# Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson says government is tightening oversight of the construction industry to hold contractors accountable. He says 60 contractors have been removed from the National Register of Contractors since last month, compared with just one blacklisting between 2002 and 2024. Macpherson has also announced that a further 15 contractors […]
# A study has ranked Johannesburg and Cape Town among the world’s most cost-competitive cities for data centre construction. Other African cities include Lagos in Nigeria and Nairobi in Kenya. Research by professional services firm Turner and Townsend attributes this to lower labour costs, access to land and improving local supply chains leading to investor […]
# Die Kaapstadse polisie het twee mans vasgetrek in verband met ʼn vermeende bedrogspul waar ʼn kamera op Facebook Marketplace geadverteer is. Die voorval het volgens berigte by die Riverlands-winkelsentrum in Observatory plaasgevind. Die klaer het gereël om die kamera aan voornemende kopers te oorhandig nadat hy ‘n bewys vir ‘n onmiddellike bankbetaling van 29-duisend-rand […]
# Forum for South Africa verwelkom Binnelandse Sake se vordering met die uitrol van sy digitale dienste. Dit volg op die aankondiging dat meer as ʼn miljoen Suid-Afrikaners binne slegs sewe maande die bank-gebaseerde dienskanaal gebruik het om slim-ID’s te kry. Volgens die departement is die stelsel tans landwyd beskikbaar by 669 deelnemende banktakke. Die […]
# Suid-Afrika se ambassadeur in Amerika, Roelf Meyer, erken dat die diplomatieke betrekkinge tussen die twee lande onder druk verkeer en van albei kante dringend moet aandag kry. Spanning tussen Pretoria en Washington het onlangs toegeneem nadat die Amerikaanse regering nuwe visumbeperkings aangekondig het teen mense wat hy beskuldig van betrokkenheid by rassediskriminasie en grond-onteiening […]
# Cape Town police have arrested two men for a suspected scam involving the sale of a camera advertised on Facebook Marketplace. The incident reportedly occurred at Riverlands Mall in Observatory, where the complainant had arranged to hand over the camera to prospective buyers after receiving notification of an immediate payment of 29-thousand-rand. Police spokesperson […]
# Forum for South Africa has welcomed progress in Home Affairs’ digital services rollout. This follows the announcement that more than one million South Africans have used the bank-based service channel to obtain smart ID cards in just over seven months. According to the department, the system is currently available at 669 participating bank branches nationwide. […]
# South Africa’s ambassador to the United States, Roelf Meyer, has acknowledged that diplomatic relations between the two countries are under pressure and require urgent attention from both sides. Tensions between Washington and Pretoria escalated recently after the US government announced new visa restrictions targeting individuals it accused of involvement in race‑based discrimination and uncompensated […]
# Business Leadership South Africa sê die gevaar van ʼn fiskale ramp is afgeweer en gee beleggers meer vertroue om die land op die lang duur te ondersteun. Die Tesourie het in die mini-begroting aangekondig die verhouding tussen skuld en bruto binnelandse produk het in 2025/2026 bestendig geraak op 78,4-persent, en sal waarskynlik begin daal. […]
