# Eskom has launched its first Renewable Energy Offtake Programme by inviting large power users to procure 291-megawatts of solar photovoltaic capacity. This is through long-term power purchase agreements from the power utility-owned renewable energy sites. This comes as Eskom continues to develop a balanced energy mix, comprising coal, nuclear, gas, renewables, and energy storage […]
# The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa says it’s in talks with the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition to find strategic partners to take over the Goodyear SA plant in the Eastern Cape. The tyre manufacturing plant in Kariega shut its doors last Friday, resulting in over 900 job losses. Numsa’s spokesperson, […]
# Die landbou-organisasie TLU SA het die oplewing in Suid-Afrika se landbou-uitvoere na Amerika verwelkom. Nuwe data wat die Landbou-sakekamer vrygestel het, toon landbou-uitvoere na Amerika het in die tweede kwartaal vanjaar met 26-persent toegeneem teenoor dieselfde tydperk verlede jaar. Die produkte sluit sitrus, druiwe, neute en wyn in. Bennie van Zyl van TLU SA sê […]
# Die Minister van Landbou John Steenhuisen sê die landbousektor wys merkwaardige groei en veerkragtigheid ten spyte van wêreldwye wind van voor. Nuwe data wat die Landbou Sakekamer bekend gemaak het, wys landbou-uitvoer na Amerika het in die tweede kwartaal vanjaar met 26-persent gestyg in vergelyking met dieselfde tydperk verlede jaar. Die woordvoerder van die […]
# The agriculture organisation TLU SA has welcomed the surge in South Africa’s agricultural exports to the US. New data released by the Agricultural Business Chamber shows agricultural exports to the US surged by 26-percent in the second quarter of this year, compared to the same period a year ago. The products leading this charge include […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen says the agricultural sector has demonstrated remarkable growth and resilience in the face of significant global trade headwinds. New data released by the Agricultural Business Chamber shows agricultural exports to the US surged by 26-percent in the second quarter of this year, compared to the same period a year ago. […]
# Die Nasionale Finansiële Ombudskema het ‘n toename van 73-persent in klagtes rakende digitale bankbedrog aangeteken, met ‘n styging van een-duisend-436 gevalle vroeg in 2024 tot twee-duisend-483 vanjaar. Die regulerende beoordelaar, Johan Brouwer, het in gesprek met eNCA gesê die algemeenste taktiek is uitvissing, met bedrieërs wat kliënte mislei om hul besonderhede te bekend te […]
# Die lugrederyreus Qantas is in ‘n Australiese hof met meer as ‘n miljard-rand beboet vir die onwettige afdanking van ongeveer een-duisend-800 werknemers tydens die Covid-19-pandemie. Die boete is die grootste wat ‘n hof opgelê het vir ‘n oortreding van arbeidsverhoudingswette in die land se geskiedenis. Die Federale Regter Michael Lee het in sy uitspraak […]
# The National Financial Ombud Scheme reports a 73-percent increase in digital banking fraud complaints, rising from one-thousand-436 cases in early 2024 to two-thousand-483 this year. Regulatory adjudicator Johan Brouwer told eNCA that phishing remains the most common tactic, with fraudsters tricking customers into revealing credentials. Recently, 500-thousand-rand was stolen through virtual cards after a […]
