# The National Employers’ Association of South Africa will not comply with the government’s racial quotas, saying it won’t tolerate discrimination on the grounds of race and gender. The High Court in Pretoria recently dismissed NEASA and Sakeliga’s application for an interdict against the new employment equity quotas. The Employment Equity targets enforce race-based targets across skilled, […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologieë het kommer uitgespreek oor die 12,3-persent afname in indiensneming in die telekommunikasie-, uitsaai- en possektor. Die parlementêre ekonomiese groepering het die media gister ingelig. Die komiteevoorsitter, Khusela Sangoni Diko, sê hierdie daling weerspieël groter ekonomiese druk, maar beklemtoon ook strukturele swakhede in die sektor. Sy sê […]
# The Green Connection and Natural Justice have expressed concern at TotalEnergies’ proposal to drill seven new exploratory oil wells in the Deep Water Orange Basin-South. This is approximately 211 kilometres off the coast of Saldanha in the Western Cape. Green Connection’s Shahil Singh says if approved, this project would involve drilling at depths of up to three-thousand-900 meters, […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Vakbondfederasie, Saftu, het die Departement van Indiensneming en Arbeid se besluit veroordeel om die Kode van Goeie Praktyk oor Afdanking in die Staatskoerant af te kondig. Die nuwe Kode verskaf riglyne aan werkgewers, werknemers en andere oor hulle wetlike verpligtings vir die beëindiging van indiensneming ingevolge die Wet op Arbeidsverhoudings. Saftu se […]
# Die EFF sê hy het amptelik ʼn privaat wetsontwerp by die Nasionale Vergadering ingedien om alkohol-advertensies te verbied. Die Drank-wysigingswet wil die Drankwet van 2003 wysig. Buiten ʼn verbod op advertensies, wil die wetsontwerp ook keer dat handelsmerk-elemente, maatskappyname of borgskappe wat met drank verband hou, by georganiseerde byeenkomste gebruik word. Die EFF maan […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dion George, says South Africa’s fishing industry has secured access to export fish and fish products from listed fisheries to the US beyond January 2026. NOAA Fisheries’ determination recognises that South Africa’s regulatory programme for the protection of marine mammals is comparable in effectiveness to that of […]
# Die direkteur-generaal van die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, het Suid-Afrika geprys vir sy leierskap te midde van groot ontwrigtings wat veroorsaak is deur die besnoeiings in hulp. Hy het ‘n boodskap van ondersteuning vir die 12de SA VIGS-konferensie virtueel gelewer. Tot 70 persent van die Amerikaanse president se noodplan vir VIGS-verligting-befondsing wat tot dusver […]
# The Forum for South Africa has welcomed the breakthrough made by the KwaZulu-Natal Political Killings Task Team linked to the 121 political killings dockets. Two murder suspects linked to the killing of a land activist, Xolani Ndlovu-Ntombela, in 2022 have been arrested. They have been charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and possession of […]
The headlines of the leading newspapers on 09 September 2025: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Reports president Cyril Ramaphosa has urged Brics to finalise an economic strategy aimed at boosting trade and investment between the bloc’s countries as a way to counter increasing protectionist measures and global economic uncertainty. # And the Netwerk24 website: Reports on […]
