# The Construction Industry Development Board has honoured women-owned construction companies, academics, mentors and industry leaders at its annual Empowerment and Recognition of Women in Construction Awards in Johannesburg. Public Works minister Dean McPherson says the government remains committed to expanding opportunities for women, with award entries doubling to 160. He also reaffirmed a 300-million-rand […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa has noted the latest inflation figures released by Statistics South Africa. The figures show that annual headline inflation cooled to 4.3-percent in July, down from 5.0-percent in June. GIWUSA president, Mametlwe Sebei says while this slowdown driven by lower fuel costs, softer food price inflation, and […]
# Union federation SAFTU fully endorses union FAWU’s demand for a 13-percent across the board wage increase in the sugar manufacturing and refining industry. Thousands of sugar workers resumed protected strike action this week following the collapse of wage negotiations. The Sugar Manufacturing and Refining Employers’ Association has offered a 5.4-percent wage increase. SAFTU’s Asive […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, het Iran gedreig met die verpletterendste ekonomiese operasie ooit terwyl ‘n ooreenkoms om die oorlog te beëindig, steeds in die lug hang. Trump sê in ‘n plasing op Truth Social Teheran het nie ‘n ooreenkoms aanvaar nie, wat gelei het tot wat hy ekonomiese oorlogvoering en isolasie op ‘n […]
# US president Donald Trump has threatened Iran with the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country, while a deal to end the war remains at an impasse. In a post on Truth Social, Trump says Tehran failed to accept a deal, resulting in what he calls economic warfare and isolation on an […]
# Die energiereguleerder, NERSA, het in die eerste kwartaal van die huidige boekjaar 124 opwekkingsaanlegte geregistreer. Dit wek saam 804 megawatt krag op, met ʼn geraamde beleggingswaarde van 20,18-miljard-rand. Foto-voltaïese sonkrag-tegnologie was die gewildste keuse vir die opwekking van elektrisiteit. NERSA se woordvoerder, Charles Hlebela, sê 63 van die 124 aanlegte is aan munisipale verspreidingsnetwerke […]
# The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has registered 124 generation facilities during the first quarter of the 2026/2027 financial year. These facilities have a total capacity of 804 megawatts, with an estimated investment value of 20.18-billion-rand. Solar photovoltaic technology was the most popular choice for electricity generation. Nersa’s spokesperson, Charles Hlebela, says that […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu sê hy is verheug omdat die verbruikersprysinflasie in Julie tot 4,3-persent gedaal het van die 5-persent in Junie. Suid-Afrika se inflasiekoers het in Julie die eerste keer in vyf maande verlangsaam, hoofsaaklik weens ʼn aansienlike daling in brandstofkoste. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê die oorlog in die Midde-Ooste moet eindig en […]
# Die vakbond, Saftu, sê die land se ekonomie word geteister deur hemelhoë werkloosheid, massa-armoede, ongelykheid, trae groei en dalende nywerheids-aktiwiteit. Inflasie het in Julie tot 4,3-persent gedaal teenoor vyf-persent in Junie. Asive Dyani van Saftu sê die medisyne wat voorgeskryf word vir ʼn inflasie-beperkende monetêre beleid, hoë rentekoerse en fiskale besuiniging, word toegedien aan […]
