# AfriForum het formeel beswaar gemaak teen die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging se voorgestelde Transformasiefonds van 100-miljard-rand. Die organisasie het kritiek gelewer op die fonds se rasgebaseerde kriteria en befondsingsmodel. Woordvoerder Ernst van Zyl voer aan dat die plan, wat vereis dat besighede drie-persent van hul netto wins ná belasting bykomend moet bydra, […]
# Die Verenigde State en China het ooreengekom om hul omstrede tariewe tydelik te sny, met die VSA se koers wat tot 30-persent verlaag word en Chinese tariewe, tot 10-persent. Die Amerikaanse minister van Finansies, Scott Bessent en die Handelsverteenwoordiger, Jamieson Greer, het ná handelsgesprekke in Genève hierdie naweek, aan verslaggewers gesê die partye het […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het gewaarsku teen die implementering van ’n welvaartbelasting en gesê Suid-Afrika kan sewe miljard rand in jaarlikse inkomstebelasting verloor. Godongwana sê ongeveer twee-duisend-850 individue met ’n hoë netto waarde, wat elk oor meer as vyftig miljoen rand in bates beskik, dra aansienlik by tot die land se inkomste. […]
# Tiger Brands has confirmed that the attorneys representing its lead re-insurer have presented a settlement offer to the plaintiffs’ attorneys as part of a possible overall resolution of the listeriosis class action. A total of one-thousand-and-60 listeriosis cases were reported between January 2017 until July 2018. Tiger Brands says it is offering payment for […]
# The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union is calling on government especially National Treasury to uplift austerity measures to free nurses from the bondage of staff shortages. NEHAWU’s spokesperson, Lwazi Nkolonzi says government’s programme of austerity measures has had a particular impact on the capacity of the state to deliver service in health. […]
# Soccer: Orlando Pirates granted coach José Riveiro’s request for early release after signing for a new club. Tomorrow’s clash with Golden Arrows will be the Spaniard’s final match. Riveiro’s contract was originally running till next month. Premier Soccer League chairperson Irvin Khoza has praised Riveiro’s trophy-laden tenure, leaving behind a legacy of five major […]
# AfriForum has submitted a formal objection to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s proposed 100-billion-rand Transformation Fund. The group criticised its race-based criteria and funding model. Spokesperson Ernst van Zyl argues that the plan, which requires businesses to contribute three-percent of net profit after tax promotes racial exclusion and risks corruption. AfriForum has […]
# Die adjunk-regterpresident van die Gautengse Hooggeregshof, Roland Sutherland, het drie oplossings voorgestel om die tekort aan personeel en hulpbronne in howe te verlig. Hy het beklemtoon dat bykomende regters nodig is om die druk op die regstelsel te verlig, veral in geskilbeslegting. Sutherland het gepraat op ‘n bespreking deur Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr en Ciarb […]
# Gauteng se Toerisme-owerheid sê hy sien daarna uit om die provinsie se uiteenlopende aanbiedinge van vandag af uit te stel op die Afrika-Reisindaba in Durban. Die geleentheid vind plaas onder die tema, Onbeperkte Afrika. Vanjaar se indaba verwelkom meer as duisend uitstallers, afgevaardigdes van 27 Afrika-lande en meer as duisend gekeurde internasionale kopers van […]