# Twenty-five-year-old Durban-based fashion designer and entrepreneur, Luyanda Majozi, is redefining South African streetwear through his brand, Enigmatic Cotton. He began altering outfits for himself and friends, which led him to study textile science and apparel technology at the Durban University of Technology, eventually founding Enigmatic Cotton. Last year, Majozi represented South Africa at the […]
# ActionSA in Gauteng will be laying criminal charges against the provincial government, Emfuleni Municipality and contractors today, over the abandoned Boipatong Old Age Home. While 28.35-million-rand has already been spent on the project, the site remains incomplete and idle, with construction long abandoned. The project, which was originally initiated by the municipality in 2015, […]
# Rand Mutual Assurance says the South African economy is under pressure as a result of the newly introduced 30-percent tariff on goods exported to the US. According to the latest macroeconomic analysis by multinational accounting giant EY, the country could shed up to 100-thousand jobs due to the tariffs. RMA’s Gopolang Peme says reduced […]
# The Institute of Race Relations says the government of national unity must pinpoint the main barriers to job creation, and set about removing them with singular determination. The institute has released a new report titled, Generating Jobs and Skills for Growth and Prosperity. IRR’s Michael Morris says some of the key barriers to job […]
# Even with interest rates easing, South Africans cannot afford to let their guard down when it comes to managing money. This is according to JustMoney’s operations and sales manager, Sarah Nicholson. The South African Reserve Bank reduced the repo rate by 25 basis points to seven-percent last month. As a result, the prime lending rate for commercial banks decreased […]
# With over 60-percent of young South Africans affected by mental health challenges, the Riky Rick Foundation, in partnership with Sandton City, has launched Words That Heal. This is a campaign that uses artivism to inspire healing and hope. Rapper Rikhado “Riky Rick” Makhado lost his fight with mental illness in February 2022. His widow, Bianca […]
# The DA in Tshwane has criticised the metro for taking seven months to act on a whistleblower tip from February, implicating an employee in identity fraud and cable theft in Pretoria East. The employee has now been arrested. The DA says the metro must use the opportunity of having a suspect in custody to […]
# The DA Student Organisation says there is a need for meaningful safety interventions at the University of Cape Town. Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, revealed that the university has asked his department to investigate allegations of a young woman, who was allegedly raped and then offered marks for a degree in […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says it has long warned about government deploying Cuban doctors in South Africa, especially given the country’s large number of unemployed qualified medical professionals. South Africa has hosted Cuban doctors since the 1996 Mandela-Castro health cooperation agreement. The US government plans to revoke the visas of Brazilian, African and Caribbean […]
