# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says it demands immediate implementation of the National Health Insurance and nationalised healthcare under workers’ and communities’ control. Giwusa president, Mametlwe Sebei says the general household survey report shows that only 15.5-percent of the population have medical aid. He says this means 84.5-percent are left to […]
# The Citrus Growers’ Association has welcomed government’s 51-billion-rand guarantee for Transnet and recent progress on private sector participation. With the 2025 citrus season nearing peak weeks, the association’s CEO, Boitshoko Ntshabele, says smooth logistics are crucial as Southern Africa targets exports of over 171-million cartons. Transnet has added staff, equipment, and reefer maintenance. He […]
# Work on the Polihali transfer tunnel has resumed after contractor Kopano Ke Matla’s pollution-related suspension was lifted. This follows acceptance of its remedial plan by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority. However, delays, cost overruns, and management issues in the broader Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phase II drew scrutiny in Parliament. Estimated costs have ballooned […]
# Suid-Afrikaanse boetiek-bierbrouerye het oorheers op die 2025 Afrika Bierbekerkompetisie in Kaapstad en verskeie medaljes gewen. Sowat 260 biere uit 14 lande is beoordeel. Soul Barrel Brewing het die eerste prys gewen vir die beste bier op die vasteland met sy Wild African Soul. Dit het ‘n sorghum-basis wat in samewerking met Tolokazi Beer gemaak […]
# South African craft breweries dominated the 2025 African Beer Cup in Cape Town, winning dozens of medals. Nearly 260 brews from 14 countries were judged. Soul Barrel Brewing clinched the top award for best beer on the continent with its Wild African Soul, a sorghum-based beer made in collaboration with Tolokazi Beer. Richmond Hill […]
# Eskom se hoof, Dan Marokane, sê hulle doelwit is steeds om die kragverskaffer se afhanklikheid van regeringsondersteuning te verminder deur die maatskappy na finansiële volhoubaarheid te lei. Die staatsinstelling is in die laaste jaar van ʼn driejaar-skuldverligtingsprogram waartydens die regering hom met ʼn skuldverligtingspakket van 254-miljard-rand ondersteun het. Marokane sê hulle is vasbeslote om […]
# Eskom CEO Dan Marokane says their aim remains to ultimately reduce the power utility’s reliance on government support by driving the company toward financial sustainability. The state-owned entity is in the last year of a three-year debt relief programme, in which the government has assisted it with a 254-billion-rand debt relief package. Marokane says […]
# Wetenskaplikes van die Afrika-Unie se Ontwikkelingsagentskap sê landbou-innovering is die sleutel tot die bekamping van wanvoeding. Navorser Ildephonse Musafiri het tydens die G20-vergadering van hooflandbouwetenskaplikes in Polokwane, Limpopo, die noodsaak beklemtoon om voedselstelsels regoor Afrika te transformeer. Besprekings het gefokus op die bevordering van produktiwiteit, die finansiering van landbou en betrokkenheid deur die jeug […]
# Scientists from the African Union Development Agency say agricultural innovation is key to tackling malnutrition. Speaking at the G20 meeting of chief agricultural scientists in Polokwane, Limpopo, researcher Ildephonse Musafiri stressed the need to transform food systems across Africa. Discussions focused on boosting productivity, financing agriculture, and involving youth and women. Musafiri highlighted that […]
