# RISE Mzansi is intensifying its campaign to reform South Africa’s gambling industry. The party has met with Betway’s CEO Laurence Michel to present its seven-point plan, focusing on issues like advertising and responsible gambling. It is also planning to picket outside the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition in Tshwane on Friday, calling for […]
# The Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute is considering legal action against the National Nuclear Regulator’s decision to grant a 20-year licence extension for Koeberg nuclear power station in Cape Town’s unit two. The environmental group’s Francesca de Gasparis warns the approval overlooks critical safety gaps, including outdated containment tests, non-functional monitoring systems, and […]
# The GOOD Party says South Africa’s economy shows modest signs of recovery, but poverty and hunger remain a serious concern. Ahead of Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s medium-term budget policy statement today, the party warns that slow economic growth and limited social relief leave many South Africans struggling to afford food and basic needs. GOOD’s […]
# Four organisations including the Legal Resources Centre, Support Centre for Land Change, Surplus People Project, and Corruption Watch will brief Parliament Portfolio Committee on Land Reform this week on the failure of South Africa’s Farm Worker Equity Schemes. They say the schemes, meant to empower farm workers, have deepened inequality instead. The groups are […]
# ActionSA verwelkom die 248-duisend nuwe werksgeleenthede tussen Julie en September 2025, soos vervat in Statistieke Suid-Afrika se jongste arbeidsopname. Die woordvoerder van Action SA, Alan Beesley, het egter gewaarsku dat 12-miljoen Suid-Afrikaners werkloos bly, en beskryf die winste eerder as ‘n herstel van vorige verliese as ware vordering. Beesley sê hoewel werkloosheid tot 31,9-persent […]
# ActionSA has welcomed the creation of 248-thousand jobs between July and September, 2025, as reported in Statistics South Africa’s latest labour survey. However, spokesperson Alan Beesley cautioned that 12-million South Africans remain unemployed, calling the gains a recovery from earlier losses rather than true progress. Beesley said while unemployment dropped to 31.9-percent, the economy […]
# Build One South Africa versoek die regering om die begroting van twee-miljard-rand vir BBP-beskerming van politici te skrap en dit te gebruik om meer onderwysers, verpleegsters en polisielede aan te stel. BOSA-woordvoerder, Roger Solomons, waarsku voor môre se mediumtermyn-begrotingsbeleidsverklaring dat Suid-Afrika stadige groei, hoë skuld en erger werkloosheid veral onder jongmense gaan beleef. Hy […]
# Die Sitruskwekersvereniging van Suider-Afrika sê Suid-Afrikaanse sitrusuitvoere het vanjaar met 22-persent tot rekordvlakke gestyg danksy hoër vraag, gunstige weer en nuwe bome wat begin produseer. Die vereniging sê die rekordseisoen is gekenmerk deur vraag in oorsese markte na lemoen- en suurlemoen-sapvrugte. Die uitvoerende hoof, Boitshoko Ntshabele, sê hulle is steeds baie bekommerd oor die […]
# Die uitvoerende hoof van die Nelson Mandelabaai Sakekamer, Denise van Huyssteen, sê die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het môre in sy mediumtermyn-begroting die geleentheid om Suid-Afrika se ekonomiese potensiaal te ontsluit deur klein sake-ondernemings te ondersteun. Van Huyssteen sê mikro-, klein en mediumgrootte ondernemings verteenwoordig 90-persent van formele ondernemings, maar word deur burokrasie, […]
