# Statistics South Africa says manufacturing production fell by 1.7-percent in June compared with the same month last year. The decline was mainly driven by weaker production in food and beverages, wood and paper products, and motor vehicles. Production increased slightly from May. Stats SA’s Nicolai Claassen says manufacturing sales also fell by 1.6-percent in […]
# The DA will lay criminal charges against what they call the least wanted terrible ten municipal managers. The six managers from the Free State, two from the Eastern Cape, and one each from North West and the Western Cape are accused of failing to submit financial statements. DA spokesperson Marina van Zyl says they […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika se metaal- en ingenieursektor het besondere veerkragtigheid getoon ondanks toenemende uitdagings. Hy het na knelpunte verwys tydens ‘n presidensiële sake-ontbyt van die Staal- en Ingenieursnywerheidsfederasie van Suider-Afrika in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Ramaphosa beklemtoon swak binnelandse aanvraag, logistieke beperkings, hoë elektrisiteitskoste, stuikelblokke in infrastruktuur, stygende invoer-mededinging, brose wêreldwye staalaanvraag en oortollige […]
# The Department of Defence and Military Veterans has come under fire in Parliament over delays in tackling the growing encroachment of informal settlements on military bases. The department says the land invasions threaten national security, military readiness, and critical infrastructure. During Parliament’s portfolio committee meeting, the EFF’s Carl Niehaus criticised the department for making […]
# Former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will ask for the withdrawal of corruption charges against her. She faces 12 corruption counts and a money-laundering charge after allegedly accpeting bribes while serving as Defence minister. Mapisa-Nqakula has consistently denied wrongdoing. The high Court in Pretoria postponed the case to next Thursday while the defence is […]
# Forum for South Africa is calling for urgent government intervention after Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela announced an estimated 15-billion-rand National Student Financial Aid Scheme funding shortfall across universities and TVET colleges. The forum’s spokesperson Tebogo Mashilompane says qualifying students should not be denied access to education because of financial or governance failures. He […]
# Almost two-thirds of South African commuters would choose trains if services were safe and reliable, according to the latest Commuter Report by the University of Cape Town. The survey found 59-percent of private car users and 62-percent of taxi and bus commuters would switch to rail. But only 0.6-percent of commuters currently use trains, […]
# Die Vrystaatse wetgewer werk saam met die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika en die Thabo Mbeki Afrika-skool vir Openbare en Internasionale Sake om demokratiese regering en openbare deelname te versterk. Dit val saam met die dertigjarige viering van Suid-Afrika se Grondwet, en is daarop gemik om grondwetlike opleiding, burgerlike betrokkenheid en gemeenskaps-deelname aan wetgewing te verbeter. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika se infrastruktuur-veldtog moet plaaslike nywerhede herbou en werk skep. Hy het tydens die Staal- en Ingenieurs-nywerheidsfederasie van Suider-Afrika se presidensiële nywerheidskonferensie in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, gesê elke infrastruktuurprojek moet plaaslike produksie-vermoë uitbrei, voorsieningskettings versterk, vaardighede ontwikkel en opkomende nywerhede ondersteun. Ramaphosa erken vervaardigers het moeilike bedryfsomstandighede, maar dring aan die […]
