# South Africa’s trade conditions showed resilience in March and April 2025, despite economic pressures. South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s latest survey notes a slight dip in April, with 49-percent of respondents reporting positive trade, down from 55-percent in March. According to the report, seasonal adjustments suggest a five-percent decline, but 69-percent expect […]
# Build One South Africa says its latest survey of 40 small business owners reveals a crisis in the SMME sector. Respondents cited red tape, lack of funding, and no government support. All surveyed rated access to funding as “zero.” BOSA warns that without urgent reforms, many small businesses face collapse. BOSA’s Roger Solomons wants […]
# Die SABC het 7,5-miljard-rand nodig om sy openbare mandaat te finansier en waarsku sy huidige model is onvolhoubaar. Uitvoerende hoof Nomsa Chabeli het ‘n verlies van 700-miljoen-rand vir die 2023/24-boekjaar aangekondig in ‘n voorlegging aan die Parlement se staande komitee oor Openbare Rekeninge. Sy het beklemtoon dat die uitsaaier self-befonds word en het aangedring […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare sê die onlangse opdrag dat universiteite en kolleges hul inligting oor buitelandse personeel bywerk, is ʼn betekenisvolle stap. Die vakbond se woordvoerder, Claude Naiker, sê onlangse onthullings toon ʼn kommerwekkende patroon waar sommige tersiêre instellings voorkeur gee aan die aanstelling van buitelanders, ongeag die beskikbaarheid van gekwalifiseerde Suid-Afrikaanse burgers. Hy […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap verwelkom die oorwinning in die tussenverkiesing-uitslag in Stellenbosch Wyk nege. Die DA-lid, Tertuis Simmers, sê steun vir die party het in die tussenverkiesing gegroei vanaf 73,6-persent in 2024 tot 94,7-persent in dié week se tussenverkiesing. Hy sê hulle is innig dankbaar teenoor elke kieser wat hul vertroue in die […]
# Die Stad Johannesburg het die afgelope vier maande ʼn miljoen kilogram rommel uit Johannesburg se middestad verwyder. Dis deel van burgemeester Dada Morero se Reimagining Joburg-veldtog. Sedert Januarie fokus Pikitup, deur sy weeklikse opruiming, op brandpunte soos Marshalltown, vee strate en maak vullisdromme leeg. Stadsamptenare het bevestig die groter Johannesburg-streek lewer jaarliks sowat 1,6-miljard […]
# The SABC requires 7.5-billion-rand to fund its public mandate, warning that its current model is unsustainable. Updating the Standing Committee on Public Accounts in Parliament, CEO Nomsa Chabeli confirmed a 700-million-rand loss for 2023/24. Chabeli stressed the broadcaster is self-funding and urged finalisation of the SABC Bill. She emphasized the need for government support […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has welcomed the by-election results victory in Stellenbosch ward nine. The DA’s Tertuis Simmers says support for the party grew from 73.6-percent in 2024 to 94.7-percent in this week’s by-election. He says they are deeply grateful to every voter who placed their confidence in the DA, adding that […]
# Financial advisors are warning against early pension withdrawals as the second wave of the two-pot system kicked off in March. While some are dipping in again or withdrawing for the first time, experts say this could have severe long-term consequences. Speaking to the SABC, National Debt advisor, Samantha Moyana, urged people to only access […]
