# Vrouemaand eindig vandag en Inyathelo vereer die buitengewone vroueleiers, aktiviste en maatskaplike werkers wat die ruggraat van Suid-Afrika se burgerlike samelewing vorm. Suid-Afrika se sektor vir organisasies sonder winsbejag bestaan uit bykans 300-duisend geregistreerde organisasies, met vroue wat na raming tussen 65- en 70-persent van die arbeidsmag vorm. Feryal Domingo van Inyathelo sê die […]
# The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 2026 Business Environment Survey shows that strict labour legislation and regulatory compliance are among the biggest obstacles to economic growth. The survey of 369 businesses indicates that almost 80-percent of large employers, with more than 200 staff, rated labour laws as a serious constrains, highlighting skills shortages […]
# South African motorists are facing more huge fuel-price increases on Wednesday, with petrol and diesel prices rising sharply. Petrol prices will increase by around one-rand-34-cents-per-litre, while diesel prices will increase by between two-rand-93- and three-rand-14-cents-per-litre. The increases are being driven by higher international oil prices and a weaker rand. The latest hikes will add […]
# Tennis: South Africa’s best player, Lloyd Harris, will face tenth-seeded Frenchman Arthur Fils or unseeded Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round of the US Open. He qualified for the tournament before beating local player Jack Kennedy in straight sets in the first round. Twenty-nine-year-old Harris’ best performance in the tournament was reaching the […]
# Krieket: Die Protea-snelbouler, Kagiso Rabada, is in ‘n wedloop teen tyd gewikkel om betyds fiks te wees vir die tuisreeks van drie toetse teen Australië in Oktober. Hy het sy regter-agterkniesening beseer tydens oefening vir sy plaaslike span, die Lions. Rabada is reeds onttrek van die eendagreeks teen Australië, wat volgende maand begin. Krieket […]
# Die R521 in Limpopo naby die Vivo-aansluiting bly gesluit nadat ‘n vragmotor geknipmes het. Woordvoerder van die Departement van Vervoer en Gemeenskapsveiligheid, Mashudu Mabata, sê verkeersbeamptes is op die toneel en herlei die verkeer na die skouer van die pad om na en van Alldays en Louis Trichardt te reis. Mabata vra motoriste om […]
# Forum for South Africa condemns municipalities for charging residents who installed boreholes after it failed to provide reliable water. Spokesperson Tebogo Mashilompane says it is unacceptable to punish residents for finding their own solutions to a basic service failure. He says residents should not pay for drilling, pumps and maintenance only to face an […]
# Fourteen municipalities risk electricity supply interruptions from Eskom if they fail to conclude distribution agreements by tomorrow. The National Treasury says none of the municipalities has signed a Distribution Agency Agreement with Eskom. The municipalities owe Eskom substantial amounts, with total municipal debt reaching 119-billion-rand. The agreements would see Eskom temporarily take over electricity […]
# Oudpresidente Jacob Zuma en Thabo Mbeki het hulle Konstitusionele Hof-aansoek verloor om regter Sisi Khampepe te dwing om te onttrek as voorsitter van die ondersoek na Waarheids- en Versoeningskommissie-sake. Zuma en Mbeki het aangevoer Khampepe se vorige WVK- en vervolgingsrolle maak haar partydig. Die hof het haar besluit bekragtig om nie te onttrek nie, […]
