# Vrouemaand eindig vandag en Inyathelo vereer die buitengewone vroueleiers, aktiviste en maatskaplike werkers wat die ruggraat van Suid-Afrika se burgerlike samelewing vorm. Suid-Afrika se sektor vir organisasies sonder winsbejag bestaan uit bykans 300-duisend geregistreerde organisasies, met vroue wat na raming tussen 65- en 70-persent van die arbeidsmag vorm. Feryal Domingo van Inyathelo sê die […]
# The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 2026 Business Environment Survey shows that strict labour legislation and regulatory compliance are among the biggest obstacles to economic growth. The survey of 369 businesses indicates that almost 80-percent of large employers, with more than 200 staff, rated labour laws as a serious constrains, highlighting skills shortages […]
# South African motorists are facing more huge fuel-price increases on Wednesday, with petrol and diesel prices rising sharply. Petrol prices will increase by around one-rand-34-cents-per-litre, while diesel prices will increase by between two-rand-93- and three-rand-14-cents-per-litre. The increases are being driven by higher international oil prices and a weaker rand. The latest hikes will add […]
# Forum for South Africa condemns municipalities for charging residents who installed boreholes after it failed to provide reliable water. Spokesperson Tebogo Mashilompane says it is unacceptable to punish residents for finding their own solutions to a basic service failure. He says residents should not pay for drilling, pumps and maintenance only to face an […]
# Fourteen municipalities risk electricity supply interruptions from Eskom if they fail to conclude distribution agreements by tomorrow. The National Treasury says none of the municipalities has signed a Distribution Agency Agreement with Eskom. The municipalities owe Eskom substantial amounts, with total municipal debt reaching 119-billion-rand. The agreements would see Eskom temporarily take over electricity […]
# Oudpresidente Jacob Zuma en Thabo Mbeki het hulle Konstitusionele Hof-aansoek verloor om regter Sisi Khampepe te dwing om te onttrek as voorsitter van die ondersoek na Waarheids- en Versoeningskommissie-sake. Zuma en Mbeki het aangevoer Khampepe se vorige WVK- en vervolgingsrolle maak haar partydig. Die hof het haar besluit bekragtig om nie te onttrek nie, […]
# Former presidents Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki lost their bid to have Justice Sisi Khampepe recuse herself as chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission cases inquiry. Zuma and Mbeki cited Khampepe’s past TRC and prosecutorial roles as grounds for bias. The court upheld her decision not to recuse herself, and the former presidents […]
# Airlink verdedig sy formasievlugte oor die Kaapstadse stadion voor Saterdag se tweede toets tussen die Springbokke en die All Blacks. Die lugdiens sê geen lugvaart-veiligheidsregulasies is oortree nie, ondanks kommer op sosiale media omdat die vliegtuie buitengewoon laag gevlieg het. Airlink sê die verbyvlug het deeglike beplanning en oefening vereis onder toesig van die […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa en die voorsitter van Eskom se raad, Mteto Nyati, het vergader om Suid-Afrika se verbintenis tot energiehervorming te herbevestig. Hervormings is noodsaaklik om bekostigbare, betroubare en volhoubare elektrisiteitsvoorsiening te verseker. Nyati het vroeër gewaarsku regeringsplanne oor eienaarskap van Eskom kan die onderneming se finansies benadeel en beleggers afskrik. Woordvoerder Vincent Magwenya […]
