# Union federation SAFTU says mass unemployment destroys human potential, deepens poverty, and drives social crises. The unemployment rate rose to 33.6-percent in the second quarter, from 32.7-percent in the first. According to the latest quarterly labour force survey, there was an increase of 345-thousand unemployed persons to 8.5-million. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says the country’s […]
# ANC stalwart and former minister Naledi Pandor has expressed concern about the new private Afrikaans-only Akademia university campus being built in Pretoria. The new campus is being developed through a partnership between Solidarity and Kanton, with the total development cost expected to exceed three-billion-rand. It will cater for five-thousand full-time undergraduate students and one-thousand-500 […]
# Cosatu sê moedige en bepalende optrede is nodig om die land se werkloosheidskrisis te takel. Suid-Afrika se amptelike werkloosheidsyfer het met 0,9-persent gestyg van 32,7-persent in die eerste kwartaal vanjaar tot 33,6-persent in die tweede kwartaal. Cosatu-woordvoerder Matthew Parks sê die omvang van die krisis vereis ʼn aggressiewe stimuluspakket om die ekonomie aan die gang […]
# Die nasionale gesamentlike operasionele en intelligensiestruktuur, NATJOINTS, sê alle beskikbare hulpbronne is ontplooi om die veiligheid van 12 staats- en regeringshoofde te verseker wat die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap se beraad op 16 en 17 Augustus in Durban bywoon. Omvattende voorbereidings vir sekuriteit is reeds in plek by die Durban Internasionale Konvensiesentrum, en intelligensiestrukture monitor die […]
# Union federation Cosatu says bold and decisive action is needed to tackle the country’s unemployment crisis. South Africa’s official unemployment rate has increased by 0.9 percentage point from 32.7-percent in the first quarter of this year to 33.6-percent in the second quarter. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says the extent of this crisis requires a bold and […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse regering eis vergoeding van die regerings van Malawi, Nigerië en Ethiopië vir die koste om hul landsburgers te repatrieer. Die Grensbestuursowerheid het bekendgemaak dat 89-duisend-936 mense teen 7 Augustus deur Suid-Afrikaanse grensposte gerepatrieer is. Die Departement van Binnelandse Sake se direkteur-generaal, Tommy Makhode, sê die massa-repatriasie van onwettige buitelanders het die staat […]
Die hooftrekke uit die belangrikste nuusblaaie soos op 12 Augustus 2026: NASIONAAL: # Business Day: Berig die Departement van Binnelandse Sake het by die Tesourie aangeklop vir noodfondse aangesien die repatriasie van migrante sy begroting uitgeput het. Die repatriasie het sowat 300-miljoen-rand gekos. # En die Netwerk24-webblad: Berig die kommissaris van die Grensbestuursowerheid, Michael Masiapato, […]
The headlines of the leading newspapers on 12 August 2026: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Reports the Department of Home Affairs has approached the Treasury for emergency funds as the repatriation of migrants has exhausted its budget. The repatriation costs about 300-million-rand. # And the Netwerk24 website: Reports the commissioner of the Border Management Authority, Michael […]
# The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure says maximum available resources have been deployed to ensure the safety of the 12 Heads of State and Government expected to attend the 46th Ordinary SADC Summit in Durban on 16 and 17 August. Extensive security preparations are already in place at the Durban International Convention Centre, […]
