# President Donald Trump says it is ridiculous for the United States to continue its one-sided relationship with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. He has repeatedly criticised European allies over their response to the Iranian war, as several countries restricted the use of their bases for American forces. Trump says in a post on Truth […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says the country is being distracted by anti-immigration protests while workers continue to lose jobs and incomes. The latest Quarterly Employment figures show that the country shed 80-thousand jobs in the first quarter of this year. Losses in community services and trade drove the decline. GIWUSA […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu sê die regering moet ‘n dringende oplossing vind om die sluiting van Transalloys, Suid-Afrika se laaste oorblywende mangaansmeltery te keer. Die maatskappy het in Desember verlede jaar gewaarsku dat 600 direkte werkgeleenthede en een-duisend-700 indirekte poste in gevaar is as gevolg van stygende elektrisiteitspryse wat tot finansiële verliese lei. Alle smeltoonde […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile lewer vandag die hoofrede by Chery International Factory se verkrygingsviering in Tshwane. Dit volg na die Mededingingstribunaal se goedkeuring dat hy Nissan Suid-Afrika se voertuigaanleg in Rosslyn, Gauteng, koop. Die ooreenkoms baan die weg vir Chery om vir die eerste keer voertuie in die land te vervaardig ná Nissan se besluit […]
# Union federation Cosatu says government needs to find an urgent solution to prevent the closure of Transalloys, South Africa’s last remaining manganese smelter. The company warned in December last year that 600 direct jobs and one-thousand-700 indirect jobs were at risk, as soaring electricity prices led to mounting financial losses. All furnace operations at […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile will deliver a keynote address at the Chery International Factory acquisition celebration in Tshwane today. This follows the Competition Tribunal’s approval of Chery International’s acquisition of Nissan South Africa’s vehicle manufacturing plant in Rosslyn, Gauteng. The transaction paves the way for Chery to begin manufacturing vehicles in the country for […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, sê Afrika-lande moet gekoördineerde en vooruitskouende ekonomiese en beleidsreaksies aanvaar om hul ekonomieë teen globale skokke te beskerm. Hy sê dit sal vereis dat noodsaaklike minerale gebruik word vir nywerheidsontwikkeling, die bevordering van voedselsekerheid, handelsintegrasie in die streek en die versterking van veerkragtige infrastruktuur en verskaffingskettings. Godongwana waarsku […]
# Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana says African countries should adopt coordinated and forward-looking economic and policy responses to protect their economies against global shocks. He says this will require leveraging critical minerals to drive industrialisation, promoting food security, deepening intra-regional trade integration, and strengthening resilient infrastructure and supply chains. Godongwana has also warned that the […]
# South Africa’s last remaining manganese smelter, Transalloys, has stopped production because of high electricity costs and ongoing financial losses. The company says about 600 jobs and another seven-thousand livelihoods are at risk. Transalloys’ Konstantin Sadovnik says unless Eskom and the government agree to a sustainable electricity tariff by the end of this month, the […]
