# Minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition, Parks Tau, has requested the International Trade Administration Commission to review South Africa’s trade policy on paper products. This follows calls from local manufacturers for higher tariffs on international paper products, as they struggle to compete with cheaper imports, high electricity and transport costs, and squeezed profit margins. Tau […]
# Research by the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Development in Africa has found that social grants are mainly used for essential household needs, but can also support productive livelihood activities. Social Development minister Dina Pule says the research found that receiving the 370-rand Social Relief of Distress grant was associated with a 25-percentage-point increase […]
# Navorsing deur die Universiteit van Johannesburg se Sentrum vir Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling in Afrika het bevind maatskaplike toelaes word hoofsaaklik vir noodsaaklike huishoudelike behoeftes gebruik, maar kan ook produktiewe lewensbestaans-aktiwiteite ondersteun. Die minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Dina Pule, sê die navorsing het bevind dat die Maatskaplike Noodverligtingstoelaag van 370-rand verbind word met ‘n toename van […]
Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister Gwede Mantashe is demanding that the owners of Lily Mine in Mpumalanga take responsibility for retrieving the container and the bodies of the mineworkers who died in the 2016 disaster. Addressing the mine health and safety summit in Kempton Park, Gauteng, Mantashe said mine owners cannot benefit from mining operations, […]
# Die Minister van Minerale en Petroleum Hulpbronne, Gwede Mantashe, dring aan die eienaars van die Lily-myn in Mpumalanga moet verantwoordelikheid aanvaar vir die herwinning van die houer en die liggame van die mynwerkers wat in die ramp van 2016 omgekom het. Mantashe het die beraad oor mynveiligheid en -gesondheid in Kemptonpark, Gauteng, toegespreek en […]
# Die Minister van Minerale en Petroleum Hulpbronne, Gwede Mantashe, sê die mynbousektor moet nie wins bo werkers se gesondheid en veiligheid stel nie. Tydens ‘n beraad oor myngesondheid en -veiligheid in Kemptonpark, Gauteng, het Mantashe gesê 49 mynwerkers teen 14 September hierdie jaar alreeds in die bedryf gesterf, vergeleke met 41 sterfgevalle verlede jaar. […]
Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister Gwede Mantashe says the mining industry must not put profits ahead of workers’ health and safety. Speaking at the mine health and safety summit in Kempton Park, Gauteng, Mantashe said 49 mineworkers had died in the industry by 14 September this year, compared with 41 fatalities recorded last year. He […]
# Die minister van Toerisme, Patricia de Lille, het die amptelike opening van Suid-Afrika se eerste Club-Med-strand- en safari-oord namens president Cyril Ramaphosa in KwaZulu-Natal waargeneem. Die ontwikkeling verteenwoordig ‘n belegging van meer as twee-miljard-rand. Dit het 600 direkte permanente werksgeleenthede en een-duisend-500 indirekte poste geskep of ondersteun, terwyl meer as twee-duisend-300 werksgeleenthede tydens die […]
# Die stigter van Public Interest South Africa, Tebogo Khaas, vra strenger leefstyloudits en beter keuringstelsels. Dit volg terwyl die Madlanga-kommissie voortgaan met sy ondersoek na politieke inmenging in die strafregstelsel. Khaas het aan die SABC gesê Suid-Afrika het moontlik nie ‘n algehele hersiening van sy wetgewing nodig nie, maar bestaande maatreëls moet meer doeltreffend […]
