# Government has secured around 5.6-billion-rand in concessional loan financing to support National Treasury’s Metro Trading Services Reform programme. The funding comes from the German and French Development Cooperation via KfW Development Bank and the French Development Agency. The programme is aimed at turning around electricity, water and sanitation, and solid waste management in South […]
# Minister of Social Development Dina Pule says her department will continue to work closely with Interpol South Africa and other relevant law enforcement agencies in addressing cases of trafficking in children. This comes after two South African girls, aged 9 and 15, who were trafficked to Malawi in 2024, were safely repatriated. Minister Pule says the alleged trafficking involved a couple comprising a […]
# Run for Rangers het meer as 549-duisend-rand ingesamel om bewaring en pogings teen stropery in KwaZulu-Natal te ondersteun. Die geld sal aangewend word vir toerusting en opleiding vir veldwagters, die versterking van die stryd teen wildmisdaad, asook nuwe fasiliteite vir ‘n K9-anti-stropery-eenheid. Project Rhino sê die fondse sal praktiese ondersteuning bied aan veldwagters wat […]
# Run for Rangers has raised more than 549-thousand-rand to support conservation and anti-poaching efforts in KwaZulu-Natal. The money will go towards equipment and training for rangers, strengthen the fight against wildlife crime, as well as new facilities for a K9 anti-poaching unit. Project Rhino says the funds will provide practical support to rangers working […]
# Trade union Solidarity has welcomed the extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act until the end of 2028. However, the union is concerned that South Africa could be excluded from the programme. It warns losing AGOA access could hurt the car and farming industries and cost thousands of jobs. Solidarity’s Jaco Kleynhans urged […]
# The African Transformation Movement says president Cyril Ramaphosa has failed to deliver on his promise to hire ten-thousand additional labour inspectors. The party’s Zama Ntshona says more than six months after the promise, no new inspectors have been appointed. Ntshona is calling on the government to speed up recruitment and also increase the number […]
# Die vakbond Solidariteit het die verlenging van die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika tot die einde van 2028 verwelkom. Die vakbond is egter bekommerd Suid-Afrika kan van die program uitgesluit word. Hy waarsku die verlies van AGOA-toegang kan die motor- en landboubedrywe benadeel en duisende werksgeleenthede kos. Jaco Kleynhans van Solidariteit het […]
# Die African Transformation Movement sê president Cyril Ramaphosa het nie sy belofte nagekom om tien-duisend bykomende arbeidsinspekteurs aan te stel nie. Zama Ntshona van die party sê meer as ses maande na die belofte is geen nuwe inspekteurs aangestel nie. Ntshona doen ‘n beroep op die regering om werwing te bespoedig en ook die […]
# The Southern African Agri Initiative has urged farmers to prepare early for a potentially dry 2026/2027 planting season. This follows warnings of higher temperatures and drought linked to El Niño conditions. Saai chairperson Theo de Jager says farmers should carefully plan their planting, budgets and water use, while also preparing for an increased risk […]
