# The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa says it regards the retrenchments by Ford Motor Company SA as an attack on the working class. The company plans to cut at least 470 jobs at its Pretoria and Eastern Cape plants in a bid to respond to evolving market demands. Numsa’s spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, […]
# The DA says it has asked the chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on Electricity and Energy, Queenie Mvana, for an urgent review of the settlement agreement between Eskom and energy regulator Nersa. Nersa has reached a 54-billion-rand out-of-court settlement with the power utility over tariff calculation errors. The DA’s Kevin Mileham says this incident highlights […]
# Nuwe inligting het aan die lig gekom in die voortslepende Digital Vibes-korrupsiesaak van meer as 150-miljoen-rand se vermeende onregmatige kontrakte wat die Departement van Gesondheid toegeken het. Die Spesiale Tribunaal het die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid toestemming gegee om die nuwe inligting in die saak teen Digital Vibes en talle ander maatskappye en direkteure te gebruik. […]
# Cosatu says South Africa’s economic crisis is set to deepen following the imposition of the 30-percent trade tariffs by the US. The union federation says it is concerned by the potential jobs bloodbath that may result from these tariffs imposed on the country’s exports to the world’s largest economy. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela, says […]
# Die DA sê die regering se traagheid het veroorsaak dat duisende Suid-Afrikaners hul werk in die staal- en voertuigbedryf verloor. ArcelorMittal Suid-Afrika gaan drie-duisend-500 poste afskaf terwyl Ford, Goodyear en Mercedes ook honderde werkers gaan afdank. Toby Chance van die DA sê bedrywe kan nie meeding nie, weens die regering se struikelblokke soos rompslomp, […]
# New evidence has emerged in the ongoing Digital Vibes corruption scandal involving over 150-million-rand in alleged unlawful contracts awarded by the Department of Health. The Special Tribunal has granted the Special Investigating Unit permission to introduce the new evidence in its case against Digital Vibes and several other companies and directors. The SIU spokesperson, […]
# The DA says government inaction has resulted in thousands of South Africans losing their jobs in the steel and auto industries. This comes as ArcelorMittal South Africa will be cutting three-thousand-500 direct jobs, while at the same time, Ford, Goodyear, and Mercedes are also cutting hundreds more jobs. The DA’s Toby Chance says industries […]
# Die minister van Kommunikasie en Tegnologie, Solly Malatsi is bekommerd oor die toename in inhoud wat deur kunsmatige intelligensie gegenereer word. Malatsi het tydens die Media 20-beraad in Johannesburg gewaarsku dat diepvervalsings ingespan kan word om burgers te mislei en narratiewe te manipuleer. Die minister sê hoewel KI baie voordele bied, hou dit ook […]
# Die Nasionale Vereniging van Onderdele- en Verwante Vervaardigers sê Augustus het die sterkste binnelandse nuwe voertuigverkope getoon sedert Oktober 2019. Verkope het met byna 19-persent op ‘n jaargrondslag gestyg tot meer as 51-duisend-eenhede. Passasiersmotors het 36-duisend-eenhede oorskry, terwyl uitvoere ook met meer as ses-persent gestyg het ondanks wêreldwye tariefuitdagings. Toyota is die voorloper, gevolg […]
