# Airlink gaan in Oktober sy eerste regstreekse vlugte tussen Kaapstad en Zanzibar instel. Die nuwe weeklikse Saterdagdiens volg op die bekendstelling van die roete tussen Johannesburg en Zanzibar in Junie. Die nuwe skedule verkort die reistyd vir passasiers wat tussen die Wes-Kaap en die eiland reis. Die meeste geskeduleerde reise van Kaapstad na Zanzibar […]
# Build One South Africa says the Small Business Development Department is failing to address rising unemployment, citing underfunding, poor execution, and weak leadership. Speaking during Parliament’s debate on the Small Business Development department’s budget vote, BOSA Deputy Leader Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster argued that small businesses are not surviving beyond the early stages despite state support. […]
# The National Council of SPCAs welcomes a position statement by the South African Veterinary Association opposing the export of live animals by sea for slaughter. NSPCA spokesperson Samanta Stelli says the practice is inherently cruel and cannot be made humane through regulation, citing risks such as heat stress, disease and confinement. She says draft […]
# Pick n Pay het aangekondig hy gaan ‘n verdere 11,5-persent van die Boxer-kettinggroep ter waarde van tot 4,7-miljard-rand verkoop om sy balansstaat te versterk en te verseker die ommekeer onder Sean Summers werp vrugte af. Die aankondiging beteken Pick n Pay sal ongeveer 54-persent van Boxer besit, terwyl dit tans meer as 65-persent beloop. […]
# The DA laid criminal charges against Construction Education and Training Authority administrator. Oupa Nkoane, accusing him of fraudulently approving his own three-million-rand salary, allegedly exceeding prescribed limits. The party’s Karabo Khakhau says the matter constitutes a breach of the Public Finance Management Act and has submitted evidence to the South African Police Service. Khakhau […]
# Die Suider-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Nywerheids-gasverbruikers waarsku Suid-Afrika kan teen 2030 ‘n groot gasvoorsieningstekort ondervind. Die groep sê dalende voorsiening uit Mosambiek en die einde van Sasol se tydelike gasvoorsiening kan die bedryf ernstig raak. Die vereniging het dringende beleidsmaatreëls voorgestel, insluitend strategiese infrastruktuurbelegging, streeksgasvennootskappe en regeringsgesteunde befondsingsondersteuning. Hy sê onmiddellike optrede is nodig om […]
# Forum for South Africa vra volle deursigtigheid oor die grondwetlike gevare van die Wet op Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering. Die Konstitusionele Hof het Artikels 36 tot 40 ongrondwetlik verklaar. Dit sou die staat die mag gee om te bepaal waar gesondheidsorgverskaffers mag werk, wie hulle in diens mag neem en watter opleiding hulle mag verskaf. FOSA […]
# Pick n Pay announced it would sell down a further 11.5-percent of its subsidiary Boxer chain worth up to 4.7-billion-rand to shore up its balance sheet and ensure the turnaround under Sean Summers is seen to fruition. The announcement would see the chain end up with about 54-percent of Boxer, from the current more […]
# The Social Movement for Advocacy, Rights and Transformation welcomes recent leadership changes at the Gauteng Gambling Board following the dismissal of CEO Karabo Mbele and suspension of CFO Oscar Maripane. Gauteng MEC for Economic Development Vuyiswa Ramokgopa denied allegations of governance failures and financial irregularities. SMART spokesperson Lehlogonolo Muthevhuli says the move strengthens accountability […]
