# The Technology Innovation Agency and the Wholesale and Retail SETA have launched a strategic partnership to strengthen innovation, entrepreneurship and skills development in South Africa. The collaboration will support internships, startup incubation, hackathons, research, bursaries and enterprise development, with a focus on youth, women and people with disabilities. TIA CEO Titus Mathe says the […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the Western Cape High Court’s decision to grant his urgent application, temporarily halting Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment proceedings. The interdict remains in place pending the outcome of his review application challenging the independent panel’s report into the Phala Phala matter. Ramaphosa spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says he respects the court’s […]
# The economic research group Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies says South Africa must integrate green industrial and development opportunities to remain competitive in the global energy transition. Researchers say coordinated policies can drive investment, create jobs and support industries such as renewable energy, batteries and green steel. They warn the country must modernise heavy […]
# The Western Cape High Court has granted president Cyril Ramaphosa an interim interdict halting Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment inquiry. In a split decision, the full bench ruled the impeachment committee must suspend its proceedings pending the outcome of the review application challenging the legality of the independent panel report into the Phala Phala matter. […]
# Soccer: South African stars Relebohile Mofokeng and Aden McCarthy are edging closer to UEFA Champions League action this season. According to Soccer Laduma, McCarthy’s Azerbaijani club, Sabah FK, beat Finland’s KuPS 1-nil in the first leg of their second qualifying round and need another victory to progress. Mofokeng’s Belgian side, Union Saint-Gilloise, enters the […]
# MTN chairperson Mcebisi Jonas says removing immigrants from South Africa does not solve the country’s economic challenges. Speaking on the sidelines of the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation’s Winter Seminar, Jonas said unemployment, inequality and corruption are rooted in governance failures rather than migration. Jonas urged leaders to address structural economic problems instead of blaming foreign […]
# Former president Kgalema Motlanthe says African countries must strengthen economic cooperation to address migration challenges across the continent. Speaking at the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation’s Winter Seminar in Johannesburg, he said migration is not a new phenomenon, but the current handling of immigration has sparked concern. Motlanthe stressed that South Africa’s economy is closely linked […]
# The City of Tshwane has reinstated chief financial official Gareth Mnisi following a three-month precautionary suspension on a final written warning. He was suspended after being accused before the Madlanga of attempting to influence a multi-billion-rand Tshwane Metro Police Department security tender, sharing sensitive bid documents with external individuals and failing to declare business […]
# Madlanga commission commissioner Sandile Khumalo has questioned the legal basis for including 12-names in the Investigating Directorate against Corruption’s investigation into Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo. He notes most of the names did not appear in the original Section 27 referral affidavit by Member of Parliament Fadiel Adams. The directorate’s head, Andrea Johnson, conceded […]
