Linda Ensor

South Africa

Correspondent at Business Day

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DA digs in its heels on Tau’s ‘ill-considered’ transformation fund

1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | Linda Ensor

Support our award-winning journalism. The Premium package (digital only) is R30 for the first month and thereafter you pay R129 p/m now ad-free for all subscribers. Trade, industry & competition minister Parks Tau. Picture: FREDDY MAVUNDA/BUSINESS DAY The DA has called on trade, industry & competition minister Parks Tau to abandon his ill-considered plan for a transformation fund.
Transformation Fund could undermine broad-based BEE, says think-tank

1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | Linda Ensor

Bernstein said the fund relied on unsupported assumptions that access to finance was the main barrier for black-owned businesses, and that a centralised, state-managed mega-fund could somehow distribute vast sums effectively and offer mentorship, skills and other support to small enterprises.
Budget’s proposed fuel levy hike slammed

1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | Linda Ensor

Two institutions created by statute have slammed the budget’s proposed fuel levy increase as a regressive tax that will harm the poor.
Revenue service expands workforce to collect outstanding debt

1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | Linda Ensor

STOCK WATCH Business Day TV speaks to Schalk Louw from PSG Wealth and Cobus Potgieter from Southern Cross Capital
Transnet gets further R51bn from transport minister

2 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Linda Ensor |Hilary Joffe |Freddy Mavunda

LUNCH MARKETS Business Day TV spoke to Jason Horn from Steyn Capital Management
Steenhuisen complaint against Ramaphosa rejected by public protector

2 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Linda Ensor

The public protector has rejected a complaint by DA leader John Steenhuisen that president Cyril Ramaphosa broke the executive code of ethics and acted improperly by promoting a Gauteng job and skills programme at an ANC rally ahead of last year’s elections. A report on the matter from public protector Kholeka Gcaleka was tabled before National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza on Thursday.
Creecy approves additional R51bn guarantee facility for Transnet

2 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Linda Ensor

A man and woman were killed in a shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, a suspect is in custody, officials say
Fiscal slippage but path ‘still on track’

2 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Linda Ensor

INTERNATIONAL LAUNCH With fresh styling and improved infotainment, the SUV is expected in SA in 2026
Overhaul of mining law gazetted for comment

2 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Linda Ensor

A 108-page draft Mineral & Petroleum Resources Development Bill gazetted on Tuesday by minerals & petroleum resources minister Gwede Mantashe proposes to fundamentally overhaul the regulation of the industry, which has long complained about the bureaucratic hurdles that have to be overcome to operate. The much-anticipated draft bill was approved by the cabinet last week together with the critical minerals and metals strategy, both of which Mantashe said at the media briefing marked a milestone. ..
SA’s poor record on pesticides regulation in the spotlight

2 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Linda Ensor

The cabinet will soon decide on a recommendation on the regulation and possible banning of the harmful pesticide Turbefos, which caused the death of six Sowetan children last year, agriculture department director-general Mooketsa Ramasodi told MPs Tuesday. Turbefos, which is widely used in the agricultural sector, is banned in Europe and local civil society organisations are calling for this to happen in SA as well because of its danger to human health. ..