# Forum for South Africa has expressed concern over escalating tensions between Pretoria and Washington and the potential threat to jobs. The US is expected to decice next month on whether South Africa remains part of the African Growth and Opportunity Act programme. Forum leader Tebogo Mashilompane says they are also concerned about the role of […]
# Union federation COSATU says minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana’s medium-term budget comes at a time when workers are under siege, with unemployment rising to a dangerously high 43.8-percent, and the economy continues to limp along at 1.2-percent growth. He will deliver the statement in Parliament on Wednesday. COSATU’s Matthew Parks says key interventions must […]
# The DA wants the Eskom leadership to account for additional work allocated through existing contracts rather than competitive tenders. An investigation by the Sunday Times found that the power utility accounted for nearly 60-percent of the 69.6-billion-rand in contract expansions across national departments and state entities between October 2023 and March this year. The […]
# The Afrika Mayibuye Movement is calling for urgent reforms to improve women’s access to land. This follows parliamentary findings that fewer than 35-percent of women surveyed owned land, compared with more than half of men. The movement wants a national audit of women’s land access, stronger tenure protection and support for women-led farming businesses. […]
# Die Afrika Mayibuye-beweging vra dringende hervormings om vroue se toegang tot grond te verbeter. Dit volg nadat parlementêre bevindings getoon het minder as 35-persent vroue wat ondervra is besit grond, vergeleke met meer as die helfte mans. Die beweging vra ‘n nasionale oudit van vroue se toegang tot grond, sterker beskerming van grondbesitregte en […]
# Die Nasionale Dobbelraad waarsku studente gebruik hul Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente-toelaes om aanlyn te dobbel. Die waarnemende uitvoerende hoof, Lungile Dukwana, het op die bekendstelling van die Handves vir Verantwoordelike Dobbelary by Sun International gesê kwesbare groepe dobbel met geld vir noodsaaklike uitgawes soos kos, huur en studies. Hy bevestig die raad en […]
# Die Activists and Citizens Forum sê die sakeman, Sulliman Carrim, behoort nie borgtog te kry nie. Carrim doen aansoek om borgtog nadat hy verlede week op die OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe in hegtenis geneem is op ‘n aanklag van minagting van die Madlanga-kommissie. Carrim het nie voor die kommissie verskyn nie en mediese redes […]
# Absa says South Africa is in a stronger fiscal position ahead of this week’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement. Senior economist Miyelani Maluleke says global conflicts have weakened the world economy, pushing down prices of key exports, including platinum and palladium, while petroleum import costs have risen. Despite these pressures, Maluleke remains confident Finance minister […]
# DA Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate Khathutshelo Rasilingwane says 32 of the city’s 37 public swimming pools are closed, despite more than 1.27-million-rand being spent monthly on security. Rasilingwane says over 9.1-million-rand has also gone towards repairs, maintenance and chemicals. The figures emerged from a DA inquiry in the Gauteng Legislature. She calls for an investigation […]
