PRETORIA/JOHANNESBURG, June 19 (Reuters) – South Africa’s rand fell more than 1.5 percent on Monday after the Public Protector, an anti-graft agency, recommended constitutional changes to make the central bank promote economic growth rather than currency and price stability. * Rand falls more than 1.5 pct against dollar * Bonds weaken on proposed central bank…
… Van Wyk says the properties that are still selling well are mostly those in the R1 million to R2 million price bracket, and townhouses, especially, are particularly popular right now. At the same time, he says buyers need to also be aware that the banks are tightening their lending, and it is taking longer…
The Tshwane Business and Agricultural Corporation blamed the city for falling in arrears of more than R8 million. The High Court in Pretoria has put a damper on the possible sale of the Pretoria Showgrounds in order to cover debts to the municipality of over R8.2 million. Judge Elizabeth Kubushi yesterday dismissed an application by…
Police have confirmed that Uber drivers and their vehicles were allegedly targeted by Maxi Taxi drivers in the Pretoria CBD. Police spokesperson Captain Kay Makhubela says police were deployed to the area surrounding the Gautrain station last night. “We had to intervene to make sure people were dispersed and not damaging other cars and property,”…
JOHANNESBURG – The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has said it supports Tuesday’s march by 10111 emergency call centre workers to the police minister’s office in Pretoria in support of demands for better salaries. In a statement, Saftu said the 10111 call centre staff wanted to be paid on par with call centre…
The public in Tshwane must be careful of the narrative started by the ANC that the DA-led administration was bent on terminating the free wi-fi a.k.a Tshwi-fi MMC for Corporate and Shared Services, Cilliers Brink, said it was not true that the free wi-fi, also known as Tshwi-fi, would be cancelled. He was…
It’s been 17 years since I embarked on my journey to becoming an academic. Academia seemed to be an exciting but simultaneously stable space. Globally, this perception is changing. Academia is no longer as popular a career choice as it was a few decades ago. In South Africa, the situation is exacerbated by uncertainty…
That is the main finding of Former Public Protector Advocate Thuli Madonsela’s “State of Capture” 355-page report into allegations of improper influence by the Gupta family over Zuma and his family. State Capture in South Africa. Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane will take to the steps of Parliament on Thursday to say what his…
The high court in Pretoria on Friday confirmed that traffic authorities have to abide by the letter of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act and ordered that the fines before the court must be cancelled where the authorities did not comply. Millions of Tshwane traffic fines must be scrapped. Tshwane mayor Solly…
A big victory for the FF Plus. This is how adv. Anton Alberts, the FF Plus chairman and parliamentary spokesman on trade and industry, today announced the National Consumer Commission’s announcement that a nationwide inquiry into holiday club industry will now be formally taken into account after the unrest in the holiday club industry. According…