# Suid-Afrika se verbruikersinflasiekoers het verlede maand tot vyf persent gestyg teenoor 4,5 persent in Mei – die hoogste sedert Junie 2024 toe dit op 5,1 persent gestaan het. Statistiek Suid-Afrika sê vervoer, behuising en nutsdienste was die hoofbydraers tot die toename. Die hoër inflasiekoers weerspieël stygende kostes waarmee huishoudings en sake-ondernemings te kampe het. […]
# Build One South Africa welcomed Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s decision to convene a meeting to consider the removal of the Public Investment Corporation board. BOSA leader Mmusi Maimane says the move acknowledges deep governance failures at the institution. The party’s Graham Charters calls for an independent interim board, a forensic investigation, public disclosure of findings […]
# Former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of corruption and one count of money laundering in the High Court in Pretoria at the start of her trial. The charges relate to alleged solicitation of 4.5-million-rand bribes from a contractor linked to Defence Force contracts during her tenure as Defence […]
# The Public Servants Association welcomes the arrest of several suspects, including senior law enforcement officials, in connection with a 15-million-rand precious stones heist. The union’s Claude Naicker says the breakthrough highlights the Independent Police Investigative Directorate’s role in combating corruption. Naicker called on IPID to be granted constitutional independence and urged the National Treasury […]
# Deputy Defence and Military Veterans Minister Bantu Holomisa says public-private partnerships could help strengthen South Africa’s defence capabilities despite limited government funding. Speaking to the SABC amid the Defence Industry Lekgotla in Pretoria, Holomisa said partnerships could support military housing, infrastructure, border security and equipment modernisation without compromising national security. Holomisa called for innovative […]
# Werknemers van De Beers se Venetia-myn in Alldays, Limpopo, is bekommerd oor moontlike werkverliese nadat die onderneming besluit het om produksie vir twee jaar op te skort. Die stap stel meer as een-duisend-200 werksgeleenthede in gevaar in die grootste diamantmyn in Suid-Afrika. Sekere werknemers het reeds Artikel 189A-kennisgewings ontvang, wat tot afleggings kan lei. […]
# South Africa’s annual consumer inflation rose to five-percent in June, up from 4.5-percent in May – the highest since June 2024 when it stood at 5.1-percent. Statistics South Africa says transport, housing, and utilities were the main contributors to the increase. The higher inflation rate reflects rising costs faced by households and businesses. Stats […]
# Workers at De Beers’ Venetia Mine in Alldays, Limpopo, are concerned of possible job losses following the company’s decision to suspend production for two years. The move has placed more than one-thousand-200 jobs at risk at South Africa’s largest diamond mine. Some employees have already received Section 189A notices, which could lead to retrenchments. […]
# COSATU steun die Suid-Afrikaanse Kommersiële, Spysenierings- en Verwante werkersunie terwyl die vakbond vandag die Arbeidshof nader. Die vakbond vra vir ‘n dringende interdik om Pick n Pay se beplande aflegging van sowat 22-duisend werknemers te stop. COSATU se woordvoerder, Zanele Sabela, sê Pick n Pay gaan voort met die afleggings ondanks verbintenisse om betekenisvol […]
