# Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille has confirmed Gauteng will host the second South Africa Tourism Infrastructure Investment Summit this Thursday, under the theme “Invest in Tourism Infrastructure, Invest in Growth.” Speaking in Sandton, De Lille revealed the summit will unveil 15 bankable project opportunities to attract capital and drive job creation, highlighting tourism as […]
# Statistics South Africa says total employment fell by 14-thousand between March and June, with manufacturing, business services, trade and transport recording the biggest losses. Employment was also down by 95-thousand compared with June last year. Full-time jobs fell by 40-thousand, while part-time jobs increased by 26-thousand. Community services recorded the biggest employment gain, adding […]
# Cabinet has welcomed a landmark deal giving South African cherry producers access to the Chinese market for the first time. Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, says this opens doors to one of the world’s biggest cherry markets, which imported over fifty-two billion-rand worth of cherries last year alone. She says this historic market […]
# The Solidarity Movement and AfriForum announced proposed answers to five questions from the US government. These aim to resolve the diplomatic dispute and protect 500-thousand jobs linked to US trade and the African Growth and Opportunity Act. They cover race-based laws, rural safety, “Kill the Boer”, property rights and the refugee programme. Spokesperson Arno […]
# The South African Reserve Bank says the economy’s decline in the second quarter was largely due to weaker production. Mining, manufacturing and trade bore the brunt of higher costs, softer demand and logistical constraints. Mining contracted by three-percent, with production down across seven of 12 mineral groups including platinum group metals, manganese, gold and […]
# Die president van die Reserwebank, Lesetja Kganyago, sê Suid-Afrika se makro-ekonomiese vooruitsigte verbeter ondanks wêreldwye onsekerheid. Hy het tydens ‘n Mapungubwe Instituut-forum gewaarsku die wêreld het te kampe met ‘n beleidskrisis, aangevuur deur ekonomiese, omgewings-, geopolitieke en maatskaplike uitdagings. Kganyago sê inflasie sal na verwagting volgende jaar beduidend verlangsaam, met die bank wat mik […]
# Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago says South Africa’s macroeconomic outlook is improving despite global volatility and uncertainty. Speaking at a Mapungubwe Institute forum, Kganyago warned of a global policy crisis driven by economic, environmental, geopolitical and social challenges. He says inflation is expected to slow significantly next year, with the bank targeting three percent […]
# Die Suider-Afrikaanse Alliansie vir Alkoholbeleid sê die onlangse massaskietvoorvalle het leemtes blootgelê in die wyse waarop drankwinkels en drankondernemings gelisensieer en gemonitor word, veral in arm, digbevolkte gebiede. Agtien mense is die naweek in ‘n taverne in Wedela aan die Gautengse Wes-rand doodgeskiet en tien in Lwandle, Kaapstad. Woordvoerder Nomcebo Dlamini het aan Newzroom […]
# Die Amerikaanse ambassadeur in Suid-Afrika, Leo Brent Bozell, versoek die regering om sy ideologiese houding opsy te skuif en die belange van landsburgers eerste te stel. Amerika het nuwe visumbeperkings ingestel teen Suid-Afrikaners wat verbind word met beleid wat sekere groepe benadeel. Bozell het aan Daily Maverick gesê die regering se versuim om die […]
