# The Land Bank is calling for renewed focus on removing the barriers that prevent young South Africans from participating meaningfully in the agriculture sector. The country’s official unemployment rate for young people aged between 15 and 34 currently sits above 45-percent. Land Bank acting CEO Jabu Mphambo says young people continue to enter the […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, will host Rwanda’s minister of Foreign Affairs, Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe, in Pretoria today. This forms part of ongoing efforts to rebuild and strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries. According to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade, South Africa maintains a significant trade surplus […]
# ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba says they are open to forming co-governments and coalitions in local government, but they have three uncompromising conditions. Ahead of the local government elections in November, ActionSA has merged with smaller political parties, aiming to turn around its poor showing at the 2024 general elections, where it amassed 1.2-percent of […]
# The South African Communist Party says government and society as a whole must place youth development at the centre of national transformation. It says this requires expanded public investment in education and training, industrial development, community-based enterprises, co-operatives, agriculture, the digital economy and public employment programmes. The SACP says South Africa needs a youth […]
# Rugby: Springbok assistant coach Deon Davids says the Barbarians’ unique identity and abundance of world-class talent make them a threat capable of troubling any international side. The Boks will face the Barbarians, which includes All Blacks legend TJ Perenara and South African-born Scotland wing Duhan van der Merwe, in Gqeberha on Saturday. Davids says […]
# The Kopanong Africa Against Xenophobia warns that threats and fear will not solve the immigration crisis, which it says is driven by deeper political and economic conditions across the region. This comes amidst a surge in anti-migrant protests and xenophobic violence, which has resulted in countries including Malawi, Nigeria and Ghana repatriating their citizens […]
# Golf: Defending champion JJ Spaun is attempting to replicate his preparation that delivered him the US Open crown at Oakmont last year. The 35-year-old American could become only the eighth player to win back-to-back US Open titles, a group that includes Brooks Koepka, Ben Hogan, Curtis Strange, and Willie Anderson. Spaun, who captured his third PGA […]
# At least eight people have been killed in a crash involving a minibus taxi and a bakkie in Mpumalanga in the early hours of this morning. According to officials, a minibus taxi and a truck collided on the N4 Toll Road between Ngodwana and Waterval Onder, towards Waterval Boven. The provincial Department of Community […]
# UDM leader Bantu Holomisa has written to National Assembly speaker, Thoko Didiza, requesting the establishment of a parliamentary inquiry into governance at the Public Investment Corporation. This comes as the PIC board is assessing allegations against CEO Patrick Dlamini, over conflicts of interest and the authority under which a forensic investigation into the Lanseria […]
