# FNB senior economist, Thanda Sithole, says the decline in mining output in August represents a setback, amid weak economic growth and elevated global trade uncertainty. South Africa’s mining production fell slightly by 0.2-percent in August, with the biggest declines seen in platinum group metals, gold, and manganese ore. Sithole says domestic structural reforms to improve […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die Openbare Beskermer se kantoor speel ʼn belangrike rol om die verhouding tussen die landsburgers en die staat fundamenteel te verander. Hy het gisteraand die hoofrede gelewer by die Openbare Beskermer van Suid-Afrika se internasionale 30-jaar-herdenkingskonferensie in Kaapstad. Ramaphosa sê die Openbare Beskermer se kantoor was en is steeds die […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union says it has received reports from its members about unexplained reductions in their pension fund values. The reductions are reflected in their most recent statements from the Government Employees Pension Fund. Popcru’s spokesperson, Richard Mamabolo, says the fund has attributed these reductions to actuarial projections, which raises […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says the hard work that the National Treasury has put into the municipal debt relief programme is not resulting in an improvement in municipal payments. Municipalities collectively owe Eskom 94.6-billion-rand. The number of municipalities with an arrear debt balance of more than 100-million-rand has increased to 75. BLSA CEO Busiswe […]
# RISE Mzansi sê dis ʼn groot krisis dat slegs 11 van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens se 38 vliegtuie werk. Die Polisieministerie het op ʼn vraag in die Parlement gesê 27 ondergaan tans instandhouding. Die ministerie is besig om nog 15 helikopters teen ʼn geraamde begroting van 1,1-miljard-rand aan te koop. Makashule Gana van RISE Mzansi […]
# The Communications Workers Union has expressed outrage that the SABC’s total expenditure on executive directors ballooned to 10.3-million-rand up from 9.9-million-rand in the 2024/2025 financial year. The public broadcaster recorded a net loss of 253.3-million-rand compared to 197.8-million in 2024, as modest total revenue growth of 1.3-percent was outpaced by a three-percent rise in expenditure. CWU’s spokesperson, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Office of the Public Protector has played a vital part in the revolutionary act of fundamentally changing the relationship between the citizens and the state. He delivered the keynote address at the Public Protector of South Africa’s 30-year Anniversary International Conference in Cape Town on Tuesday evening. Ramaphosa says […]
# Suid-Afrika is in die eerste Roxstar Luxury Travel Trends Report aangewys as een van die wêreld se topvyf luukse reisbestemmings in 2025. Amerika is boaan die lys, gevolg deur die Verenigde Arabiese Emirate, die Maledive-eilande, Suid-Afrika en Frankryk. Roxstar Luxury Travel se stigter, Roxy Robinson, sê Kaapstad kombineer stedelike kultuur met van die wêreld se […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile is op ʼn werksbesoek aan Turkye waar hy vandag in Ankara medevoorsitter is van die Twee-nasie-kommissie tussen Suid-Afrika en Turkye. Die kommissie moet as gestruktureerde platform dien om politieke, ekonomiese en maatskaplike samewerking tussen die twee lande te bevorder en te koördineer. Mashatile reis daarna na Istanboel vir vergaderings oor ekonomiese […]
