# DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has removed John Steenhuisen as minister of Agriculture following an assessment of the party’s team in the government of national unity. Steenhuisen will replace Alexandra Abrahams as deputy minister of Trade, Industry and Competition. The current minister for Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp, would succeed Steenhuisen, while David […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad het Transnet weer gevra om sy strategieë vinniger uit te voer om doeltreffendheid op die Kaapstadse hawe te verbeter. Dit is tans laaste op die Wêreldbank se aanwyser vir vraghantering. Navorsing deur die Wes-Kaapse regering het bevind ʼn doeltreffender hawe kan sowat ses-miljard-rand se bykomende uitvoere ontsluit en byna 20-duisend werksgeleenthede […]
# Renault in France announced it will produce military drones with defence technology firm Thales, marking the company’s further push into defence manufacturing. The car manufacturer will build Thales’ Toutatis remotely operated armed drones at one of its factories. Production of a thousand units a month will start next year, targeting mainly overseas markets. The […]
# Cape Town has renewed calls for Transnet to accelerate initiatives to improve efficiencies at the port of Cape Town, which has been ranked last in the latest World Bank container port performance index. Research commissioned by the Western Cape government found a more efficient port could unlock six-billion-rand in additional exports and support 20-thousand […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Taxiraad waarsku onverantwoordelike massa-optrede teen onwettige immigrante bedreig vervoerbedrywighede en ekonomiese bestendigheid vir gewone burgers. Groepe, insluitend March and March, eis dat alle onwettige immigrante Suid-Afrika teen die einde van die maand moet verlaat. Hulle beplan ook ʼn nasionale afsluiting. Santaco se woordvoerder, Rebecca Phala, sê enige oproepe vir immigrasie-hervorming of […]
# Union federation Cosatu urges the Industrial Development Corporation to quickly create a plan to fix and reopen the Mozal aluminium plant in Mozambique. The plant has been closed because there is not enough electricity due to drought-related power shortages and high electricity costs. Mozal provides about five-thousand direct jobs and up to 25-thousand, in […]
# The South African National Roads Agency has launched a Contractor Development Programme aimed at strengthening black-owned civil engineering companies and expanding participation in road infrastructure projects. The initiative targets Construction Industry Development Board grade five to nine contractors and will provide training, mentorship, skills development and financial support. SANRAL says ten-percent of selected projects […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Padagentskap het ‘n Kontrakteurontwikkelingsprogram van stapel gestuur wat daarop gemik is om siviele ingenieursmaatskappye in swart besit te versterk en deelname aan padinfrastruktuurprojekte uit te brei. Die inisiatief is gerig op Konstruksiebedryfontwikkelingsraad graad vyf tot nege kontrakteurs en sal opleiding, mentorskap, vaardigheidsontwikkeling en finansiële ondersteuning verskaf. SANRAL sê tien-persent van geselekteerde […]
# Die vakbondfederasie Cosatu doen ‘n beroep op die Industriële Ontwikkelingskorporasie om vinnig ‘n plan te beraam om die Mozal-aluminiumaanleg in Mosambiek te herstel en te heropen. Die aanleg is gesluit omdat daar as gevolg van droogteverwante kragtekorte en hoë elektrisiteitskoste, nie genoeg kragvoorsiening is nie. Mozal verskaf ongeveer vyf-duisend direkte werksgeleenthede en tot 25-duisend […]
