# South African Hoteliers report indicates that South Africa’s hospitality sector is grappling with a growing talent crisis. This despite the hospitality sector rebounding, with over 10.48-million international visitors recorded in 2025, rising demand and improved occupancy. The report shows 77-percent of hoteliers struggle to recruit and retain staff, while 58-percent report declining profitability. Industry […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu verwelkom vanjaar se verhoging in die basiese indiensnemingsvoorwaardes se jaarlikse inkomstedrempel. Van volgende maand is die nuwe drempel vir jaarlikse inkomste 269-duisend-601-rand, uitsluitend sekere aftrekkings en bydraes van werkgewers. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê belangrike arbeidsregte, beskerming en voordele wat met die drempel verband hou, sluit in die reg op oortydbetaling […]
# Union federation Cosatu has welcomed this year’s increase in the Basic Conditions of Employment annual income threshold. From next month, the new annual earnings threshold will be 269-thousand-601-rand, excluding certain deductions and employer contributions. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says key labour rights, protections and benefits linked to the threshold include the right to overtime pay […]
# Die Johannesburgse Hooggeregshof hoor vandag die gewese Eskom-hoof, Matshela Koko, se aansoek aan oor ʼn strafherstellingsooreenkoms van 2,5-miljard-rand tussen die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag en die Sweeds-Switserse tegnologiemaatskappy, Asea Brown Boveri. Die maatskappy het erken dat hy gunslone aan ʼn hooggeplaaste Eskom-amptenaar betaal het om ʼn kontrak by die Kusile-kragstasie te bekom. ʼn Ooreenkoms is in […]
# The Johannesburg High Court will today hear former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko’s application challenging a 2.5-billion-rand punitive reparations agreement between the NPA and Swedish-Swiss technology company Asea Brown Boveri. The company admitted to paying bribes to a high-ranking official at Eskom to attain a Kusile Power Station contract. A settlement was reached in 2022. […]
# The GOOD Party is calling on Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment minister Willie Aucamp to prioritise an immediate re-evaluation and a pause on industrial expansion on the West Coast. The party’s Kaden Arguile says official quotas for crayfish have been delayed, miscalculated, and left unchallengeable, resulting in a massive loss of income for the community. He says they cannot continue […]
# Die GOOD-party vra die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Willie Aucamp, om ‘n onmiddellike herevaluering en ‘n tydelike staking van nywerheids-uitbreiding aan die Weskus voorop te stel. Kaden Arguile van GOOD sê amptelike kreefkwotas is vertraag, verkeerd bereken en onbetwisbaar gelaat, wat ‘n reuse-verlies aan inkomste vir die gemeenskap tot gevolg het. […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has secured an order from the Special Tribunal to freeze the assets of Nhlakanipho Mngomezulu following the unlawful receipt of Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme funds worth over 16.3-million-rand. Spokesperson Selby Makgotho says the order follows an SIU investigation, which revealed that Lubelo Hlomuka Holdings, trading as SA Scrum Assembly, of which […]
# Die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid het ‘n bevel van die Spesiale Tribunaal bekom om die bates van Nhlakanipho Mngomezulu te bevries oor die onwettige ontvangs van 16,3-miljoen-rand van die Werkloosheidsversekeringsfonds se tydelike Covid-19 hulpverleningsfonds. Die SOE se woordvoerder Selby Makgotho sê dit volg op die eenheid se ondersoek na Lubelo Hlomuka Holdings, wat handeldryf as SA […]
