# A Canadian guest has been fatally wounded in the Kruger National Park last night. The incident happened at a concession-operated picnic area in the vicinity of Phabeni Gate. SANParks spokesperson JP Louw says a private guide attached to the concession operator allegedly accidentally discharged a firearm, resulting in the fatal injury of the 69-year-old guest. […]
# Union federation Cosatu has welcomed the Industrial Development Corporation and Vision Group’s rescue package to save sugar giant, Tongaat Hulett. This preserves an estimated 250-thousand jobs across the sugar value chain. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says the potential liquidation of the massive South African company and cornerstone of the KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga economies would have […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu betoog môre landwyd teen stygende lewenskoste. Hy sê werkers kan nie meer byhou nie en daar moet opgetree word voor dit te laat is. Woordvoerder Zanele Sabela sê die afgelope maande se verdubbeling van brandstofpryse en werkers wat meer as 40-persent van hul inkomste aan vervoer bestee, veroorsaak dat mense breekpunt […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa has expressed concern at the latest inflation figures. The country’s consumer inflation rate rose to 4.5-percent in May this year, up from 4.0-percent in April, marking the highest annual rate recorded since July 2024, when inflation stood at 4.6-percent. GIWUSA president, Mametlwe Sebei, says this exposes […]
# Die regering sê hy maak bestendige vordering met die toepassing van leefstyloudits en sewe van die land se nege provinsies het vooruitgang gemaak. Nakoming van die leefstyloudit-program was 61-persent in 2023, maar staan tans op 93-persent wat agt-duisend-982 senior amptenare dek. Die regering sê in Gauteng word 37-persent rekeningkundige beamptes wat geoudit is as […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa stel vandag die Mylpale vir Vrede-veldtog by die Uniegebou in Pretoria bekend om mylpale op die demokratiese reis te herdenk. Dit gaan oor die verering van die verlede om die toekoms te bemagtig. Woordvoerder Vincent Magwenya sê Suid-Afrika vier vanjaar betekenisvolle mylpale soos die 30ste herdenking van die aanvaarding van die […]
# Union federation Cosatu plans a national protest tomorrow against the rising cost of living, saying workers can no longer cope, and action must be taken before it’s too late. Spokesperson Zanele Sabela says with the doubling of fuel prices and workers spending about 40-percent of their wages on transport, people are approaching breaking point. […]
# Government says it is making steady progress in the enforcement of lifestyle audits, with seven of the country’s nine provinces having made some gains. Compliance with the lifestyle audit programme was sitting at 61-percent in 2023; however, compliance now stands at 93-percent covering eight-thousand-982 senior officials. Government says in Gauteng, 37-percent of accounting officers […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will officially launch the Milestones of Freedom campaign at the Union Buildings in Tshwane today, commemorating key milestones in South Africa’s democratic journey. The campaign will be held under the theme “Honouring the Past. Delivering the Future.” Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, says this year, the country observes significant and defining milestones, […]
