Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana delivers the 2025 Budget Speech before the National Assembly on March 12, 2025. 2 minutes Analysts expect that South Africa’s National Budget will be passed following significant consultation among parties within the Government of National Unity (GNU). This as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana prepares to make his third attempt at tabling…
A miner sits on a wall as a giant excavator drives past at a mine. 3 minutes South Africa must push its global minerals exploration quantum by up to five percent from around one percent currently, if it’s to achieve meaningful economic growth and job creation. That’s the word from the Council for Mineral Technology…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has a meeting with relevant stakeholders at the SA Embassy in US 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa says high on the agenda when he meets US President Donald Trump will be trade relations. Trump imposed high tariffs to several countries including South Africa when he came back into office. President Ramaphosa will…
Eskom electricity infrastructure. 1 minute Eskom says it currently has sufficient electricity capacity to sustain the grid during the upcoming winter months. Eskom Group Chief Executive Dan Marokane says that despite the recent implementation of load shedding, the power utility is now in a strong position and is well prepared for the increased demand for…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. 2 minutes Workers are hoping that the revised budget to be tabled tomorrow will be more people-centered and push for economic growth and job creation. Labour union federations Cosatu, Fedusa and Saftu have urged Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to move away from austerity measures introduced in previous budgets. The country’s worsening…
[FILE] The municipality is unable to maintain its infrastructure and is struggling too meet its obligation to pay staff salaries. 2 minutes Government contractors in Limpopo are hopeful that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s upcoming budget will prioritise infrastructure development. This follows ongoing complaints from small businesses over delayed payments and slow project implementation. The Forum…
Food manufacturer Tiger Brands has announced the recall of 20 million canned KOO and Hugo vegetable brands due to a leak. 1 minute Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says over 3000 jobs will be saved at the Langeberg and Ashton Food (LAF) cannery in the Boland. Winde says the food company Tiger Brands recently informed…
SMME and Cooperative seminar & exhibition held at Sabie 2 minutes The Mpumalanga Economic Development and Tourism Department has pledged R11 million to boost struggling Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) and revive Sabie’s ailing economy. MEC Makhosazane Masilela has announced that the funding will specifically target the revival of the mining and forestry sectors…
[File image] 3 minutes The dollar traded sideways on Tuesday after declining for a week, hemmed in by the Federal Reserve’s caution over the economy and as US lawmakers came closer to passing a bill expected to widen the nation’s fiscal deficit. The greenback sold off broadly on Monday following last week’s downgrade of the US sovereign rating by Moody’s…
[File image] 2 minutes An economist at the North West University says deteriorating infrastructure has negatively affected the province’s economy. Olebogeng Baikgaki’s statement comes amid motorists’ complaints about the poor state of roads in the province. It also comes ahead of the Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s third budget, which is expected to be tabled on…
