# Union GIWUSA is concerned that manufacturing has declined by 0.8-percent in the first quarter of this year. Union president Mametlwe Sebei says every percentage point decline in manufacturing translates directly into job losses across supply chains, transport, wholesale trade, maintenance, security, cleaning, and catering. He says the 0.8-percent decline in a single quarter, sustained […]
# Die onafhanklike veebedryfsgroep, FMD Response SA, het die regering versoek om dringend miljoene bek-en-klouseer-entstofdosisse beskikbaar te stel aan privaat veeartse. Die groep sê uitbrekings versprei steeds en bedreig veeproduksie en landelike voortbestaan. Woordvoerder Andrew Morphew sê Suid-Afrika verwag 14-miljoen entstofdosisse, maar slegs sowat 4,4-miljoen beeste is tot dusver ingeënt. Hy voer aan breër deelname […]
# Die Nigeriese regering sal vandag begin om die eerste groep van 500 Nigeriese burgers uit Suid-Afrika te ontruim. Owerhede sê die repatriasieprogram sal ten volle befonds word, met ontvangs- en herintegrasiemaatreëls in plek vir diegene wat terugkeer huis toe. Die eerste vlug sal vanaand vanaf die OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe vertrek en Donderdagoggend in […]
# Independent livestock industry group, FMD Response SA, has called on government to urgently release millions of foot-and-mouth-disease vaccine doses directly to private veterinarians. It says outbreaks continue to spread, threatening livestock production and rural livelihoods. Spokesperson Andrew Morphew says South Africa is expecting 14-million vaccine doses, but only about 4.4-million cattle have been vaccinated […]
# Union federation COSATU has welcomed the launch of Eskom Green. The dedicated renewable energy business is designed to accelerate the development of utility-scale renewable energy projects. Spokesperson Matthew Parks says COSATU however remains deeply opposed to any unbundling of Eskom as this threatens its ability to provide energy security. He says Eskom’s entry into […]
# The Nigerian government will begin evacuating the first group of 500 Nigerian nationals from South Africa today. Authorities say the repatriation programme will be fully funded, with reception and reintegration measures in place for those returning home. The first flight is scheduled to depart from OR Tambo International Airport this evening and arrive in […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens en die Valke het op 30 blokke kokaïen by die Durbanse hawe beslag gelê. Dit volg dae na beslag gelê is op ʼn groot dwelmbesending by dieselfde hawe toe sowat 90 kilogram kokaïen gevind is wat op vragmotors van Brasilië versteek was. ʼn Valke-woordvoerder, Katlego Mogale, sê na intelligensie-geleide risikoprofiel-samestelling en […]
# The South African Revenue Service, together with the Hawks have seized 30 bricks of cocaine at the port of Durban. This comes days after a major seizure at the same port, where about 90 kilograms of cocaine hidden in trucks from Brazil was confiscated. Hawks spokesperson, Katlego Mogale, says through intelligence-led risk profiling and […]
# Die DA het die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, veroordeel omdat hy nie gister tydens die voorlegging van sy begroting verwys het na die gebrek aan verkragting-toetsstelle nie. Logistiek en verskaffingsketting-mislukkings belemmer die beskikbaarheid by polisiestasies en spesialis-eenhede. Woordvoerder Nicholas Gotsell sê die feit dat die stelle nie by polisiestasies of eenhede vir […]
