A man looks at an item before buying at a spaza shop in Thembisa, on the East Rand, in South Africa. 2 minutes Small Business Development Minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, says spaza shops and food handling outlets owners that have applied for registration and are yet to finalise the process will not be penalised. Spaza shop…
People are seen on Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, US, March 19, 2021. 3 minutes Wall Street has ended higher after a choppy trading session, with Dell Technologies dipping and other tech stocks climbing after a meeting between the US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr…
Chickens are seen at a poultry farm. 1 minute Poultry farmers have called on the Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development Department to find urgent solutions to the possible resurgence of bird flu in the country. The South African Poultry Association has issued a warning to this effect. Farmers are currently experiencing losses due to…
1 minute Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams updates the media on the registration of food outlets including spaza shops. Live stream below:
JMPD conduct inspections on spaza shops in the Johannesburg CBD on December 8, 2024. 1 minute The Limpopo Department of Economic Development has issued a warning to spaza shop owners in the province, cautioning them against continued operations without proper registration. As from Friday all unlicensed spaza shops will be expected to close down their…
A calculator and pen depicted in the picture. 2 minutes The Parliamentary Budget Office says the government must reveal its alternative sources of revenue should the ANC-proposed two percentage points in value-added tax not be approved. Last month, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s budget policy statement was postponed to the 12th of this month. This after…
South African R100 notes. 1 minute The rand is trading at R18,48 to the US dollar; R23,28 to pound sterling, and R19,23 to the euro. The euro is trading at $1,04, and the dollar is trading at 150,5-5 Japanese yen. In China, a dollar is changing hands at 7-yuan-28 and in India at 87-rupees-41. Now…
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane and his team at the School Safety Imbizo in Ratanda, Heidelberg. 1 minute The Gauteng Education Department has come under fierce attack for failing to pay municipalities for electricity. The non-payment has led to power being switched off at schools, leaving them vulnerable to burglaries, especially at night. The department…
City of Johannesburg MMC’s lead a joint inspection with Environmental Health Practitioners, SAPS and JMPD at Siyabonga Supermarket, Naledi in Soweto on January 27, 2025. 1 minute Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams will today update the media on the registration of food outlets including spaza shops. Economic Cluster MECs will join her in the…
Minister Enoch Godongwana delivering the 2024 Budget Speech in Parliament. 2 minutes The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) says there are alternative revenue streams that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana can tap into if the proposed VAT increase is shut down. The Executive Director of the Parliamentary Budget Office, Dr Dumisani Djantjies, says Parliament must also push…
