# The Department of Trade Industry and Competition has urged South African exporters to collaborate to access international markets under the Block Exemption for Promotion of Exports. The framework allows qualifying businesses to share certain costs, infrastructure, market information and logistics, and jointly market goods where permitted. The department says the measure responds to rising […]
# ‘n Ipsos markpeiling studie toon byna een uit elke sewe Suid-Afrikaners sê hulle moes al van die werk, skool of universiteit wegbly omdat die vervoer te duur is. Die navorsing toon mense in die ouderdomsgroep van 25 tot 34 word die meeste geraak, met 23-persent wat aandui hulle het al om hierdie rede weggebly. […]
# Trade union Solidarity has launched an investigation into US company Amazon for allegedly excluding companies from a business development programme in South Africa based on their owners’ race. Amazon Web Services’ Equity Equivalent Investment Programme, which promotes diversity and inclusion, reportedly only accepts 100-percent black-owned businesses and disqualifies any company where a white person […]
# Die Foschini-groep het planne aangekondig om teen 2029 sowat 280 winkels reg oor Suid-Afrika, Brittanje en Australië te sluit na ‘n ernstige daling in wêreldwye kleinhandelbesteding. Die modereus, wat swaar getref is deur internasionale handelsmerk-verswakkings, waarsku dat sy verdienste per aandeel vir die volle jaar met tot 65-persent kan daal. Uitvoerende hoof Anthony Thunström […]
# The Foschini Group has announced plans to close about 280 stores across South Africa, the UK, and Australia by 2029 following a severe drop in global retail spending. The fashion giant, hit hard by international brand impairments, warns its full-year earnings per share could plunge by up to 65-percent. CEO Anthony Thunström says the […]
# Nearly one in seven South Africans say they have missed work, school or university because they could not afford transport. This is according to market research company Ipsos. The study shows the age group 25 to 34 reported the highest incidence of transport-related absenteeism at 23-percent. The Free State recorded the highest proportion at […]
# Pensioners of South Africa vra ouer persone, gemeenskapsorganisasies en ondersteuners om Maandag landwyd deel te neem aan vreedsame byeenkomste buite SASSA-kantore. Die stigter, Chef JC, sê hulle eis dat die toelaag vir ouer persone van twee-duisend-400-rand per maand tot vyf-duisend-rand verhoog word. Hy sê dit sal ʼn waardiger en leefbare vlak van ondersteuning vir […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum verwelkom die afdanking van die adjunkhoof van Misdaadintelligensie, Feroz Khan, en sê dit sal die Polisiediens se integriteit en geloofwaardigheid herstel. Sy afdanking volg nadat hy versuim het om voor ʼn interne tugverhoor te verskyn oor beweerde wangedrag. Die forum se woordvoerder, Dennis Bloem, sê dis bemoedigend om te sien […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile se skoonseun, Nceba Nonkwelo, het die 12,6-miljoen-rand wat hy aan die Gauteng Vennootskapfonds skuld, terugbetaal as deel van ‘n skikkingsooreenkoms. ‘n Reeks mediaberigte van News24 het aangevoer Nonkwelo Beleggings het tussen 2013 en 2017 lenings ter waarde sowat 30-miljoen-rand van die fonds ontvang vir die oprigting van studentebehuising in Johannesburg wat […]
