# Die minister van Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologieë, Solly Malatsi, sê belegging in infrastruktuur in die kommunikasiesektor is die sleutel tot ekonomiese groei. Malatsi het op die 2025 Simposium oor Volhoubare Infrastruktuurontwikkeling in Kaapstad, die planne herhaal om breëbandinfrastruktuur na landelike gebiede uit te brei. Hy het bevestig vierde- en vyfde-generasie draadlose verbindings sal uitbrei […]
# NotInMyName International has expressed strong opposition to proposed amendments to South Africa’s tripple B-EE policy, warning they could undermine decades of economic redress. The movement raised alarm over reports suggesting the changes aim to ease Starlink’s market entry at the expense of empowerment goals. It called for full transparency, stakeholder consultation, and firm compliance […]
# Children’s rights activist Siyabonga Nzimande says cultural practices must never override children’s rights. This follows KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane’s report revealing seven-thousand-627 teenage pregnancies in eThekwini between April 2024 and April 2025. This included 154 girls aged ten to 14. She warned of the risk of abuse, HIV, and unsafe childbirth. Speaking to […]
# Build One South Africa sê die skerp styging in seksuele misdade toon die dringende behoefte om die nasionale register vir seksoortreders openbaar te maak. Die polisie se jongste misdaadstatistieke toon dat meer as 13-duisend seksuele oortredings aangemeld is, terwyl kontakaanrandings met 21-persent gestyg het. BOSA wil hê die register moet gedigitaliseer en met skole […]
# The DA says the Limpopo legislature’s plan to buy two luxury vehicles, a Mercedes-Benz GLC and a GLC Coupé, worth 6.5-million-rand for the speaker’s office, shows a clear disconnect from the reality of struggling residents. The party argues many people in the province face poor service delivery, crumbling roads, and high unemployment, while the […]
# Business Leadership South Africa versoek die regering om dringend aandag te skenk aan die mislukte logistieke stelsel om te verhoed dat ekonomiese herstel benadeel word. BLSA waarsku voortgesette probleme met hawens, spoor- en vervoerinfrastruktuur veroorsaak vertragings en toenemende koste vir ondernemings, wat ‘n bedreiging is vir groei, belegging en werkskepping. Die organisasie se uitvoerende […]
# Communications and Digital Technologies minister Solly Malatsi says investment in the communication sector’s infrastructure is key to economic growth. Speaking at the 2025 Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium in Cape Town, Malatsi reiterated plans to expand broadband infrastructure to rural areas. He confirmed that the rollout of fourth- and fifth-generation wireless will expand connectivity while […]
# ActionSA calls on president Cyril Ramaphosa to fire Employment and Labour minister Nomakhosazana Meth, for failing to tackle the growing unemployment crisis. The party says the latest quarterly labour force survey shows over 291-thousand jobs were lost in the first quarter of this year, the worst contraction since 2021. ActionSA’s Alan Beesley says keeping […]
# Cosatu sê hy sal met die betrokke Departemente vir Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologieë, sowel as Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, in gesprek tree om versekering te kry oor die voorgestelde beleidsrigting rondom ekwiteit-ekwivalente beleggingsprogramme in die IKT-sektor. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê swart ekonomiese bemagtiging bly noodsaaklik in Suid-Afrika wat steeds worstel met diepgewortelde […]
