# The City of Cape Town has added 418-thousand jobs over the current local government term, more than the next four largest metros combined: Johannesburg, eThekwini, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni. This is according to Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey data from quarter one 2022 to the latest quarter two 2026. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says […]
# Union federation Cosatu says it supports the South African National Petroleum Company Bill as it could help unlock jobs in the gas, petroleum and energy sectors. The bill provides for the establishment of a state-owned company, giving effect to the Cabinet decision of 10 June 2020 to merge PetroSA, South African Gas Development Company […]
# Die voorspraakgroepe AfriForum en March and March het ooreengekom om regsake van gemeenskaplike belang gesamentlik aan te pak en mekaar te ondersteun oor kwessies rondom die oppergesag van die reg, die stryd teen misdaad en onwettige migrasie. Die leierskap van die twee groepe het gister vergader. AfriForum se uitvoerende hoof, Kallie Kriel, sê hulle […]
# Oekraïne se voormalige minister van Verdediging, Mykhailo Fedorov, vra dat ʼn oorlogstyd-presidentsverkiesing gehou word en sê ʼn demokrasie kan nie deur Rusland gyselaar gehou word nie. Die 35-jarige Fedorov se afdanking verlede maand het opslae gemaak. Hy het volgens berigte weer lewe geblaas in die ministerie, ʼn veldtog teen korrupsie gelei en data gebruik […]
# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero has called for a stronger partnership between City Power and communities to address the persistent electricity challenges affecting Alexandra. City Power has 40-thousand registered electricity customers in Alexandra, but only around one-thousand-600 are actively purchasing electricity. Morero says the metro cannot introduce a blanket or flat electricity rate for Alexandra, […]
# Sokker: Die uitvoerende hoof van die Engelse Premierliga, Richard Masters, het aangesluit by oproepe dat FIFA se president moet bedank. Gianni Infantino is ernstig gekritiseer oor sy mislukte plan om aandele in kompetisies aan privaat beleggers te verkoop. Verskeie federasies het hul steun vir hom onttrek voor Maart se presidentsverkiesing. Masters het aan Sky […]
# Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, has welcomed the Public Protector’s findings on systemic inefficiencies at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. A damning report by Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka found that 40-thousand eligible students were left unfunded, despite a three-billion-rand allocation between 2024 and 2027 aimed at supporting the missing middle. The […]
# Die sosialemedia-reus, Meta, sê hy het meer as ʼn miljoen rekeninge van kinders jonger as 13 onaktief gemaak. Nege-en-twintig Amerikaanse state dagvaar Meta, en beweer hy versamel gereeld sonder toestemming van ouers, en in oortreding van federale en staatswette, inligting van kinders jonger as 13. Die verhoor het gister in ʼn federale hof in Kalifornië […]
# Tennis: World number one Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus needed just 54-minutes to defeat China’s Wang Xinyu, 6-1, 6-3, and book her place in the Cincinnati Open round of 16. 2023 champion Coco Gauff secured her spot in the fourth round after a 6-1, 7-6 win over fellow American Ann Li. In the men’s draw, […]
