# Build One South Africa’s deputy leader Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster says the newly introduced Fair Pay Bill is designed to protect young and disadvantaged job seekers from unfair wage practices. Speaking at a press briefing in Parliament, she said many first-time workers, particularly black professionals and women, are often paid less due to reliance on salary […]
# Build One South Africa has introduced the Fair Pay Bill aimed at ending salary discrimination and promoting equal opportunity in the job market. The bill seeks to ban employers from asking for salary history and to make it mandatory for job adverts to include salary ranges. BOSA leader Mmusi Maimane told the media the […]
# The organisation SA Canegrowers has warned that cheap sugar imports are putting thousands of local jobs at risk. This competition threatens the livelihoods of 24-thousand small-scale and one-thousand-200 large-scale growers, especially in rural areas of KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga. The organisation’s re-elected chairperson, Higgins Mdluli, says foreign sugar is being sold at very low prices […]
# Cabinet has dismissed claims that farm attacks and murders are racially motivated. It says the latest crime statistics do not support the narrative that white farmers are being targeted. Cabinet reiterates that official crime data does not classify victims by race. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni urged the public to rely on verified […]
# Cabinet says fighting crime remains a top priority, with a focus on reducing murder, tackling illegal firearms, and combating organised crime and corruption. It was in response to criticism that the government lacks a concrete crime-fighting plan. Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the cabinet also welcomed the guilty plea of a hitman […]
# Cabinet has expressed concern over sluggish economic growth, following Statistics South Africa’s report showing gross domestic product grew by only 0.1-percent in the first three months of this year. It welcomed the National Assembly’s approval of the 2025 fiscal framework, which includes a one-trillion-rand investment in infrastructure to support economic recovery. Minister in the […]
# The Free-Market Foundation and Solidarity Research Institute claim Black Economic Empowerment compliance has cost South Africa over five-trillion-rand in lost economic growth. In a new report, they argue BEE compliance is costing up to 290-billion-rand a year and has led to the loss of nearly four-million jobs. The study claims the system mainly benefits […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that four new flagship green hydrogen projects are being prepared for submission to the cabinet. Speaking at the Africa Green Hydrogen Summit in Cape Town, Ramaphosa said these projects will build on progress already made, including the Coega Green Ammonia Project in the Eastern Cape and the Sasolburg pilot […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says Africa must take charge of shaping its own green hydrogen agenda to ensure the continent benefits from the global energy transition. Speaking at the inaugural Africa Green Hydrogen Summit in Cape Town, he urged African countries to lead in setting standards, building certification systems, and creating hydrogen corridors to boost […]
