# Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson and UK minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade, Chris Bryant, signed a Memorandum of Understanding in London to strengthen South Africa’s infrastructure delivery. The partnership provides ten- million-rand in technical expertise for Project Capstone, Project Speed, and Infrastructure South Africa’s Adopt-a-Municipality programme. Macpherson says the […]
# US President Donald Trump will attend the ceremonial signing of a peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia at an upcoming summit. Tensions between Thailand and Cambodia erupted in July into the deadliest military clashes in decades, killing more than 40 people and forcing around 300-thousand to flee their homes. The two sides agreed to […]
# Vervoer en dienste in Griekeland word die tweede keer hierdie maand ontwrig nadat vakbonde ‘n 24-uur-staking uitgeroep het teen die regering se plan vir ‘n opsionele werksdag van 13-uur. Die regering sê die lang werksdag, wat waarskynlik môre as wet aanvaar gaan word, is nie verpligtend nie, maar opposisiepartye en vakbonde voer aan dat […]
# Google het aangekondig hy gaan oor die volgende vyf jaar meer as 260-miljard-rand in Indië belê en ‘n reuse-datasentrum en kunsmatige intelligensie-basis in die land bou. Dit sal die grootste KI-kern buite die VSA wees. Die vraag na KI-hulpmiddels en -oplossings het skerp toegeneem onder ondernemings en individue in Indië, wat na verwagting teen […]
# Die Algemene Nywerheidswerkersvakbond van Suid-Afrika, Giwusa, sê die Europese Unie se stap om buitensporige tariewe op staal- en ysterinvoere te hef, sal ‘n verpletterende slag vir Suid-Afrika se staalvervaardigingsbedryf wees. Die Europese Kommissie het 50-persent tariewe op alle staalinvoere voorgestel in ‘n poging om sy plaaslike staalsektor te beskerm. Die EU is Suid-Afrika se […]
# Brittanje se werkloosheidsyfer het tot die hoogste vlak in meer as vier jaar gestyg, wat bydra tot die ekonomiese druk voor die jaarlikse begroting. Die koers het 4,8-persent bereik in die drie maande tot einde Augustus, die hoogste vlak sedert die eerste helfte van 2021. Hierdie is in vergelyking met werkloosheid van 4,7-persent in […]
# Transport and services in Greece are disrupted for the second time this month as unions staged a 24-hour walkout against government plans to introduce an optional 13-hour workday. The government has said the 13-hour workday, to be voted into law Wednesday, is optional but opposition parties and unions argue that workers will risk layoffs […]
# 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 […]
