# The Department of Health says government is committed to working closely with the pharmaceutical industry to strengthen the sector and support local production. Senior government officials and leaders from across South Africa’s pharmaceutical sector met earlier this week to discuss urgent industry challenges. The department’s spokesperson, Foster Mohale, says the meeting provided an opportunity […]
# Die vakbond, Saftu, sê die land se ekonomie word geteister deur hemelhoë werkloosheid, massa-armoede, ongelykheid, trae groei en dalende nywerheids-aktiwiteit. Inflasie het in Julie tot 4,3-persent gedaal teenoor vyf-persent in Junie. Asive Dyani van Saftu sê die medisyne wat voorgeskryf word vir ʼn inflasie-beperkende monetêre beleid, hoë rentekoerse en fiskale besuiniging, word toegedien aan […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Trade, Industry and Competition says it supports the work of the Competition Commission to address market misconduct, implement pro-competitive measures in heavily concentrated sectors, and promote competitive tech markets. The commission briefed the committee on the implications of the Constitutional Court’s judgement on the ongoing rand manipulation case involving 28 banks. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will host his Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa for the Fourth Session of the South Africa-Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission. The commission serves as a mechanism for managing and advancing the partnership between the two nations. To date, more than 33 agreements and memoranda of understanding have been concluded between the two countries. Today […]
# Die Kommissaris van Polisie in KwaZulu-Natal, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, sê Suid-Afrika se korrektiewe instellings is die broeiplek vir misdaad en bendes. Hy het gister die Parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Polisie ingelig as deel van ‘n beraad oor bendeverwante geweld. By die beraad was slagoffers van bendeverwante geweld, burgerlike organisasies, gemeenskaporganisasies en individue wat daagliks werk om […]
# Union federation Cosatu says it is heartened by the tentative fall in consumer price inflation to 4.3-percent in July, down from 5.0-percent in June. South Africa’s inflation rate slowed for the first time in five months in July, partly due to a steep drop in fuel costs. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says the war of aggression […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says the country has an economy scarred by world-beating unemployment, mass poverty, inequality, stagnant growth and declining industrial capacity. Headline inflation eased to 4.3-percent in July from 5.0-percent in June. Saftu’s Asive Dyani says the medicine prescribed for inflation- restrictive monetary policy, high interest rates, and fiscal […]
# Advokaat Thandazani Madonsela sê president Cyril Ramaphosa se teenkanting oor sy aanstelling as die Ampsklagkomitee se getuienisleier is nie op feite gebaseer nie. Ramaphosa maak beswaar teen Madonsela as getuienisleier en voer aan daar is botsende belange weens sy besluit in 2022 om hom van die Regterlike Dienskommissie te verwyder. Hy sê Madonsela het […]
The headlines of the leading newspapers on 20 August 2026: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Reports the DA MP Mark Burke has recused himself from Parliament’s Finance committee while the South African Reserve Bank investigates a company of which he is a beneficiary. Burke faces serious investigations over allegations that fintech company Kastelo moved four-billion-rand overseas […]
