# Cosatu says the 30-percent tariff imposed by the US on South African exports will have a devastating impact on local companies and threaten jobs. US president Donald Trump announced global baseline tariffs of ten-percent, with rates even higher for 60 countries including South Africa. Cosatu’s, Matthew Parks, says this requires expedited discussions between the South […]
# AfriForum says it has instructed its legal team to approach the Supreme Court of Appeal, regarding the excessive increase in electricity tariffs that the Mogale City Municipality introduced last year. Last week, the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria dismissed AfriForum’s application for leave to appeal. AfriForum’s, Deidré Steffens, says in the first court ruling […]
# The EFF says the so-called reciprocal tariffs by the US on South Africa and other countries is an extractive mechanism designed to coerce sovereign nations into subjugation under America’s economic dominance. President Donald Trump has imposed a 30-percent tariff on South African exports to the US. The EFF says engaging in retaliatory tariff wars […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA says representatives of the American Department of Agriculture emphasised the need for reciprocal trade in agricultural products and that open markets benefit both of the farming communities. The organisation held an important discussion with the representatives based in South Africa yesterday. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says during the meeting, in-depth discussions were held over the […]
# The Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha has sentenced a 31-year-old man to eleven life terms for eleven counts of raping six minor boys, aged between eleven and 13. The National Prosecuting Authority’s spokesperson, Luxolo Tyali says in May 2015 near Motherwell, the victims were swimming behind the stadium when they encountered Thembelani Andries:
# Cosatu says it is appalled and deeply disturbed that the National Prosecuting Authority failed to secure a conviction in the Timothy Omotoso case. The televangelist and his co-accused Lusanda Solani and Zikiswa Sitho were facing 32 charges including rape, sexual assault, racketeering and human trafficking. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela says the federation is especially […]
# Cosatu is urging Treasury to honour Parliament Finance Committee’s call to provide alternatives to the value-added tax and personal income tax proposals within 30 days. This comes as the National Assembly has passed the budget fiscal framework with recommendations. Cosatu’s, Matthew Parks, says they have tabled progressive alternative revenue and expenditure proposals to government […]
# University of Pretoria’s professor, Zodwa Dlamini, has been appointed to the Steering Committee of the first Exposome Moonshot Forum. The forum set to take place in Washington in May, will focus on the emerging field of exposomics, which studies the cumulative effects of environmental exposures on human health. Dlamini is the founding Director of […]
# A total of 67 young entrepreneurs are competing in the ninth edition of the City of Cape Town’s annual #YouthStartCT Entrepreneurial Challenge. The entrepreneurs will compete over six weeks in five categories, agriculture and farming, information technology, finance and business services, tourism and manufacturing. Mayoral committee member for Community Services and Health, Francine Higham, […]
