# The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union is demanding accountability from Sibanye-Stillwater after 260 workers were trapped at Kloof 7 Shaft near Westonaria in Gauteng. A shaft failure derailed a skip, damaging hoisting infrastructure and leaving workers stranded over three-kilometres underground. AMCU condemned poor emergency preparedness, delayed supplies, and unsafe conditions. No injuries have […]
# US president Donald Trump has threatened technology company Apple with a 25-percent tariff if the iPhones it sells in the United States are not manufactured locally. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he had informed Apple that he expect their iPhones that will be sold in the US will not be manufactured […]
# Die minister van Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologie, Solly Malatsi, het beleidsriglyne oor Ekwiteit-ekwivalente Beleggingsprogramme in Inligting- en Kommunikasietegnologie in die Staatskoerant afgekondig. Die riglyne is daarop gemik om beleggings te ontsluit, breëbandtoegang te verbeter en lisensiëring met die IKT-sektorkode te belyn. Hierdie programme stel multinasionale maatskappye, soos Elon Musk se Starlink, in staat om […]
# Communications and Digital Technologies minister, Solly Malatsi, has gazetted a policy direction on Equity Equivalent Investment Programmes in the ICT sector. The directive aims to unlock investment, enhance broadband access, and align licensing with the ICT Sector Code. These programmes allow multinationals, like Elon Musk’s Starlink, to meet transformation goals beyond traditional ownership. Public […]
# Die Veldtog vir Vrye Uitdrukking veroordeel die minister van Sport, Gayton McKenzie, se onlangse opdrag om buitelandse burgers in die Departement van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur te ontslaan. Direkteur Nicole Fritz noem die opmerking ongrondwetlik en skandelik en waarsku dat McKenzie nie die wettige gesag het om sulke optrede af te dwing nie. Sy […]
# Die nywerheidsvakbond GIWUSA verwerp met minagting wat hy noem Cosatu se ‘skaamtelose voorstel’, dat Suid-Afrika sy wette en regulasies tersyde moet stel vir Elon Musk se Starlink-internet. Giwusa se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê dit is nie bloot ‘n beleidstoegewing nie, maar klasseverraad. Hy sê die vakbondfederasie is nou verplig om as ‘n drukgroep vir […]
# Die hoofekonoom by Agbiz, Wandile Sihlobo, sê president Cyril Ramaphosa se besoek aan die VSA dui op ‘n keerpunt in die herstel van bande tussen Suid-Afrika en die VSA. Sihlobo het die groeiende uitvoermomentum beklemtoon in produkte wat wêreldwyd in 2024 uitgevoer is. Hy waarsku egter misdaad bly ‘n landwye krisis en vra verenigde […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa has denounced with contempt, what it calls, Cosatu’s outrageous proposal that South Africa should set aside its laws and regulations to accommodate Elon Musk’s Starlink internet. Giwusa president, Mametlwe Sebei says this is not merely a policy concession, it is a class betrayal. He says COSATU […]
# Agbiz chief economist Wandile Sihlobo says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s US visit signals a turning point in restoring South Africa-US ties. Sihlobo highlighted growing export momentum in products exported globally in 2024. He also warns that crime remains a nationwide crisis, and calls for unified action to protect economic progress:
