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South Africa’s biggest political parties seek Budget compromise by April
By: Bloomberg 18th March 2025 South Africa’s two biggest political parties are holding a series of talks to resolve an impasse over the national budget that poses the biggest... →
Happening in Parliament this week
17th March 2025 Filling vacancies for the National Youth Development Agency Board (NYDA), a debate on Human Rights Day and questions to members of the executive... →
Ramaphosa calls for restructuring of ECD landscape, making it effective and inclusive 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 17th March 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa called for the creation of a collaborative framework for early childhood development (ECD), which brings together... →
SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address by South Africa's President, to the Bana Pele 2030 Roadmap leadership summit, Atlas studios, Johannesburg (17/03/2025)
17th March 2025 We recognise today that investing in ECD is not just about education. It is about shaping the next generation of skilled, capable and... →
Budget debates must be focused on infrastructure investment to drive growth – BLSA
By: Schalk Burger 17th March 2025 To create growth, South Africa needs to invest in infrastructure and infrastructure must be front and centre in the debate over the Budget, says... →
Trump’s trade salvos test nerves of central bankers
By: Bloomberg 17th March 2025 An anxious sense of wait-and-see may emerge from central banks in the coming week, in their first collective assessment of how President Donald... →
Daily Podcast – March 14, 2025
By: Thabi Shomolekae 14th March 2025 Making headlines: MKP says VAT increase a ‘declaration of war’, calls for national shutdown; IEC urges 192 inactive parties, including SACP, to... →
Sacci finds trade conditions improved in Feb but not enough to create more jobs
By: Marleny Arnoldi 14th March 2025 The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) finds in its latest Trade Conditions Survey for February that respondents are positive... →
