# The Food and Allied Workers Union calls upon government to urgently address the broader structural challenges confronting the South African sugar industry. FAWU’s spokesperson, Dominique Martin says the state has a responsibility to protect local production, decent employment and the country’s industrial capacity from destructive import competition and policies that contribute to deindustrialisation. She […]
# Die Amerikaanse gesant, Jared Kushner, sê Hamas kan binnekort ontwapen, maar Amerika sal verdere Israelse militêre optrede in Gaza steun indien dit nie gebeur nie. Hy en die Israelse eerste minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, het gister ooreengekom om twee werksgroepe te stig. Een sal fokus op ontwapening en verwydering van militêre infrastruktuur in Gaza, en […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources says South Africa needs a regulatory framework that protects the environment and the rights of affected communities, while providing investors with sufficient certainty to undertake responsible exploration. The Constitutional Court has blocked Shell and Impact Africa’s offshore exploration activities along the country’s Wild Coast. The committee […]
# Die Soil of Africa-beweging sê die debat oor migrasie moet verder strek as die vals keuse tussen die beskerming van Suid-Afrikaners of buitelandse burgers. Woordvoerder Luzuko Sofute sê Suid-Afrikaners is bekommerd oor ongedokumenteerde migrante, die druk op openbare dienste, werksgeleenthede, misdaad, korrupsie en die integriteit van die land se immigrasiestelsel. Hy sê hierdie kommer […]
# Mpumalanga police seized 630 kilograms of dagga worth more than four-million-rand in Tonga near the Eswatini border. Spokesperson Mpho Nonyane-Mpe says officials searched an articulated truck and trailer with Eswatini registration plates and discovered 49 bags of dagga. A suspect was arrested and detained. The truck, reportedly belonging to a logistics company based in […]
# Rugby: Die Springbokke se tegniese raadgewer, die voormalige toets-skeidsregter Jaco Peyper, sê aantygings oor die vertraging van die spel gebeur op stadions waar die lug dun is. Die All Blacks sê Suid-Afrikaanse spanne vertraag die spel doelbewus en ondermyn pogings om dit te versnel. Peyper sê spelers het 30 sekondes van die oomblik dat […]
# The South African Revenue Service has released its value-added tax modernisation consultation paper, kicking off a public consultation process to transition the country toward a digital, near-real-time VAT administration system. SARS proposes an online VAT model that integrates e-invoicing and e-reporting to reposition VAT administration for the economy, make compliance easier and strengthen oversight. […]
# Iran’s Foreign Ministry says talks with Oman regarding the Strait of Hormuz are continuing, but are prolonged due to the complexity of the issues and efforts by some actors to undermine the process. This comes as US president Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman if it interferes with efforts by his country in […]
# A University of Cape Town study has found South Africa’s stokvels could become an important platform for improving nutrition and food security in low-income communities. Funded by the International Research Development Centre, the study examined how grocery stokvels influence food purchasing and nutrition-related decisions in two low-income Cape Town communities, Dunoon and Khayelitsha. The […]
