# The Department of International Relations and Cooperation director-general, Zane Dangor, says there are no guarantees that South Africa will secure a favourable trade deal with the US by Friday. Dangor spoke at the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation seminar in Sandton and warned that demands around domestic policies like black economic empowerment are clouding the process. […]
# Die Sitruskwekersvereniging waarsku Suid-Afrika se sitrus-bedryf kan reuse-verliese te wagte wees indien ‘n nuwe Amerikaanse invoertarief van 30-persent Vrydag in werking tree. Die vereniging sê boorde van ongeveer een-duisend hektaar kan onlewensvatbaar word, wat duisende werksgeleenthede in die Wes- en die Noord-Kaap in gevaar sal stel, aangesien meer as sewe-miljoen kartonne sitrusprodukte jaarliks na […]
# Die adjunkminister van Arbeid en Indiensneming, Judith Nemadzinga-Tshabalala, waarsku oor globale risiko’s as gevolg van dalende steun vir multilaterale arbeidsinstellings. Sy het tydens die 4de G20-werkgroepsvergadering in George in die Wes-Kaap gesê werksverliese by die Internasionale Arbeidsorganisasie verswak globale arbeidsbeskerming. Nemadzinga-Tshabalala is ook bekommerd oor die toenemende geopolitieke spanning en handelstariewe, veral vanaf die […]
# Suid-Afrika se spesiale gesant na Amerika, Mcebisi Jonas, sê die land moet handelsmarkte uitbrei voor die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump na verwagting Vrydag ‘n aankondiging doen oor tariewe en die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika. Jonas het op die Kgalema Motlanthe-stigting se seminaar in Sandton, Johannesburg, gesê Amerikaanse bande is steeds van […]
# The Citrus Growers’ Association warns that South Africa’s citrus industry faces massive losses if a new 30-percent US import tariff takes effect on Friday. The association says approximately one-thousand hectares of orchards could become unviable, jeopardising thousands of jobs in the Western and Northern Cape, as over seven-million cartons of citrus are exported to […]
# Solidariteit sê vlieëniers van FlySafair vra die publiek om hulle staking oor veiligheid en werksomstandighede te verstaan. In ‘n ope brief aan die publiek, beklemtoon die vlieëniers hulle optrede gaan oor regverdige behandeling en tyd om te rus gaan, en nie oor geld nie. Hulle waarsku dat ‘n nuwe geoutomatiseerde skeduleringstelsel sekere vlieëniers dwing […]
# South Africa’s US envoy, Mcebisi Jonas, says the country must expand trade markets ahead of US president Donald Trump’s expected announcement on tariffs and African Growth and Opportunity Act on Friday. Jonas told delegates at the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation seminar in Sandton, that US ties remain crucial. He urged Africa to lead globally, despite […]
# Employment and Labour deputy minister Judith Nemadzinga-Tshabalala has warned of the global risks posed by declining support for multilateral labour institutions. Speaking at the 4th G20 employment working group meeting in George in the Western Cape, she said job losses at the International Labour Organisation weaken global labour protections. Nemadzinga-Tshabalala also raised concern over […]
# Trade union Solidarity says FlySafair pilots are pleading for public understanding as their strike over safety and working conditions continues. In an open letter to the public, the pilots stress that their protest is about fair treatment and enough rest, not about money. They warn that a new automated scheduling system forces some pilots […]
