# The City of Tshwane added 22-thousand jobs in the second quarter of this year. According to Statistics South Africa, the metro’s official unemployment rate declined by 2.6-percent, from 36.8-percent to 34.2-percent. Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya’s spokesperson, Zintle Mahlati, says while Tshwane added jobs, Johannesburg lost approximately 28-thousand jobs, and Ekurhuleni lost approximately three-thousand jobs […]
# Die pas aangestelde Noordwes-polisiekommissaris, Arthur Adams, sê die monitering van gelisensieerde myn-persele moet verskerp word. Dit volg nadat 14 vermeende onwettige myners dood en talle ander gister beseer is ʼn rotsstorting by ʼn verlate mynskag in Nkaneng naby Rustenburg. Adams sê die polisie sal voortgaan om saam met die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag te werk […]
# The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure says maximum available resources have been deployed to ensure the safety of the 12 Heads of State and Government expected to attend the 46th Ordinary SADC Summit in Durban on 16 and 17 August. Extensive security preparations are already in place at the Durban International Convention Centre, […]
# Newly appointed North West Police Commissioner, Arthur Adams, says the monitoring of licensed mining sites needs to be strengthened. This comes after 14 suspected illegal miners were found dead and several others injured, following a rockfall, at a disused mine shaft in Nkaneng near Rustenburg yesterday. Adams says police will continue to work with the […]
# AgriSA, Agri Western Cape and the Canning Fruit Producers Association are calling for urgent talks with Premier Foods over plans to stop soft-fruit canning at its Tulbagh facility before the 2026/2027 harvest. The organisations warn the closure could affect more than 200 fruit producers, thousands of jobs and the wider Western Cape fruit industry. […]
# The DA says the latest Social Research Foundation poll shows its national support has increased to 30-percent, narrowing the gap with the ANC to seven-percentage points ahead of the 4 November local government elections. The poll puts the ANC on 37-percent nationally, with the DA on 30-percent, while in Gauteng the DA leads on […]
# The Western Cape government says it will intensify efforts to attract investment and create more jobs, following a decline in the province’s unemployment rate to 19.5-percent between April and June. The province created 91-thousand jobs year-on-year, with strong growth in finance, trade and agriculture. The provincial government’s Regan Thaw says the focus remains on […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering sê dhy gaan pogings verskerp om beleggings te lok en meer werksgeleenthede te skep, na die provinsie se werkloosheidsyfer tussen April en Junie tot 19,5-persent gedaal het. Die provinsie het op ‘n jaargrondslag 91-duisend werksgeleenthede geskep, met sterk groei in finansies, handel en landbou. Regan Thaw van die provinsiale regering sê […]
# AgriSA, Agri Wes-Kaap en die Inmaakvrugteprodusentevereniging vra dringende gesprekke met Premier Foods oor planne om sagtevrugte-inmaak by sy Tulbagh-aanleg voor die 2026/2027-oes te staak. Die organisasies waarsku die sluiting kan meer as 200 vrugteprodusente, duisende werksgeleenthede en die breër Wes-Kaapse vrugtebedryf raak. Hulle doen ‘n beroep op premier Alan Winde om bestaande ondernemings na […]
