# Build OneSouth Africa says key job-creating sectors are struggling. Statistics South Africa announced the country’s economy contracted by 0.2-percent in the second quarter, with trade, catering and accommodation down 1.9-percent, manufacturing down 1.8-percent and mining down three-percent. BOSA leader Musi Maimane says the government of national unity promised growth and stability, but the economy […]
# RISE Mzansi expressed concern over 4-thousand-500 pedestrian deaths recorded on South Africa’s major highways in the past three years. Spokesperson Makashule Gana says according to Transport Department data, the N2 recorded the highest fatalities at one-thousand-500, followed by the N1 with one-thousand-200, N3 with one-thousand and N4 with 800. He says South Africa’s road […]
# Die busonderneming Putco gaan 349 kontrakwerkers voltyds aanstel. Putco sê dit geld vir busbestuurders en kondukteurs, skoonmakers, werkswinkelpersoneel en bestuurders wat busse op depots verskuif. Die werknemers sal dus kwalifiseer vir voordele, insluitend pensioen- of voorsorgfondse en gesondheidsorg. Die vakbond Numsa verwelkom die besluit en sê dis ‘n oorwinning teen die toenemende gebruik van […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, vra matrieks om voor die sperdatum aansoek te doen by kolleges vir Tegniese en Beroeps-onderwys en -opleiding vir die volgende akademiese jaar. Die regering streef om hierdie kolleges as voorkeurkeuse te vestig vir jongmense wat verdere studies, werkgeleenthede of entrepreneurskap oorweeg. Woordvoerder Matshepo Seedat sê […]
# Nine conservation organisations from six Southern African countries have launched the Vulture Safe Zone Alliance to combat the sharp decline in vulture populations. The alliance includes BirdLife organisations in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, BirdWatch Zambia, Nature Tanzania and the Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi. Conservationists say poisoning, habitat loss and power-line collisions […]
# The managing director of BBF Safety Group, Ndlela Mazibuko, says Africa’s mineral wealth presents significant opportunities for economic development, beneficiation, technology and innovation. Speaking to Mining Weekly at the Electra Mining Africa Expo in Johannesburg, Mazibuko says the continent’s population of 1.4-billion creates strong consumer demand. Mazibuko says mining companies are under pressure from […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag weerlê bewerings oor soldate op ‘n opleidingsending in Kuba wat verplig word om sogenaamde vrywillige bydraes te maak om behoeftige Kubane te help. News24 berig senior soldate is na bewering onder druk geplaas om meer as 15-duisend-rand elk te skenk en junior offisiere meer as drie-duisend-rand elk. Die Weermag sê […]
# Industry players at the Electra Mining Expo held in Johannesburg have revealed that South Africa’s mining industry could miss out on the growing critical minerals boom due to skills shortages. The global shift towards electrification and clean energy is driving demand for minerals such as copper. Experts say urgent action is needed to address […]
# The National Union of Mineworkers pledged solidarity with the United Steelworkers strike at Sibanye-Stillwater operations in the United States and Canada. NUM’s Mpho Phakedi says 420 workers downed tools on 3 September at the Nye Mine and Columbus Metallurgical Complex after wage talks deadlocked. NUM accuses the company of pushing deep concessions that would […]
