# Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke is hosting the 20th summit for G20 auditors-general of Supreme Audit Institutions in Johannesburg. The summit aims to strengthen global oversight, transparency, and citizen-focused governance through international collaboration among supreme audit institutions. Maluleke emphasised that unlocking infrastructure funding and bridging skills gaps for sustainable growth should be prioritised:
# Statistics South Africa has reported a drop of 74-thousand jobs in the formal sector between January and March this year, bringing total employment down to just over ten-million. The biggest losses were in trade and community services, while manufacturing and construction saw small gains. Stats SA’s Matlapane Masupye says full-time jobs fell by 55-thousand […]
# The 7th Annual Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge is underway at the Midrand Conference Centre in Gauteng. Hosted by South African Tourism, in collaboration with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation and BDO South Africa, the three-day event focuses on the adoption of Artificial Intelligence, venture capital access, and tech-driven innovation in […]
# The National Union of Mineworkers has kicked off its 18th National Elective Congress in Boksburg, Gauteng. Delegates will tackle challenges facing workers in mining, construction, energy and metal sectors. NUM president Daniel Balepile says key concerns include job security, subcontracting, as well as health and safety. He emphasised that the three-day congress is crucial for […]
# City Power en Eskom het hul geskil rakende skuld geskik ná bemiddeling deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Energie-ontwikkelingsinstituut. Die minister van Elektrisiteit, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, en die burgemeester van Johannesburg, Dada Morero, het bevestig Eskom sal oor ‘n tydperk van vier jaar 3,2-miljard-rand ontvang en 830-miljoen-rand word afgeskryf. ‘n Hof het gelas die Stad moet meer […]
# Die DA sê hy is trots op die oorwinning van die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, wat die styging van die broodprys sal verhoed. Die party sê die minister het ‘n vorige reëling geïdentifiseer en beëindig waar ‘n verskaffer gemagtig word om gehalte-inspeksies van brood en graan by kleinhandelaars dwarsdeur die land te kan […]
# City Power and Eskom have settled their debt dispute after mediation by the South African National Energy Development Institute. Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa and Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero confirmed Eskom will receive 3.2-billion-rand over four-years, with 830-million-rand written off. A court had ordered the City to pay over one-billion-rand with interest, but City Power […]
# The DA says it is proud to recognise a victory by Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen, which will stop the price of bread from going up. The party says the minister has identified and terminated an inherited arrangement where a supplier had been authorised to conduct quality inspections of breads and grains at retailers across […]
# Die regering en die Wêreldbank het op ‘n lening van 27-miljard-rand ooreengekom wat sal help om infrastruktuurvertragings uit die weg te ruim, veral in die energie- en vragvervoersektore. Die Nasionale Tesourie sê die lening is bedoel om kritieke strukturele hervormings te ondersteun wat daarop gemik is om die doeltreffendheid, veerkragtigheid en volhoubaarheid van die […]
