# Google will invest more than 260-billion-rand in India over the next five years, as it announced a giant data centre and artificial intelligence base in the country. It will be the largest AI hub anywhere outside of the US. Demand for AI tools and solutions is surging among businesses and individuals in India, which […]
# Britain’s unemployment rate has edged up to the highest level in over four years, adding to the country’s economic strains ahead of the government’s annual budget. The rate reached 4.8-percent in the three months to the end of August, the highest level since the first half of 2021. That is comparison with unemployment at […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says the province’s cruise tourism sector recorded more than a one-billion-rand contribution to the provincial economy in 2024/25, a 36-percent increase from the previous year. The party’s Noko Masipa says with 127-thousand passengers across 83 ship calls, the sector supports over two-thousand jobs. Growth extends to coastal towns […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says the European Union’s move to slap hefty tariffs on steel and iron imports will be a crushing blow for South Africa’s steel manufacturing industry. The European Commission has proposed 50-percent tariffs on all steel imports in a bid to protect its domestic steel sector. The […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse Volhoubaarheidsforum sê die provinsie speel steeds ‘n belangrike rol in die ondersteuning van landelike voortbestaan, bioverskeidenheids-bewaring en grondherstel te midde van Suid-Afrika se sukkelende ekonomie. Die forum se sameroeper, Cobus Meiring, sê die streek se sitrusbedryf verwag vanjaar ‘n rekord-oes, wat ‘n welkome hupstoot vir die provinsiale ekonomie sal bied. Hy sê […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap het die prestasies van die provinsiale Departement van Plaaslike Regering in sy jaarverslag vir die 2024/2025-boekjaar geprys. Die departement het 97-persent van sy beplande teikens vir die jaar bereik, wat gerugsteun word deur sy 12de agtereenvolgende skoon oudit. Dave Bryant van die DA sê ten spyte van erge weerstoestande […]
# The Eastern Cape Sustainability Forum says the province is continuing to play a vital role in supporting rural livelihoods, biodiversity conservation, and land restoration. This is in the face of South Africa’s strained economy. The forum’s convener, Cobus Meiring, says the regional citrus industry anticipates a record-breaking harvest this year, providing a welcome boost to the provincial economy. He says […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has hailed the achievements detailed in the provincial Department of Local Government’s annual report for the 2024/2025 financial year. The department has achieved 97-percent of its planned targets for the year, which is underscored by its 12th consecutive clean audit. The DA’s Dave Bryant says despite severe weather […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid se ondersoek na die Nasionale Loterykommissie uitgebrei. Die omvang van die oorspronklike proklamasie is uitgebrei om bedrog en korrupsie in te sluit wat verkryging by die kommissie betref. Die gewysigde proklamasie voeg ook 21 nuwe kategorieë van verkryging en kontraktering by die ondersoek. Die eenheid se aanvanklike […]
