# Rugby: Rea Vaya will operate special services for fans attending Saturday’s Springboks versus All Blacks match at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. Event buses will run from several routes to the stadium from 1 pm, with return services operating every five minutes after the match until 8 pm. Fans are encouraged to plan their […]
# Statistics South Africa says retail trade sales increased by 1.6-percent in June. The biggest contributors were other retailers and general dealers, which both recorded growth. However, seasonally adjusted sales fell by 0.6-percent compared with May. Between April and June, retail sales increased by 1.7-percent compared with the same period last year. Stats SA’s Raquel […]
# Business for South Africa is shifting its focus to key sectors including mining, agriculture, tourism, hospitality and infrastructure. This follows the launch of phase three of the government-business partnership. The business organisation’s Martin Kingston says the government needs to achieve economic growth of more than three percent to make a meaningful impact on youth […]
# The DA has urged Parliament to hold Eskom and regulators accountable over pollution at the Kusile power station in Mpumalanga. According to the party, a Supreme Court of Appeal judgment found that pollution limits were breached and enforcement was weak. The DA’s Kevin Mileham wants an urgent joint parliamentary hearing to establish whether the […]
# Statistics South Africa says civil debt summonses fell by 0.8-percent between April and June compared with the same period last year. However, debt judgements increased by 9.9-percent. Stats SA’s Vhonani Kwinda says the figures suggest that although fewer new debt summonses were issued, more debt cases resulted in court judgements and the amounts involved […]
# Union federation Cosatu, Solidarity, the Canning Fruit Producers’ Association, together with fruit producers, are calling on Premier Foods to keep its Tulbagh fruit canning factory in the Western Cape open. Cosatu’s Malvern de Bruyn says the closure would affect 424 factory workers, hundreds of fruit producers and thousands of other people whose livelihoods depend […]
# Die uitvoerende hoof van Discovery, Adrian Gore, sê Suid-Afrika moet ekonomiese groei van minstens drie-persent behaal om werk te skep en werkloosheid te verminder. Gore het tydens die bekendstelling van fase drie van die vennootsksp tussen die regering en nywerhede in Johannesburg gesê vordering is gemaak met die beëindiging van beurtkrag, die verbetering van […]
# Statistiek Suid-Afrika sê kleinhandelverkope het in Junie met 1,6-persent gestyg. Die grootste bydraers was ander kleinhandelaars en algemene handelaars, wat albei groei aangeteken het. Seisoensaangepaste verkope het egter met 0,6-persent gedaal in vergelyking met Mei. Tussen April en Junie het kleinhandelverkope met 1,7-persent gestyg vergeleke met dieselfde tydperk verlede jaar. Raquel Floris van Statistiek […]
# Business for South Africa verskuif nou sy fokus na sleutelsektore, insluitend mynbou, landbou, toerisme, gasvryheidsektor en infrastruktuur. Dit volg na die bekendstelling van fase drie van die regering-nywerheidsvennootskap. Martin Kingston van die handels-organisasie sê die regering moet ekonomiese groei van meer as drie-persent behaal om ‘n betekenisvolle impak op jeugwerkloosheid te maak. Kingston sê […]
