# US president Donald Trump has extended the African Growth and Opportunity Act through December this year, thereby restoring duty-free trade privileges for some African countries. The extension follows a brief lapse in the programme late last year, which had caused uncertainty for African exports, including those of South Africa, that depend on US market […]
# Die Afrika-sentrums vir Siektebeheer en -Voorkoming verwelkom Suid-Afrika se belofte van 41,2-miljoen-rand aan die Afrika-epidemiefonds ter ondersteuning van die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo en Uganda se stryd teen die Ebola-uitbrekings. Meer as 600 vermeende gevalle en 139 sterftes is tot dusver in die twee lande aangeteken. Die sentrums sê Suid-Afrika se leierskap weerspieël die […]
# The Electoral Commission has raised concerns over growing misinformation on social media about the management of elections, ahead of the local government elections on 4 November. The IEC has warned political parties against making false claims that could undermine the credibility of the electoral process. Electoral official Ntombifuthi Masinga has encouraged the public and […]
# The Forum for South Africa has expressed concern at public transport operator Putco’s latest fare increase. Putco will increase bus fares by an average of ten-percent from the first of June, fuelled by record-high diesel costs. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, says every increase in fares pushes thousands of commuters closer to economic exclusion:
# The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has welcomed South Africa’s 41.2-million-rand pledge to the Africa Epidemics Fund to support the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda’s response to the Ebola outbreak. Over 600 suspected cases were reported in the two countries so far, with 139 deaths. Africa CDC says South Africa’s leadership […]
# Union federation Cosatu says it is concerning that the Unemployment Insurance Fund has not shut down its old website. This has resulted in thousands of unemployed South Africans sending their UIF claims through an outdated online system. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela, says the old platform remains live and gives no indication that it is […]
# Die vakbond GIWUSA vra die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee om volgende week die rentekoers te verlaag, al toon Statistiek Suid-Afrika se jongste inflasiesyfers dit het verlede maand van 3,1- tot vier-persent verhoog. GIWUSA se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê brandstofprys-skokke het die energie-deel van inflasie baie hoër laat styg en daarom is prysbeheer nodig:
# Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, sê die vraagstuk van vreemdelingehaat en onwettige immigrasie moet beslissend hanteer word. Veldtogte van groepe wat teen onwettige immigrasie en misdaad gekant is, het die afgelope paar maande in felheid toegeneem. Verskeie politieke partye en burgerlike organisasies, soos March and March, het gister ‘n betoging teen ongedokumenteerde […]
# General Industries Workers Union of South Africa is urging the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to cut the interest rate next week. This comes as the latest inflation figures from Statistics South Africa have come in at the upper limit of the one-percentage-point tolerance band of SARB’s new three-percent inflation target. GIWUSA […]
