# The Citrus Growers Development Chamber Indaba is underway in Johannesburg, focusing on US tariffs and opportunities in emerging markets. The two-day gathering brings together policymakers, black citrus farmers, and industry leaders to address challenges, progress, and inclusive growth. General Manager Lukanyo Ngombisa says the event is reviewing strategies on transformation, tackling compliance, market access, […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says the government is intervening in struggling municipalities to ensure mayors and officials have the necessary skills to deliver services effectively. In his oral reply to questions in the National Council of Provinces, Mashatile said training and interviews for local leaders are improving accountability and performance, helping to strengthen local […]
# AfriForum Youth and North-West University students protested at the Potchefstroom campus today, demanding a ban on the Kill the Boer chant. A petition with over six-thousand signatures was handed to university management after the chant was sung on campus in June. Protesters say the university’s silence on the issue is unacceptable. AfriForum Youth’s Yvonne […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says coordinated efforts between national, provincial, and local government are key to improving service delivery. Responding to questions in the National Council of Provinces, Mashatile highlighted the clean cities and towns campaign, which promotes cleaner, safer, and more inclusive urban spaces. He added that interventions in struggling municipalities, including training […]
# Statistieke Suid-Afrika sê vervaardigingsproduksie het met 0,7-persent in Julie gedaal in vergelyking met dieselfde maand verlede jaar. Die dalings was hoofsaaklik in die yster-, staal-, metaalprodukte- en houtbedrywe. Produksie het op ‘n maandgrondslag met 0,5-persent gedaal, maar oor die drie maande tot Julie het dit met 2,5-persent gestyg, aangedryf deur voedsel, chemikalieë en motorvoertuie. […]
# Die minister van Indiensneming en Arbeid, Nomakhosazana Meth, sê geregtigheid het geseëvier in die stryd teen mensehandel nadat sewe Chinese burgers tot 20 jaar tronkstraf gevonnis is vir mensehandel, kinderarbeid, en oortredings van arbeidswette. Die saak het ’n onwettige Johannesburgse fabriek betrek waar 91 werkers van Malawi, insluitende kinders, vanaf 2017 tot 2019 onmenslike […]
# Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment minister, Dion George, says South Africa’s green economy is driving econimic growth. Agriculture, forestry and fishing grew 2.5-percent, mining and quarrying 3.7-percent, and electricity, gas and water 0.2-percent, contributing to a 0.8-percent GDP increase in the second quarter. George added that the department will continue promoting eco-friendly projects, biodiversity, […]
# Statistics South Africa says manufacturing production fell by 0.7% in July compared with the same month last year. The declines were mainly in iron, steel, metal products, and wood industries. Month-on-month, production dropped 0.5-percent, but over the three months to July, it rose 2.5-percent, led by food, chemicals, and motor vehicles. Stats SA’s Nicolai […]
# Statistieke Suid-Afrika sê mynbouproduksie het in Julie, op ‘n maand-grondslag, met 4,4-persent gestyg. Hoof-opnamestatistikus, Juan-Pierre Terblanche, sê ystererts en metale in die platinumgroep het die groei aangedryf, met stygings van onderskeidelik 12,2-persent en 6,2-persent. Hy bevestig ondanks die positiewe bydrae van diamante, chroom, en steenkool, het goud, mangaan, koper en nikkel afgeneem:
