# The SABC needs 120-million-rand to provide fair and comprehensive coverage of November’s local government elections. The chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on Communications and Digital Technologies, Khusela Sangoni-Diko, says the funding is needed for editorial operations, technology, results data and digital services. She warns the public broadcaster is on the brink of collapse and […]
# South Korea has unveiled an ambitious technology strategy centred on seven projects ranging from nuclear energy and quantum computing to space and biotechnology. The country also seeks to secure new growth engines beyond semiconductors and artificial intelligence. At the launch of the initiative named Seven Major Seed, president Lee Jae-myung stated that it brings […]
# Die mynwerkersvakbond N-U-M se nasionale uitvoerende komitee gaan Eskom se herstrukturering in die hof uitdaag en sê hy sal tot by die Konstitusionele Hof gaan. President Cyril Ramaphosa het verlede maand ʼn plan ondersteun vir die vestiging van ʼn onafhanklike transmissiestelsel-operateur. Dit sal Eskom se eeu-oue alleenheerskappy beëindig en privaat vervaardigers en handelaars toelaat […]
# Die EFF sê Statistiek Suid-Afrika se jongste Kwartaallikse Arbeidsmagopname is ‘n veroordeling van die regering se huidige ekonomiese beleidsrigting en ‘n aanduiding van ‘n duidelike behoefte aan nuwe leierskap. Suid-Afrika se amptelike werkloosheidsyfer het in die tweede kwartaal van die jaar tot 33,6-persent gestyg, ‘n toename van 0,9 persentasiepunte teenoor die 32,7-persent in die […]
# The EFF says Statistics South Africa’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey is a clear indictment of government’s current economic policy direction and the evident need for new leadership. South Africa’s official unemployment rate rose in the second quarter of this year to 33.6-percent, an increase of 0.9 percentage point from 32.7-percent in the first quarter […]
# The National Union of Mineworkers’ national executive committee has decided to legally challenge Eskom’s restructuring, saying it is willing to take the matter as far as the Constitutional Court. Last month, president Cyril Ramaphosa backed a plan for the establishment of an independent transmission system operator, ending a century-old monopoly by Eskom, and bringing […]
# Die vakverbond SAFTU sê werkloosheid vernietig mense se potensiaal, vererger armoede en veroorsaak maatskaplike krisisse. Die werkloosheidskoers het in die tweede kwartaal tot 33,6-persent gestyg teenoor 32,7-persent in die eerste kwartaal. Volgens die kwartaallikse arbeidsmagopname het die getal werklose mense met 345-duisend toegeneem tot 8,5-miljoen. Asive Dyani van SAFTU sê die land se ekonomiese […]
# Die Stad Tshwane het in die tweede kwartaal vanjaar 22-duisend werksgeleenthede bygevoeg. Volgens Statistiek Suid-Afrika het die metro se amptelike werkloosheidsyfer met 2,6-persent gedaal, van 36,8-persent tot 34,2-persent. Tshwane-burgemeester Nasiphi Moya se woordvoerder, Zintle Mahlati, sê terwyl Tshwane werksgeleenthede bygekry het, het Johannesburg in die kwartaal sowat 28-duisend en Ekurhuleni omtrent drie-duisend werksgeleenthede verloor. […]
# Union federation SAFTU says mass unemployment destroys human potential, deepens poverty, and drives social crises. The unemployment rate rose to 33.6-percent in the second quarter, from 32.7-percent in the first. According to the latest quarterly labour force survey, there was an increase of 345-thousand unemployed persons to 8.5-million. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says the country’s […]
