# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says the latest gross domestic product figures are a red alert of an economic catastrophe unfolding. South Africa’s economy contracted by 0.2-percent in the second quarter of this year, with three key industrial sectors, mining, manufacturing and trade, pushing national growth into negative territory. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says […]
# Israel se eerste minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is blykbaar enkele dae voor die aanval op 7 Oktober 2023 deur president Mohammed bin Zayed van die Verenigde Arabiese Emirate gewaarsku dat Hamas ʼn groot aanval op Israel beplan. Dit was die dodelikste aanval in Israel se geskiedenis, waarin meer as een-duisend-200 mense vermoor en meer as […]
# Union federation COSATU is demanding urgent action by government and the private sector following the latest gross domestic product growth report. South Africa’s GDP declined 0.2-percent in the second quarter of this year, after recording 0.4-percent growth in the first quarter. The decline comes largely against the backdrop of the outbreak of war in […]
# The Western Cape government has joined forces with Nedbank to protect vulnerable homeowners while expanding strategic housing interventions. The initiative has already identified 278 households facing financial strain, with 48 applications approved to a total value of over 6.4-million-rand. Infrastructure MEC Tertius Simmers says that overall, the expanded programme is expected to affect 158 bonds […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, het inligting van die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid se hoof, Leonard Lekgetho, ontvang oor ondersoeke na beweerde wanadministrasie, bedrog en korrupsie in die naskoolse onderwys- en opleiding-sektor. Meer as twee-miljard-rand van die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente is teruggevind by universiteite en kolleges. Woordvoerder Matshepo Seedat sê […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA has welcomed the landmark protocol that grants South African cherry producers access to the Chinese market for the first time. China is the world’s largest importer of cherries, having imported cherries valued at 52.8-billion-rand in 2025. Under the Framework Agreement on Economic Partnership for Shared Development, South Africa has zero-percent […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê Ekurhuleni se kleinkind-ontwikkelingsprogram is ʼn goeie voorbeeld hoe miljoene rand aan infrastruktuur bestee word sonder dat al die gemeenskappe bereik word wat veronderstel is om daarby te baat. Die oorspronklike boukoste van die drie sentrums in Vosloorus, Edenpark en Tsakane beloop sowat 57,4-miljoen-rand. Marlize Herbst van die VF Plus sê […]
# Sokker: Jose Mourinho se terugkeer na die Kampioeneliga het goed begin met Real Madrid wat Inter Milan met 2-1 op die Santiago Bernabeu geklop het. Die Fanse kaptein, Mbappe, is met 71 doele nou in die gesamentlike vyfde plek op die lys van die beste doelskieters vir die Kampioeneliga en die Europese Beker. Erling […]
# Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo says South Africa’s removal from the Financial Action Task Force’s greylist does not mean every weakness in the system has been resolved. He says this is why government is currently conducting national assessments of the risks associated with money-laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing. South Africa was removed from […]
