# Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, says her department is in the process of appointing a firm to investigate the 1.6-billion-rand textbook tender. A portion of the tender for the publishing of learning and teaching support materials for foundation phase learners was awarded to newly-formed Lighthouse Publishing, with no track record in the sector. Gwarube […]
# Die Nasionale Energiereguleerder van Suid-Afrika sê hy gaan die Hooggeregshof nader en uitstel vra om die oorweging en goedkeuring van 14 uitstaande tariefaansoeke van munisipaliteite en privaat verspreiders vir die 2026/2027-boekjaar te finaliseer. Van die 176 aansoeke wat teen 31 Maart ontvang is, is 162 op die voorgeskrewe sperdatum, 11 Mei, afgehandel. Nersa se […]
# North West University Business School economist professor Raymond Parsons says South Africa’s latest unemployment figures are a warning signal of the emerging shock that the global energy crisis is beginning to have. The official unemployment rate in the country increased by 1.3-percent to 32.7-percent in the first quarter of 2026. Parsons says The longer […]
# The DA in Gauteng says premier Panyaza Lesufi’s employment initiatives are failing, as the unemployment rate has increased by 1.1-percent from the fourth quarter of 2025 to 34.1-percent. According to the latest Labour Force Survey for the first quarter of this year, the province lost 67-thousand jobs. The DA’s Mike Moriarty says investors are moving away from the […]
# Die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, waarsku Suid-Afrika ondervind groeiende mededinging van buurlande, wat in nuwe spoor- en hawe-infrastruktuur belê. Die departement se begroting van 102-miljard-rand vir die 2026/27-boekjaar is gemik op ʼn hervormde, inklusiewe en mededingende vervoerstelsel. Creecy sê hulle het aansienlike vordering gemaak om belegging te ontsluit en lewering van infrastruktuur te […]
# The National Energy Regulator of South Africa says it will approach the High Court to seek an extension to finalise the consideration and approval of 14 outstanding municipal and private distributors’ tariff applications for the 2026/2027 financial year. Of the 176 tariff applications received on 31 March, 162 were approved within the prescribed timeframe […]
# Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy warns that South Africa is facing growing competition from neighbouring countries investing in new rail and port infrastructure. The department’s 102-billion-rand budget for the 2026/2027 financial year is aimed at building a transformed, inclusive and competitive transport system. Creecy says significant strides have been made in unlocking investment and accelerating […]
# COPE vra ‘n dringende, versnelde nasionale herstelprogram vir die ekonomie met die klem op werkskepping, jeug-entrepreneurskap, die township- en landelike ekonomieë, en infrastruktuurskepping. Altesaam 345-duisend werksgeleenthede het van Januarie tot Maart verlore gegaan. Waarnemende nasionale voorsitter Pakes Dikgetsi sê die ineenstorting van indiensneming in die bou- en die dienssektor is veral kommerwekkend, omdat dié […]
# Die EFF-jeugbevel sê die regering van nasionale eenheid sê daar is ekonomiese bestendigheid terwyl hy regeer oor ʼn ekonomie wat ineenstort. Die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie het tussen Januarie en Maart vanjaar 345-duisend werksgeleenthede verloor wat die getal werkende mense tot 16,8-miljoen verminder het. In dieselfde kwartaal het 258-duisend jongmense hul werk verloor. Die jeugbevel se […]
