# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says it is concerned by the decline in gross domestic product in the second quarter of this year. GDP declined 0.2-percent in quarter two, after recording 0.4-percent growth in the first quarter. GIWUSA president Mametlwe Sebei says that while apologists for capital will point to the […]
# Die adjunkminister van Finansies, David Masondo, sê Suid-Afrika se verwydering van die Finansiële Aksietaakmag se gryslys beteken nie dat elke swakheid in die stelsel opgelos is nie. Hy sê dit is hoekom die regering tans nasionale evaluerings doen van die risiko’s rondom geldwassery en terrorismefinansiering. Suid-Afrika is verlede jaar van die gryslys verwyder nadat […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says the latest gross domestic product figures are a red alert of an economic catastrophe unfolding. South Africa’s economy contracted by 0.2-percent in the second quarter of this year, with three key industrial sectors, mining, manufacturing and trade, pushing national growth into negative territory. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says […]
# Union federation COSATU is demanding urgent action by government and the private sector following the latest gross domestic product growth report. South Africa’s GDP declined 0.2-percent in the second quarter of this year, after recording 0.4-percent growth in the first quarter. The decline comes largely against the backdrop of the outbreak of war in […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA has welcomed the landmark protocol that grants South African cherry producers access to the Chinese market for the first time. China is the world’s largest importer of cherries, having imported cherries valued at 52.8-billion-rand in 2025. Under the Framework Agreement on Economic Partnership for Shared Development, South Africa has zero-percent […]
# Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo says South Africa’s removal from the Financial Action Task Force’s greylist does not mean every weakness in the system has been resolved. He says this is why government is currently conducting national assessments of the risks associated with money-laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing. South Africa was removed from […]
# Golden Arrow-busdienste het die Kaapstadse Arbeidshof genader om ‘n beplande staking deur die Nasionale Vakbond vir Alle Sektore vanaf Donderdag te stop. Die vakbond sê die lede sal van middernag af staak oor verskeie kwessies, insluitend dissiplinêre prosesse. Die busmaatskappy betwis die bewerings en respekteer werkers se reg op wettige arbeidsoptrede, terwyl hulle ook […]
# DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says the party is ready to work with the government to improve economic growth but will continue pushing for faster and more ambitious reforms. Hill-Lewis argues the government cannot afford slow reforms while millions of people remain unemployed. He called on president Cyril Ramaphosa and the government of national unity […]
# Golden Arrow Bus Services has approached the Cape Town Labour Court to stop a planned strike by the National Union for All Sectors from Thursday. The union says its members will strike from midnight over several issues, including disciplinary processes. The bus company disputes the allegations and respects workers’ right to lawful industrial action, […]
