# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, says the government will continue to engage with the US over the 12.5-percent tariff imposed on South African exports. South Africa was one of 60 countries hit with tariffs following an investigation by the US Trade Representative, which found that the countries did not effectively enforce […]
# Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, het Infrastruktuur Suid-Afrika se Projekvoorbereidings-bodvenster Drie van stapel gestuur om groot infrastruktuurprojekte te bespoedig. Die inisiatief sal openbare instellings ondersteun in die ontwikkeling van projekte wat gereed is vir beleggings ter waarde van een-miljard-rand of meer. Macpherson sê swak projekvoorbereiding vertraag dikwels konstruksie en belegging. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Afrikalande moet saamstaan om groeiende wêreldwye uitdagings aan te pak en ontwikkeling op die vasteland aan te dryf. Hy het tydens die opening van die sewende Pan-Afrika-parlement in Midrand gesê Afrika het steeds te kampe met die gevolge van konflik, ekonomiese onsekerheid, geopolitieke spanning en klimaatsverandering. Ramaphosa bepleit sterker samewerking […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson has launched Infrastructure South Africa’s Project Preparation Bid Window Three, to fast-track major infrastructure projects. The initiative will support public institutions in developing investment-ready projects worth one-billion-rand or more. Macpherson says poor project preparation often delays construction and investment. He says the programme aims to move projects […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says African countries must stand together to tackle growing global challenges and drive the continent’s development. Speaking at the opening of the seventh Pan-African Parliament in Midrand, Ramaphosa said Africa continues to face the effects of conflict, economic uncertainty, geopolitical tensions and climate change. He called for stronger cooperation to promote […]
# Die Pan-Afrika-parlement betree ‘n nuwe era van hervorming wat gemik is op die versterking van sy rol in die bevordering van vrede, ontwikkeling en Afrika-integrasie. Die president van die liggaam, Fateh Boutbig, het tydens die eerste gewone sitting in Midrand, Gauteng, gevra vir groter verantwoordbaarheid, sterker toesig en vinniger inwerkingsteling van die Afrika-Unie se […]
# Die Departement van Indiensneming en Arbeid waarsku werkgewers om aan Suid-Afrika se arbeidswette te voldoen terwyl hy landwye inspeksies verskerp. Adjunkminister Jomo Sibiya sê inspekteurs het 114 werkplekke besoek tydens die eerste gesamentlike, landwye inspeksieveldtog in al nege provinsies. Slegs drie werkplekke het aan alle wetsvereistes voldoen. Sibiya sê talle oortredings is ontdek, met […]
# The Department of Employment and Labour warns employers to comply with South Africa’s labour laws as it intensifies nationwide inspections. Deputy minister Jomo Sibiya says inspectors visited 114 workplaces during the first coordinated high-impact compliance blitz across all nine provinces. Only three workplaces were found to be fully compliant. Sibiya says widespread violations were […]
# The Pan-African Parliament is entering a new era of reform aimed at strengthening its role in advancing peace, development and African integration. Addresing delegates at the First Ordinary Session in Midrand, Pan-African Parliament president Fateh Boutbig called for greater accountability, stronger oversight and faster implementation of the African Union’s Agenda 2063. The body has […]