# ActionSA calls on president Cyril Ramaphosa to fire Employment and Labour minister Nomakhosazana Meth, for failing to tackle the growing unemployment crisis. The party says the latest quarterly labour force survey shows over 291-thousand jobs were lost in the first quarter of this year, the worst contraction since 2021. ActionSA’s Alan Beesley says keeping […]
# Die digitale bateplatform, Luno, wat in Suid-Afrika gestig is, het ‘n mylpaaluitspraak van die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria verwelkom, waarvolgens ‘n hersiening van Suid-Afrika se verouderde kripto-regulasies vereis word. Regter Mandlenkosi Motha het bevind die land se valutabeheerwette van 1961 kan nie op digitale geldeenhede toegepas word nie en het dringende hervorming van die wet […]
# The African Development Bank’s 2025 Annual Meetings kick off today in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, against a backdrop of global trade turmoil. Forty-seven African nations face new US tariffs, with 22 hit by rates of up to 50-percent. Over six-thousand delegates will focus on strengthening internal markets and regional value chains. A key highlight is […]
# Mineworkers union AMCU has strongly condemned Sibanye-Stillwater after 260 workers were trapped underground in its Kloof mine in Gauteng. The company has since confirmed that all miners have been rescued with no injuries reported. AMCU president Joseph Mathunjwa insists that every operational mine shaft must legally have an escape route. The union is calling […]
# Sibanye-Stillwater has confirmed that all 260 workers trapped underground at its Kloof 7 gold mine, west of Johannesburg, have safely returned to the surface. The incident was caused by a malfunctioning skip door at Level 39. While no injuries were reported, operations remain suspended pending safety assessments. Unions are calling for a full investigation […]
# South African-founded digital asset platform, Luno, has welcomed a landmark ruling by the High Court in Pretoria, calling for an overhaul of South Africa’s outdated crypto regulations. Judge Mandlenkosi Motha found that the country’s 1961 exchange control laws cannot apply to digital currencies and called for urgent legislative reform. Luno’s general manager, Marius Reitz, […]
# Die DA in Gauteng het die rekening vir sekerheid vir openbare hospitale, wat van 655-miljoen-rand in 2022 tot 2,54-miljard-rand vanjaar gestyg het, gekritiseer. Gesondheidswoordvoerder, Jack Bloom, sê hierdie styging plaas druk op die fondse wat nodig is vir pasiëntesorg, terwyl die loonstygings van die Privaat Sekerheidsbedryf se Reguleringsowerheid gemiddeld slegs 7,38-persent per jaar beloop. […]
# Die G20-vergadering van Landbou-hoofwetenskaplikes het begin in Polokwane, Limpopo. Oor drie dae sal kenners die transformasie van globale landbouvoedselstelsels ondersoek om honger te bekamp, met Afrika wat die meeste geraak word. Provinsiale LUR vir Landbou en Landelike Ontwikkeling, Nakedi Kekana, sê sleuteltemas sluit klimaat-intelligente landbou, grondgesondheid en digitale innovering in. Sy het die doelwit […]
# Business Leadership South Africa urges the government to urgently address the failing logistics system to avoid harming economic recovery. They warn that continued problems in ports, rail, and transport infrastructure are causing delays and increasing costs for businesses, threatening growth, investment, and job creation. In her weekly newsletter, the organisation’s CEO, Busisiwe Mavuso, calls […]
