# The Food and Allied Workers Union calls upon government to urgently address the broader structural challenges confronting the South African sugar industry. FAWU’s spokesperson, Dominique Martin says the state has a responsibility to protect local production, decent employment and the country’s industrial capacity from destructive import competition and policies that contribute to deindustrialisation. She […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources says South Africa needs a regulatory framework that protects the environment and the rights of affected communities, while providing investors with sufficient certainty to undertake responsible exploration. The Constitutional Court has blocked Shell and Impact Africa’s offshore exploration activities along the country’s Wild Coast. The committee […]
# Die Soil of Africa-beweging sê die debat oor migrasie moet verder strek as die vals keuse tussen die beskerming van Suid-Afrikaners of buitelandse burgers. Woordvoerder Luzuko Sofute sê Suid-Afrikaners is bekommerd oor ongedokumenteerde migrante, die druk op openbare dienste, werksgeleenthede, misdaad, korrupsie en die integriteit van die land se immigrasiestelsel. Hy sê hierdie kommer […]
# The South African Revenue Service has released its value-added tax modernisation consultation paper, kicking off a public consultation process to transition the country toward a digital, near-real-time VAT administration system. SARS proposes an online VAT model that integrates e-invoicing and e-reporting to reposition VAT administration for the economy, make compliance easier and strengthen oversight. […]
# A University of Cape Town study has found South Africa’s stokvels could become an important platform for improving nutrition and food security in low-income communities. Funded by the International Research Development Centre, the study examined how grocery stokvels influence food purchasing and nutrition-related decisions in two low-income Cape Town communities, Dunoon and Khayelitsha. The […]
# The Soil of Africa Civic Movement says the debate on migration must move beyond the false choice between protecting South Africans and protecting foreign nationals. The movement’s spokesperson, Luzuko Sofute says South Africans have concerns about undocumented migrants, pressure on public services, employment opportunities, crime, corruption and the integrity of the country’s immigration system. […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse polisie het ʼn 16-jarige tiener van Malmesbury aangekeer in verband met ʼn internasionale netwerk wat kinders seksueel misbruik. Dit volg op ʼn gesamentlike operasie deur die Amerikaanse Federale Ondersoekburo, die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens se nasionale ondersoekspan vir Elektroniese en Reeksmisdade, die Amerikaanse ambassade en die nasionale sentrum vir vermiste en uitgebuite kinders. Polisiewoordvoerder […]
# Electrician Andrew “Benji” Benjamin from Kimberley in the Northern Cape has been crowned the winner of MasterChef South Africa’s Season 6, taking home one-million-rand. The 40-year-old home cook beat Durban’s Candice Meth in the tense finale. Benjamin, who works as a high-voltage electrician, won viewers and judges over with his calm approach and cooking […]
# Die MK-party se eerste adjunkpresident, Duduzane Zuma, het die voortdurende leierskapsveranderinge verdedig en sê dit behoort meer vertroue by kiesers in te boesem. Partyleier Jacob Zuma het sy seun vroeër die maand regstreeks onder hom in die partystruktuur geplaas. Verskeie senior partyleiers is verwyder of verskuif, insluitend John Hlophe wat as eerste adjunkpresident vervang […]
