# Cosatu het die positiewe daling in die land se werkloosheidsyfer verwelkom. Die jongste Kwartaallikse Arbeidsmagopname wat deur Statistiek Suid-Afrika vrygestel is, toon dat die werkloosheidsyfer van 33,2-persent in die tweede kwartaal tot 31,9-persent gedaal het. Die uitgebreide werkloosheidsyfer, wat ontmoedigde werksoekers insluit, staan op 42,9-persent. Cosatu-woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê werkloosheid is die grootste enkele […]
# Die regering het die resultate van die derde Kwartaallikse Arbeidsmagopname vir 2025 verwelkom. Suid-Afrika se werkloosheidsyfer het met 1,3-persentasiepunte in die derde kwartaal van die jaar gedaal tot 31,9-persent vanaf 33,2-persent in die tweede kwartaal. Volgens die opname het werkende persone met 248-duisend toegeneem tot 17,1 miljoen. Die adjunkwoordvoerder van die regering, William Baloyi, […]
# US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says flight disruptions could worsen considerably, and airlines could ground planes if the government stays closed. The Federal Aviation Administration mandated cuts to flights rose to six-percent yesterday at 40 of the country’s major airports, resulting in over one-thousand-200 flights cancelled. The Senate passed the short-term funding bill on […]
# Tennis: World number one Carlos Alcaraz has made it two wins from two at the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy. The Spaniard defeated American Taylor Fritz, 6-7, 7-5, 6-3. Alcaraz will seal the year-end world number one ranking and a place in the semifinals with victory over Italian Lorenzo Musetti tomorrow. Rival Jannik Sinner must defend […]
# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero has lauded his bomb squad team, saying it has become the metro’s fastest-acting mechanism, reducing the time between incident reporting and final resolution. The bomb squad was introduced as part of a turnaround strategy, focusing on issues such as land invasion, illegal migrants and potholes. Morero says since June, the […]
# ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula has reiterated that South Africa’s policies will not be dictated by US president Donald Trump, as the country is a sovereign state and not a dictatorship. Trump has continued to claim that there is genocide in South Africa and has called for the country to be removed from the […]
# Rugby: Springbok lock Lood de Jager has been banned for four matches and will miss the remainder of the end-of-year tour. He received a red card for a shoulder charge on France full-back Thomas Ramos in what turned out to be a 32-17 victory for South Africa in Paris. An independent Disciplinary Committee upheld […]
# The United Nations is warning that South Sudan shows all the signs of a clear and present danger of relapsing back to full-scale conflict. In 2018, the Revitalised Peace Agreement was signed, ending five years of civil war. However, surging ceasefire violations this year have left the country on the brink of renewed war. […]
# Rugby: England coach Steve Borthwick has made seven changes to the team for Saturday’s clash against New Zealand in Twickenham. Captain Maro Itoje, George Ford, Jamie George, Freddie Steward, Tom Roebuck, Fin Baxter and Sam Underhill all come back into the starting lineup after dropping out of last weekend’s 38-18 victory over Fiji. Borthwick […]
