# Build One South Africa deputy leader, Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster, has been picked as the party’s Johannesburg mayoral candidate, ahead of the local government elections in November. BOSA says she will lead the party’s campaign to provide Johannesburg residents with principled and capable leadership focused on building a metro that works. Hlazo-Webster says she is making […]
# South Africa and Rwanda have agreed to reset relations, restoring a decade of strained diplomatic ties. This follows high-level bilateral talks between minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola and Rwanda’s minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, in Pretoria yesterday. Relations between the two countries deteriorated in 2014, when restrictions […]
# FNB senior economist Koketso Mano says any prolonged disruption to physical supplies of energy provides key near-term upside risk. South Africa’s consumer inflation rate rose to 4.5-percent in May this year, up from 4.0-percent in April. This marks the highest annual rate recorded since July 2024, when inflation stood at 4.6-percent. Mano says the […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on faith-based organisations to play a central role in calming rising tensions over migration and strengthening South Africa’s National Dialogue process. He held a special meeting with religious leaders at the Union Buildings in Pretoria yesterday. Ramaphosa warned that frustration over economic hardship must not be allowed to fuel […]
# US president Donald Trump says the Iran deal is not final. The agreement, which is set to be signed in Switzerland tomorrow, lays out the terms of the ceasefire, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and some financial relief for Tehran. Speaking during the final day of the G7 summit in France, Trump […]
# Organised Labour says migrants should not be blamed for South Africa’s economic problems. They believe unemployment and poverty are caused by economic failure, corruption and weak governance. The union federations warn that rising anti-migrant sentiment is dividing workers and must not lead to violence or vigilantism. Union federation Saftu’s General Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, has […]
# Georganiseerde arbeid sê migrante moet nie blameer word vir Suid-Afrika se ekonomiese probleme nie. Die sektor glo werkloosheid en armoede word veroorsaak deur ekonomiese mislukkings, korrupsie en swak regering. Vakbondfederasies waarsku toenemende anti-migrantesentiment verdeel werkers en mag nie tot geweld of vergeldingsaanvalle lei nie. Die algemene sekretaris van die vakbondfederasie Saftu, Zwelinzima Vavi, het […]
# Die SA Suikerrietkewekers het ‘n ooreenkoms tussen die Nywerheidsontwikkelingskorporasie en die Vision-konsortium verwelkom om die sakeredding van Tongaat Hulett te befonds. Die ooreenkoms bied korttermynfinansiering en trek die likwidasie-aansoek terug, wat die maatskappy toelaat om voort te gaan met bedrywighede terwyl ‘n reddingsplan geïmplementeer word. Die voorsitter van die organisasie, Higgins Mdluli, sê Tongaat […]
# The Western Cape Education Department has suspended a grade ten learner following the death of a fellow learner at Bellville South High School in Cape Town. The learner died last week in hospital after allegedly being assaulted in a classroom following an attempted cellphone theft. The department’s Bronagh Hammond says disciplinary action will follow […]
