# The Congress of South African Trade Unions says it is troubling that the unemployment rate has increased to 32.9-percent in the first quarter of this year. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says Statistics SA’s report of three in four young people being unemployed is alarming and called for urgent reform to create employment opportunities. He calls […]
# Die DA sê vandag se gesamentlike parlementêre sitting tussen die portefeuljekomitees op Landbou en die Polisie is ’n deurslaggewende stap om landelike en plaasveiligheid aan te pak. Die party dring ook aan op geteikende optrede om veediefstal te bekamp, wat die landbousektor jaarliks meer as drie-miljard-rand kos. Willie Aucamp van die DA sê beter […]
# The DA says today’s joint parliamentary meeting between the portfolio committees on Agriculture and Police is a crucial step in addressing rural and farm safety. The party is also pushing for targeted actions to combat stock theft, which costs the agricultural sector over three-billion-rand annually. The DA’s Willie Aucamp says better cooperation between police […]
# Transnet Engineering het sy gewilligheid aangedui om vennootskappe met die privaatsektor te smee as deel van sy omkeerstrategie. Die afdeling het op ‘n Nywerheidsdag in Pretoria gesê die strategie is daarop gemik om Suid-Afrika se spoorweginfrastruktuur modern te maak deur sy spoorlyn-voorraad op te knap en onderhoudsdienste uit te brei. ‘n Sleutel-inisiatief sluit in […]
# Transnet Engineering has signaled willingness to forge private sector partnerships as part of its turnaround strategy. The division said during an Industry Day in Pretoria that the strategy aims to modernise South Africa’s rail infrastructure by refurbishing rolling stock and expanding maintenance services. A key initiative includes establishing a leasing company, LeaseCo, to provide […]
# ‘n Ekonoom van die Noordwes-Universiteit, Raymond Parsons, sê die nasionale begroting 3,0 van 21 Mei moet fokus op beleide wat ten minste drie-persent groei met werkskeppende ekonomiese sektore bevorder. Dit volg nadat Statistieke Suid-Afrika ’n styging van een persentasiepunt in werkloosheid in die eerste kwartaal aangekondig het. BBP-voorspellings is tot 1,5-persent verlaag en Parsons […]
# North West University economist, Raymond Parsons, says the national budget 3.0 of 21 May must focus on policies that drive at least three-percent job-rich economic growth. This follows a one-percentage point rise in unemployment in the first quarter, as announced by Stats SA. With GDP forecasts cut to 1.5-percent, Parsons says South Africa’s weak […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys, Nobuhle Nkabane, sê die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid se ondersoek na die Nasionale Vaardigheidsfonds sal help om sy rol as ‘n sleuteldrywer vir die bemagtiging van die jeug en vaardigheidsontwikkeling te herstel. President Cyril Ramaphosa het ‘n bevel onderteken vir ‘n ondersoek na beweerde korrupsie, wanbestuur en onreëlmatige aanstellings by die […]
# Higher Education minister Nobuhle Nkabane says the investigation into the National Skills Fund by the Special Investigating Unit will help restore its role as a key driver of youth empowerment and skills development. President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed a proclamation for a probe into alleged corruption, mismanagement, and irregular appointments at the fund since […]
