Die […]
# Die adjunkminister van Finansies, David Masondo, het die lening van 27-miljard-rand van die Wêreldbank verdedig en gesê dit stem ooreen met die Nasionale Tesourie se verbintenis tot verantwoordelike en volhoubare lenings. Die lening sal dringend nodige strukturele hervormings in die land se infrastruktuursektore ondersteun, met spesifieke fokus op energie en vragvervoer. Masondo het tydens […]
# Die burgemeester van Johannesburg, Dada Morero, sê hy is vol vertroue die wantrouemosie wat vandag teen hom in die raad ingedien word, sal misluk. Die DA het mosies teen die burgemeester en hoofsweep, Sithembiso Zungu, ingedien, met verwysing na voortdurende uitdagings met dienslewering. Morero sê die ANC-geleide koalisie het die stemme om die mosie […]
# Die hoof van die Verenigde Nasies se Internasionale Atoomenergie-agentskap, Rafael Grossi, sê die wapenstilstand tussen Iran en Israel sal hopelik die deur open vir hernieude samewerking oor Iran se kernprogram. Agentskapinspekteurs het dwarsdeur die konflik in Iran gebly. Grossi sê daar was uitgebreide skade by verskeie kernterreine in Iran, insluitend sy uraanomskakelings- en verrykingsfasiliteite. […]
# Die EFF is bekommerd oor die toenemende tendens van lenings in buitelandse geldeenhede, veral wanneer daar voldoende likiditeit in die plaaslike finansiële mark is. Dit volg na die regering ‘n leningsooreenkoms van 27-miljard-rand met die Wêreldbank gesluit het om besteding op infrastruktuur ‘n hupstoot te gee en strukturele hervormings te steun. Die EFF sê […]
# Deputy Finance minister David Masondo has defended the 27-billion-rand loan from the World Bank, saying it aligns with the National Treasury’s commitment to responsible and sustainable borrowing. The loan will support urgently needed structural reforms in the country’s infrastructure sectors, with a particular focus on energy and freight transport. Speaking on the sidelines of […]
# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero says he is confident the motion of no-confidence tabled against him in council will fail today. The DA filed motions against the mayor and chief whip, Sithembiso Zungu, citing ongoing service delivery challenges. Morero says the ANC-led coalition holds the numbers to defeat the motion and remains united despite internal […]
