# Die Adjunk-minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Andrew Whitfield, sê die klerasie- en tekstielsektor speel ‘n kritieke rol in Suid-Afrika se ekonomiese herstel en herindustrialisasie. Die regering beoog om 100-duisend nuwe werksgeleenthede in vervaardiging te skep en wil uitvoere in die vervaardigingsektor met 4,1-persent opstoot. Whitfield sê die departement doen alles wat nodig is […]
# Die Nasionale Energiereguleerder van Suid-Afrika sê een-duisend-971 elektrisiteitsopwekkings-aanlegte is suksesvol geregistreer sedert die bekendstelling van sy registrasieveldtog in 2018. Die gesamentlike vermoë hiervan is 12-duisend-737 megawatt. Nersa se woordvoerder, Charles Hlebela, sê 160 nuwe opwekkingsaanlegte is in die vierde kwartaal van die 2024/25-boekjaar geregistreer, wat twee-duisend-187 megawatt lewer en ‘n beleggingswaarde van 41,94-miljard-rand het:
# Die Klimaatgeregtigheidkoalisie sê hy ondersteun die oproep dat Israelse aanvalle op Gaza gestaak word, dat die sogenaamde volksmoord gestaak word en die stryd vir ʼn vry Palestina voortgaan. Duisende aktiviste en gesondheidwerkers uit verskeie lande het gister in Egipte bymekaar gekom vir die opmars na Gaza. Die koalisie se woordvoerder, Tara Nair van Ryneveld, […]
# The Climate Justice Coalition says war is not only a human rights crisis, but it is a climate crisis. Research by the Climate and Community Project shows that carbon emissions from just the first 60 days of Israel’s 2023 war on Gaza exceeded the annual emissions of over 30 countries, mostly among the world’s […]
# Deputy minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition, Andrew Whitfield, says the clothing and textile sector has a critical role to play in South Africa’s economic recovery and re-industrialisation efforts. The government is targeting the creation of 100-thousand new direct jobs in manufacturing, and a 4.1-percent growth in manufacturing exports. Whitfield says the department is […]
# The Public Servants Association has condemned the proposed establishment of the South African State Digital Infrastructure Company. The state-owned entity is aimed at consolidating fibre networks from Sentech, Broadband Infraco, Transnet, Eskom and others. PSA’s spokesperson, Claude Naiker, says a new entity will place an additional financial strain on taxpayers already burdened by poor […]
# Cosatu says it is underwhelmed by the Free Market Foundation’s latest tirade opposing any attempts by government and society to transform and deracialise the economy, including through Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment. A new study by the foundation and the Solidarity Research Institute reveals that B-BBEE policies are costing the country’s economy up to 290-billion-rand per […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare sê hy is uiters bekommerd oor die gevolge van erge oorstromings in die Oos-Kaap. Die dodetal het tot meer as 70 gestyg terwyl sowat tien-duisend mense ontheem is. Een-en-sestig van die sterftes was in Mthatha en omliggende gebiede. Die vakbond se woordvoerder, Claude Naiker, sê die ramp beklemtoon die dringende […]
# The National Energy Regulator of South Africa says since the introduction of its registration of electricity generation facilities in 2018, it has successfully registered a total of one-thousand-971 generation facilities. This is a combined capacity of 12-thousand-737 megawatts. Nersa’s spokesperson, Charles Hlebela, says in the fourth quarter of the 2024/2025 financial year, 160 new […]
