# The International Atomic Energy Agency says that with nuclear power expanding in Africa, it is supporting countries in the development of the necessary infrastructure for safe and secure nuclear energy. South Africa, which operates the continent’s only nuclear power plant, Koeberg, plans to add two-thousand-500 megawatts of new capacity. Egypt is building its first plant, comprised […]
# The African Transformation Movement says it is outraged at the catastrophic mismanagement of South Africa’s economy, underscored by an alarming rise in unemployment. The country’s unemployment rate has increased to 32.9-percent in the first quarter of this year from 31.9-percent in the fourth quarter of 2024. ATM’s spokesperson, Zama Ntshona, says high levels of […]
# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the misrepresentation of the Expropriation Act is evidence that the beneficiaries of apartheid will not sleep. He made the remarks during his keynote address at the ANC’s Duma Nokwe Memorial Lecture, held in the Sedibeng Municipality in Gauteng on Tuesday. The DA is challenging the Act in court, saying […]
# Government says Statistics South Africa’s latest quarterly labour force survey results for quarter one of 2025 is a reminder of the ongoing challenges in the labour market. Unemployment figures increased to 32.9-percent in the first quarter of this year, and close to 300-thousand jobs were lost between January and March in comparison to the […]
# The GOOD Party says the latest quarterly labour force survey for quarter one confirms what South Africans already feel in their homes, that unemployment is getting worse, not better. The official unemployment rate has climbed to 32.9-percent, which translates to 8.2-million citizens officially unemployed. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says the country is not […]
# Build One South Africa sê die regering kan nie die land se trae, ongelyke ekonomie en hoë werkloosheidsyfer takel nie. Die kwartaallikse arbeidsmag-opname vir die eerste kwartaal toon die aantal werkende mense in die formele sektor het met 245-duisend afgeneem terwyl dié in die informele sektor met 17-duisend toegeneem het. BOSA sê staatsdepartemente en ministers […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die groep van 49 wit Afrikaners wat na Amerika vertrek het, is volgens hom ongelukkig met pogings om die verlede se ongelykhede aan te spreek. President Donald Trump het hulle vlugtelingstatus toegeken as slagoffers van wat hy ʼn volksmoord noem. Die president het gister ʼn verrassingsbesoek gebring aan die jaarlikse […]
# Build One South Africa says the government cannot tackle the country’s stagnant, unequal economy and stubbornly high unemployment rate. The Quarterly Labour Force survey for the first quarter shows the number of people employed in the formal sector decreased by 245-thousand while informal sector employment increased by 17-thousand. BOSA says that for far too long, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the group of 49 white Afrikaners who left South Africa for the US were clearly unhappy with efforts to redress the inequities of the apartheid past. President Donald Trump granted them refugee status as victims of what he called a genocide. The president made a surprise visit to the annual […]
