# US president Donald Trump enjoyed a royal welcome in Saudi Arabia today on the first state visit of his second term, during which he will focus foremost on business deals at the start of a Gulf tour. Fighter jets escorted Air Force One before long-stretching honour guards awaited him at the airport and a […]
# Statistieke SA sê die Kwartaallikse Arbeidsmagopname vir die eerste kwartaal toon die aantal mense wat in die formele sektor in diens was het met 245-duisend afgeneem, maar indiensneming in die informele sektor het met 17-duisend toegeneem. Die meeste toenames is aangeteken in Vervoer, Finansies en Nutsdienste. Afnames is aangeteken in Handel, Bouwerk, Privaat huishoudings, […]
# Werkloosheid in Suid-Afrika het met een persentasiepunt gestyg vanaf die vierde kwartaal verlede jaar tot die eerste kwartaal in 2025. Statistieke SA het aangekondig die Kwartaallikse Arbeidsmagopname toon ‘n afname van 291-duisend in die getal werkende mense en ‘n toename van 237-duisend in die getal werklose mense. Hierdie veranderings het veroorsaak dat die amptelike […]
# Die Afrika Vereniging van Voertuigvervaardigers, in samewerking met Afreximbank en die Afrika Vryhandelsgebied-sekretariaat, het die eerste Nywerheidsbeleid Uitvoerende Kortkursus bekendgestel by die Toyota Wessels Instituut vir Vervaardigingsstudies in KwaZulu-Natal. Hierdie negeweek-program het ten doel om senior regeringsamptenare van 19 Afrikalande toe te rus om beleide te ontwikkel wat motorvervaardigingsgeleenthede en nywerheidsontwikkeling op die vasteland […]
# The Department of Transport has extended the deadline for responses to its Request for Information on private sector participation in South Africa’s rail and port sectors to 30 May. The Department says that the extension follows overwhelming interest from stakeholders. The RFI focuses on key freight corridors, including those linking the Northern Cape to […]
# Statistics SA says the Quarterly Labour Force survey for the first quarter shows the number of people employed in the formal sector decreased by 245-thousand while informal sector employment increased by 17-thousand. The largest industry increases in employment were recorded in Transport, Finance and Utilities. Decreases in employment were recorded in Trade, Construction, Private […]
# Unemployment in South Africa has increased by one percentage point from the fourth quarter of last year to the first quarter of 2025. Statistics SA announced the Quarterly Labour Force Survey shows there was a decrease of 291-thousand in the number of employed people, while there was an increase of 237-thousand in the number […]
# Die Nommerplaatvereniging van Suid-Afrika het die Suid-Afrikaanse Buro vir Standaarde daarvan beskuldig dat hulle wanpraktyke in die nommerplaatbedryf moontlik maak. Die vereniging beweer dat die SABS versuim het om standaarde af te dwing, wat vervaardigers en drukkers in staat stel om buite die wetlike riglyne op te tree, terwyl toegang tot regulatoriese rekords geweier […]
# The African Association of Automotive Manufacturers in collaboration with Afreximbank and the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, has launched the inaugural Industrial Policy Executive Short Course at the Toyota Wessels Institute for Manufacturing Studies in KwaZulu-Natal. This nine-week programme aims to empower senior government officials from 19 African countries to develop policies that […]
