# Die Suider-Afrikaanse Agri Inisiatief het boere aangespoor om vroeg voor te berei vir ‘n moontlike droë plantseisoen in 2026/2027. Dit volg na waarskuwings van hoër temperature en droogte wat verband hou met El Niño-toestande. Die voorsitter van Saai, Theo de Jager, sê boere moet hul aanplantings, begrotings en watergebruik noukeurig beplan, en moet ook […]
# Trade union Solidarity has welcomed the extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act until the end of 2028. However, the union is concerned that South Africa could be excluded from the programme. It warns losing AGOA access could hurt the car and farming industries and cost thousands of jobs. Solidarity’s Jaco Kleynhans urged […]
# The African Transformation Movement says president Cyril Ramaphosa has failed to deliver on his promise to hire ten-thousand additional labour inspectors. The party’s Zama Ntshona says more than six months after the promise, no new inspectors have been appointed. Ntshona is calling on the government to speed up recruitment and also increase the number […]
# Die vakbond Solidariteit het die verlenging van die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika tot die einde van 2028 verwelkom. Die vakbond is egter bekommerd Suid-Afrika kan van die program uitgesluit word. Hy waarsku die verlies van AGOA-toegang kan die motor- en landboubedrywe benadeel en duisende werksgeleenthede kos. Jaco Kleynhans van Solidariteit het […]
# Die African Transformation Movement sê president Cyril Ramaphosa het nie sy belofte nagekom om tien-duisend bykomende arbeidsinspekteurs aan te stel nie. Zama Ntshona van die party sê meer as ses maande na die belofte is geen nuwe inspekteurs aangestel nie. Ntshona doen ‘n beroep op die regering om werwing te bespoedig en ook die […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure deputy minister Sihle Zikalala says the construction industry should use new technology to improve safety and project delivery. Speaking at the built environment summit in Cape Town, Zikalala said drones, artificial intelligence and data systems can help detect risks early and improve inspections. He added AI should improve productivity rather […]
# Die adjunkminister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Sihle Zikalala, sê die konstruksiebedryf moet nuwe tegnologie gebruik om veiligheid en projeklewering te verbeter. Zikalala het tydens die beraad oor die bou-omgewing in Kaapstad gesê hommeltuie, kunsmatige intelligensie en datastelsels kan help om risiko’s vroeg op te spoor en inspeksies te verbeter. Hy sê KI moet […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika moet voortgaan om waarheid en geregtigheid na te streef vir die anti-apartheidsaktivis Nokuthula Simelane, wat meer as 40 jaar gelede deur die veiligheidspolisie gedurende die apartheidsjare ontvoer en gemartel is en nooit gevind is nie. Ramaphosa het tydens die intreerede van die Nokuthula Simelane-gedenklesing aan die Universiteit van Mpumalanga gesê […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa must continue seeking truth and justice for anti-apartheid activist Nokuthula Simelane, who was abducted and tortured by apartheid security police more than 40 years ago and has never been found. Speaking at the inaugural Nokuthula Simelane Memorial Lecture at the University of Mpumalanga, Ramaphosa said her family deserves […]
