# Transport minister Barbara Creecy says Treasury’s Budget Facility for Infrastructure is key to Transnet’s rail and port upgrades. It is aimed at a 250-million-ton annual freight target by 2030. Private sector buy-in may take two years, but 160 responses signal strong interest. Nine projects worth 55.5-billion-rand are approved for 2025, with 15.3-billion-rand from the […]
# Former Zambian president Edgar Lungu is expected to be laid to rest today in South Africa, but legal uncertainty clouds the ceremony. Zambia’s Attorney General, Mulilo Kabesha, has filed urgent court papers in the High Court in Pretoria to halt the burial, stating that Lungu’s burial must follow national protocols and not be treated […]
# As South Africa marks 70 years since the Freedom Charter was adopted, important heritage sites linked to the event are falling apart. Zack Matthews’ old house and Chief Tyali’s gravesite in Alice, Eastern Cape, have reportedly remained badly neglected. Matthews played a key role in shaping the charter, which outlined a vision for a […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says the only way to overcome the carnage of mass unemployment is to fundamentally transform the economy. According to Statistics South Africa 74-thousand jobs were lost in the first quarter of this year, compare to the final quarter of last year. GIWUSA president, Mametlwe Sebei says the government […]
# Die vakbond Giwusa sê die verlies van 74-duisend werksgeleenthede in die eerste kwartaal van vanjaar ontbloot die algehele bankrotskap van die regering van nasionale eenheid se neo-liberale agenda. Nywerhede soos handel, gemeenskapsdienste en mynbou is die swaarste getref. Twee-en-vyftig-duisend werksgeleenthede het in die handelsektor verlore gegaan, wat 70-persent van werkverliese uitmaak. Giwusa se president, […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Vloot se verdedigingsvermoë verkeer glo in ‘n krisis met sleutel-fregatte en -duikbote wat buite werking is en kritieke handelsroetes blootstel aan moontlike gevare. ‘n Ondersoek van News24 het onthul dat die Vloot se vaartuie wat skeepsroetes en gebiedswaters moet beskerm, nie in bedryf is nie weens onderhoudsvertragings en begrotingstekorte. Kenners waarsku dit […]
# Swem: Twee studente van die Universiteit van Pretoria, Tumelo en Owethu Mahan, is besig om naam te maak as hoë-prestasie swemmers. Die broers het die land reeds op groot kompetisies verteenwoordig, insluitend die Wêreld Junior Swemkampioenskap en die Wêreld Universiteite-spele. Owethu gaan volgende maand aan die FISU Wêreld Universiteite-spele in Rhine-Ruhr, Duitsland deelneem, terwyl […]
# South Africa’s naval defences are reportedly in crisis, with key frigates and submarines out of action, exposing critical trade routes to potential threats. A News24 investigation has revealed that most of the Navy’s fleet, meant to protect shipping lanes and territorial waters, is non-operational due to maintenance delays and budget constraints. Experts warn this […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says the loss of 74-thousand jobs in the first quarter of 2025 exposes the utter bankruptcy of the government of national unity’s neoliberal agenda. Industries such as trade, community services and mining took the hardest knock. Fifty-two-thousand jobs were lost in the trade industry, accounting for […]
