# Werkloosheid in Suid-Afrika het met een persentasiepunt gestyg vanaf die vierde kwartaal verlede jaar tot die eerste kwartaal in 2025. Statistieke SA het aangekondig die Kwartaallikse Arbeidsmagopname toon ‘n afname van 291-duisend in die getal werkende mense en ‘n toename van 237-duisend in die getal werklose mense. Hierdie veranderings het veroorsaak dat die amptelike […]
# Die Afrika Vereniging van Voertuigvervaardigers, in samewerking met Afreximbank en die Afrika Vryhandelsgebied-sekretariaat, het die eerste Nywerheidsbeleid Uitvoerende Kortkursus bekendgestel by die Toyota Wessels Instituut vir Vervaardigingsstudies in KwaZulu-Natal. Hierdie negeweek-program het ten doel om senior regeringsamptenare van 19 Afrikalande toe te rus om beleide te ontwikkel wat motorvervaardigingsgeleenthede en nywerheidsontwikkeling op die vasteland […]
# The Department of Transport has extended the deadline for responses to its Request for Information on private sector participation in South Africa’s rail and port sectors to 30 May. The Department says that the extension follows overwhelming interest from stakeholders. The RFI focuses on key freight corridors, including those linking the Northern Cape to […]
# Die Afrika-spoorkonferensie wat in Sandton, Johannesburg begin het, bring meer as vyf-duisend afgevaardigdes van regoor die wêreld bymekaar. Die tweedaagse geleentheid is Afrika se grootste spoorwegkonferensie en verenig nywerheidsleiers, beleggers en regeringsverteenwoordigers om innovasie en transformasie te bevorder. Die konferensie, met 150 deskundige sprekers en 120 uitstallers, bevorder ekonomiese groei in die sektor, sowel […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has called for a united African voice ahead of the G20 Summit set to take place in November. Speaking at the Africa Travel Indaba in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, he said the summit is a major opportunity for the continent to promote its interests on the global stage. Mashatile added South Africa, […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has officially opened the Africa Travel Indaba in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, calling on Africans to choose, explore, and invest in the continent. Speaking at the Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Mashatile said the event, held under the theme ‘Unlimited Africa’, showcases Africa’s tourism potential and unity. He urged countries to embrace […]
# Statistics SA says the Quarterly Labour Force survey for the first quarter shows the number of people employed in the formal sector decreased by 245-thousand while informal sector employment increased by 17-thousand. The largest industry increases in employment were recorded in Transport, Finance and Utilities. Decreases in employment were recorded in Trade, Construction, Private […]
# The Episcopal Migration Ministries has announced it will terminate its decades-long refugee resettlement partnership with the US government following a directive to assist in relocating 49 Afrikaners granted refugee status. Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe cited the church’s commitment to racial justice, concerns over preferential treatment, and sidelining of at-risk groups like Afghan and Iraqi […]
# Unemployment in South Africa has increased by one percentage point from the fourth quarter of last year to the first quarter of 2025. Statistics SA announced the Quarterly Labour Force Survey shows there was a decrease of 291-thousand in the number of employed people, while there was an increase of 237-thousand in the number […]
