# US president Donald Trump has fired back at Iran over its demand for compensation, saying Tehran should instead pay reparations for deaths and damages. Iran has issued a new list of demands it says Washington must meet before it allows ships to move freely through the strategically-important Strait of Hormuz. Trump says he has […]
# The South African Reserve Bank is calling on aspirant economists, who will be entering their first year of undergraduate studies in the 2027 academic year, to apply for its external bursaries programme. Several external scholarships and bursaries are made available annually to qualifying prospective undergraduates as part of the central bank’s efforts to address […]
# Union GIWUSA demands the immediate nationalisation of the pharmaceutical Industry. Last week, Pharmaceuticals Made in South Africa alleged the Health Department’s focus on price was squeezing local drug manufacturers out of crucial medicine tenders, triggering the loss of two-thousand-500 jobs in the past 18 months. GIWUSA’s president, Mametlwe Sebei, says government must take direct ownership and control […]
# The GOOD Party says National Treasury’s decision to appeal a court ruling ordering government to increase and expand access to the Social Relief of Distress Grant is disgraceful. Treasury estimates that implementing the ruling by the High Court in Pretoria to widen access to the SRD grant could cost government an extra 93.5-billion-rand a […]
# Die GOOD-party sê die Nasionale Tesourie se besluit om teen ‘n hofuitspraak te appelleer wat die regering gelas om die toegang tot die Maatskaplike Noodlenigingstoelaag te verhoog en uit te brei, is skandelik. Die Tesourie skat die toepassing van die uitspraak deur die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria om toegang tot die toelae te verbreed, kan […]
# Eskom says it has significantly reduced reliance on diesel-powered generation, despite diesel being deployed selectively during peak demand periods and to maintain required reserves. For the financial year-to-date from 1 April to 6 August this year, diesel expenditure stands at 948.46-million-rand, compared with 5.73-billion-rand over the same period last year. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena […]
# Eskom sê hy het die afhanklikheid van diesel-aangedrewe opwekking aansienlik verminder, ondanks die selektiewe gebruik van diesel tydens spitstye en om die vereiste reserwes te handhaaf. Vir die boekjaar tot dusver van 1 April tot 6 Augustus, staan dieseluitgawes op 948,46-miljoen-rand, vergeleke met 5,73-miljard-rand oor dieselfde tydperk verlede jaar. Eskom-woordvoerder Daphne Mokwena sê die […]
# COSATU is bekommerd oor die beplande afleggings by Media24 en eNCA en waarsku teen ‘n groeiende krisis in Suid-Afrika se mediabedryf. Media24 het aangedui dat 126 poste in gevaar is, terwyl eNCA 171 afleggings oorweeg. COSATU sê die afleggings bedreig demokrasie en vra vir alternatiewe vir die postevermindering. Cosatu-woordvoerder Zanele Sabela sê hulle wil […]
# The African Peoples Convention is calling for the revival of industrialisation and sustainable job creation in Moretele, North West. Provincial chairperson Dikobe Lucas Mphaka said in local government election campaign statement the area can learn from Babelegi’s industrial development under the former Bophuthatswana administration. The APC proposes a Moretele Agro-Industrial and Manufacturing Park, focusing […]
