# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, says the new visa restrictions the US announced against South Africa came as a surprise. The restrictions target individuals America accuses of promoting race-based discrimination, inciting violence, or enabling land confiscation without compensation. Tau says he will be meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio […]
# Die vakverbond COSATU is bekommerd oor die nadele wat die Konstitusionele Hof-uitspraak oor die Wet op Openbare Verkryging kan inhou. Die wetgewing sou eenvormige reëls voorskryf oor die manier waarop regeringsinstellings, provinsies en munisipaliteite staatsgeld vir goedere en dienste gebruik. Die hof het bevind die Nasionale Vergadering het nie redelike openbare deelname toegelaat ná […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, het die Internasionale Handelsadministrasie-kommissie versoek om Suid-Afrika handelsbeleid oor papierprodukte te hersien. Dit volg op versoeke van plaaslike vervaardigers vir hoër pryse vir internasionale papierprodukte aangesien hulle sukkel om mee te ding met goedkoper ingevoerde produkte, hoër elektrisiteit en vervoerkoste, en druk op winsgrense. Tau […]
# Union federation COSATU is concerned about the dangers posed by the Constitutional Court ruling setting aside the Public Procurement Act. The legislation aimed to create uniform rules for how government institutions, provinces, and municipalities spend public money on goods and services. The court ruled the National Assembly failed to allow reasonable public participation following significant […]
# Minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition, Parks Tau, has requested the International Trade Administration Commission to review South Africa’s trade policy on paper products. This follows calls from local manufacturers for higher tariffs on international paper products, as they struggle to compete with cheaper imports, high electricity and transport costs, and squeezed profit margins. Tau […]
# Research by the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Development in Africa has found that social grants are mainly used for essential household needs, but can also support productive livelihood activities. Social Development minister Dina Pule says the research found that receiving the 370-rand Social Relief of Distress grant was associated with a 25-percentage-point increase […]
# Navorsing deur die Universiteit van Johannesburg se Sentrum vir Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling in Afrika het bevind maatskaplike toelaes word hoofsaaklik vir noodsaaklike huishoudelike behoeftes gebruik, maar kan ook produktiewe lewensbestaans-aktiwiteite ondersteun. Die minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Dina Pule, sê die navorsing het bevind dat die Maatskaplike Noodverligtingstoelaag van 370-rand verbind word met ‘n toename van […]
Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister Gwede Mantashe is demanding that the owners of Lily Mine in Mpumalanga take responsibility for retrieving the container and the bodies of the mineworkers who died in the 2016 disaster. Addressing the mine health and safety summit in Kempton Park, Gauteng, Mantashe said mine owners cannot benefit from mining operations, […]
# Die Minister van Minerale en Petroleum Hulpbronne, Gwede Mantashe, dring aan die eienaars van die Lily-myn in Mpumalanga moet verantwoordelikheid aanvaar vir die herwinning van die houer en die liggame van die mynwerkers wat in die ramp van 2016 omgekom het. Mantashe het die beraad oor mynveiligheid en -gesondheid in Kemptonpark, Gauteng, toegespreek en […]
