# Tourism minister Patricia de Lille has officially launched Tourism Month in KwaZulu-Natal, urging South Africans to explore their own country. De Lille says domestic tourism remains a key pillar of economic growth, supporting jobs, entrepreneurs and communities. She says South Africans made 21-point-two million overnight trips in the first half of the year, with […]
# Statistics South Africa says manufacturing production fell by 1.7-percent in June compared with the same month last year. The decline was mainly driven by weaker production in food and beverages, wood and paper products, and motor vehicles. Production increased slightly from May. Stats SA’s Nicolai Claassen says manufacturing sales also fell by 1.6-percent in […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika se metaal- en ingenieursektor het besondere veerkragtigheid getoon ondanks toenemende uitdagings. Hy het na knelpunte verwys tydens ‘n presidensiële sake-ontbyt van die Staal- en Ingenieursnywerheidsfederasie van Suider-Afrika in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Ramaphosa beklemtoon swak binnelandse aanvraag, logistieke beperkings, hoë elektrisiteitskoste, stuikelblokke in infrastruktuur, stygende invoer-mededinging, brose wêreldwye staalaanvraag en oortollige […]
# Forum for South Africa is calling for urgent government intervention after Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela announced an estimated 15-billion-rand National Student Financial Aid Scheme funding shortfall across universities and TVET colleges. The forum’s spokesperson Tebogo Mashilompane says qualifying students should not be denied access to education because of financial or governance failures. He […]
# Almost two-thirds of South African commuters would choose trains if services were safe and reliable, according to the latest Commuter Report by the University of Cape Town. The survey found 59-percent of private car users and 62-percent of taxi and bus commuters would switch to rail. But only 0.6-percent of commuters currently use trains, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika se infrastruktuur-veldtog moet plaaslike nywerhede herbou en werk skep. Hy het tydens die Staal- en Ingenieurs-nywerheidsfederasie van Suider-Afrika se presidensiële nywerheidskonferensie in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, gesê elke infrastruktuurprojek moet plaaslike produksie-vermoë uitbrei, voorsieningskettings versterk, vaardighede ontwikkel en opkomende nywerhede ondersteun. Ramaphosa erken vervaardigers het moeilike bedryfsomstandighede, maar dring aan die […]
# Die Kaapstadse hawe berei voor vir die komende besige vrugte-uitvoerseisoen na ‘n moeilike jaar wat vertragings en ontwrigtings veroorsaak het. Om bedrywighede te verbeter, sal hawewerkers gedurende die besige somermaande van Durban en Gqeberha na Kaapstad oorgeplaas word. Owerhede beplan ook om van die vrag na ander hawens te herlei om die druk te […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the metals and engineering sector has shown extraordinary resilience despite mounting challenges. He was speaking at a presidential business breakfast of the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Ramaphosa points to weak domestic demand, logistics constraints, high electricity costs, infrastructure bottlenecks, rising import competition, fragile […]
# AfriForum het die voorgestelde wets-wysigings verwelkom om onwettige mynbou tot ’n ernstige misdryf te verklaar, met strawwe van tot 30 jaar tronkstraf en boetes van 100-miljoen-rand. Woordvoerder Jacques Broodryk sê dit moet misdaadsindikate in die geheel teiken, insluitend finansiers, werwers, kopers en mynwerkers. Hy sê onwettige mynbou beskadig gemeenskappe, plase, waterbronne en infrastruktuur. Hy […]
