# Solidarity says it has unveiled a proposed trade framework between South Africa and the USA. The trade union is in America for what it terms as an extensive community diplomacy visit. Solidarity’s Connie Mulder says the framework focuses in particular on the protection of property rights and the exemption of black economic empowerment for […]
# Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, het die Raad vir die Ontwikkeling van die Konstruksiebedryf se swartlys van 40 kontrakteurs sedert Junie 2024 verwelkom, vergeleke met slegs een sedert 2002. Macpherson sê die stap steun sy onderneming om teen korrupsie en swak prestasie op te tree en te verseker dat belastinggeld […]
# Kaapstad is vandag die gasheer vir die G20-ministeriële uitreiksessie oor ramprisikovermindering, gelei deur die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa. Die geleentheid, met die tema ‘Kusbeskerming en eko-gebaseerde ramprisikovermindering’, gaan oor strategieë om stygende seevlakke, oorstromings en erosie te bestry. Die program wil wêreldwye samewerking versterk, stedelike klimaatsveerkragtigheid beklemtoon en innoverende, […]
Die minister van Wetenskap, Tegnologie en Innovasie, Blade Nzimande, het studente aangespoor om loopbane in opkomende wetenskap en tegnologie te volg. Nzimande het tydens die G20 Vroue en Meisies in Wetenskap-geleentheid beklemtoon geslagsgapings in Wetenskap, Tegnologie, Ingenieurswese en Wiskunde moet oorbrug word. Woordvoerder Veli Mbele sê die African Girls Can Code-inisiatief stel meisies in staat […]
# Cape Town is hosting the G20 Disaster Risk Reduction Ministerial Outreach today led by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister Velenkosini Hlabisa. The event, themed ‘Coastal Protection and Eco-Based Disaster Risk Reduction,’ will showcase strategies to combat rising seas, storm surges, and erosion. The programme aims to strengthen global cooperation, highlight urban climate resilience, […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson has welcomed the Construction Industry Development Board’s blacklisting of 40 contractors since June 2024, compared to only one since 2002. Macpherson says the move fulfils his promise to act against corruption and poor performance, ensuring public funds deliver quality infrastructure. The minister says the department is refining […]
# Science, Technology and Innovation minister, Blade Nzimande, has urged students to pursue careers in emerging science and technology fields. Speaking at the G20 Women and Girls in Science side event, Nzimande stressed the need to bridge gender gaps in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Spokesperson Veli Mbele says programmes like the African Girls Can […]
# Sakeliga het gewaarsku teen ernstige gevolge nadat die Stad Ekurhuleni ‘n eiendom van 64-miljoen-rand sonder vergoeding vir ‘n behuisingsprojek onteien het. Sakeliga se uitvoerende hoof, Piet le Roux, sê die 34-hektaar Driefontein-eiendom is in 2019 gekonfiskeer. Le Roux sê die saak sal in Oktober bemiddel sal word en in Februarie 2026 op verhoor gaan. […]
# Sakeliga has warned of dire consequences after the City of Ekurhuleni expropriated a 64-million-rand property without compensation for a housing project. Sakeliga CEO Piet le Roux says the 34-hectare Driefontein property was seized in 2019. Le Roux confirmed that the case heads to mediation in October and trial in February 2026. He says it […]
