# The City of Cape Town has stepped up its crackdown on illegal dumping, impounding 247 vehicles over the past year, a 133-percent increase from the previous year. Offenders face a two-thousand-500-rand fine and vehicle impoundment fees. Mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says many dumping incidents are linked to unlawful land […]
# Dis-Chem co-founder Ivan Saltzman has resigned as a non-executive director with immediate effect, ending nearly five decades of leadership at South Africa’s leading pharmacy retailer. Saltzman, who founded the company with his wife Lynette in 1978, had already stepped down as an executive director in June after serving as chief executive until 2023. His […]
# Die dreigement van ‘n taxi-staking volgende week deur die hele Gauteng is afgeweer nadat die LUR vir Paaie en Vervoer, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Taxi Raad en die Gauteng Nasionale Taxi Alliansie ontmoet het. Dit volg na ‘n week van spanning tussen die departement van taxi-verenigings oor beweerde administratiewe vertragings en beskuldigings dat […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika se administrasie stel tariewe van tussen 10- en 12,5-persent in teen 60 handelsvennote, insluitend Suid-Afrika. Die rede is die lande se versuim om maatreëls doeltreffend toe te pas om die invoer van goedere wat deur dwangarbeid vervaardig is, te keer. Die tariewe raak belangrike ekonomiese vennote soos die Verenigde […]
# Die IVP sê al het die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee die terugkoopkoers onveranderd gehou, sal baie landburgers steeds finansieel sukkel weens hoë lewenskoste, stadige ekonomiese groei en voortslepende werkloosheid. Die terugkoopkoers bly sewe-persent en die prima uitleenkoers bly 10,5-persent. ʼn IVP-woordvoerder, Nhlanhla Hadebe, sê die besluit bied wel kontinuïteit in monetêre beleid, maar […]
# Statebondspele: Wayne Rittmuller het Span Suid-Afrika se Statebondspele op ʼn wennoot afgeskop toe hy sy openingswedstryd in die mans se rolbal-enkelspel in Glasgow gewen het. Die 44-jarige Rittmuller het Harriman Yuen van Singapoer met 9-0, 7-4 verslaan in hul Afdeling B-kragmeting. Die vroue-paar, Thabelo Muvhango en Jacqui Janse van Rensburg, het hulle Afdeling B-wedstryd […]
# US president Donald Trump’s administration is imposing new tariffs ranging from ten-percent to 12.5-percent on 60 trading partners, including South Africa. This is for their failure to adopt and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labour. The tariffs target key economic partners, including the UK, China, the EU, […]
# The threat of a Gauteng-wide taxi shutdown next week has been averted after MEC of Roads and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, met with the South African National Taxi Council and the Gauteng National Taxi Alliance. This follows a week of tensions between the department and taxi associations over alleged administrative delays and claims that the […]
# The IFP says while the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee has kept the repo rate unchanged, many citizens continue to experience financial strain amid the high cost of living, slow economic growth and persistently high unemployment. The repo rate remains at seven-percent while the prime lending rate stays at 10.50-percent. The IFP’s […]
