# DA Emfuleni mayoral candidate Solomon Chabalala says the arrest of seven Emfuleni municipal employees accused of charging residents for unlawful electricity reconnections highlight entrenched corruption. Chabalala told Newzroom Afrika that says there is a lack of political will to fix the municipality as poor consequence management, and inadequate internal controls allows employees to collude […]
# South Sudan president Salva Kiir is in South Africa for an official visit and is expected to hold high-level talks with president Cyril Ramaphosa. Ramaphosa chairs the African Union’s ad hoc committee on South Sudan. The talks come as South Sudan prepares for elections later this year amid concerns over the implementation of the […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says a government committed to reforms and creating a policy environment to support growth, coupled with a business partner committed to successful implementation, will likely lead to far greater levels of investment. Last week, president Cyril Ramaphosa launched Phase 3 of the Government-Business Partnership, which aims to push gross domestic product […]
# Die minister van Toerisme, Patricia de Lille, het fase drie van die Regering-Sakevennootskap verwelkom, wat toerisme as ‘n sleutel-aandrywer van ekonomiese groei en werkskepping identifiseer. Dis gemik op die verhoging van ekonomiese groei bo drie-persent, met voorkeurgebiede soos die verbetering van lugtoegang, die modernisering van visumverwerking, die verbetering van bestemmings-bemarking, toeriste-veiligheid en infrastruktuur-belegging. De […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa vra verhoogde en meer gebalanseerde handel tussen Suid-Afrika en Zimbabwe. Hy het tydens die vierde sitting van die Suid-Afrika-Zimbabwe-binasionale kommissie in Pretoria gesê bilaterale handel het die afgelope vier jaar byna verdubbel, maar bly steeds swaar in die guns van Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoere. Hy dring aan dat albei lande die Afrika-vryhandelsgebied gebruik […]
# Die Gautengse regering doen ‘n beroep op inwoners, ondernemings en instellings om water spaarsamig te gebruik terwyl verbruik steeds regoor die provinsie styg. Die bergingsvlakke van reservoirs daal steeds, hoewel pompstelsels byna voluit werk. Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni en Tshwane is verantwoordelik vir ongeveer 70-persent van die water wat deur Rand Water voorsien word. Die regering […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys, Wetenskap en Innovering, Blade Nzimande, sê die Suid-Afrikaanse Vroue in Wetenskap-toekennings is noodsaaklik om vroue te motiveer en meisies aan te moedig om loopbane in wetenskap, tegnologie, ingenieurswese en wiskunde te volg. Hy sê die toekennings vorm deel van ‘n breër hervormings-program, ondersteun deur beurse, nagraadse befondsing en bystand […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for increased and more balanced trade between South Africa and Zimbabwe. He was speaking at the fourth session of the South Africa-Zimbabwe bi-national commission in Pretoria. Ramaphosa says bilateral trade has almost doubled over the past four years, but remains heavily weighted towards South African exports. He urges both […]
# Tourism minister Patricia de Lille has welcomed Phase Three of the Government-Business Partnership, which identifies tourism as a key driver of economic growth and job creation. The initiative aims to lift economic growth above three-percent, with priorities including improving air access, modernising visa processing, enhancing destination marketing, tourist safety and infrastructure investment. De Lille […]
