# South Africa is hosting for the first time the International Forum of Terrorism Risk Insurance Pools Conference 2025 at the Cape Town Convention Centre. Organised by the South African Special Risk Insurance Association, the event brings together 12 countries to discuss global risk resilience. Sasria CEO Mpumelelo Tyikwe says this includes challenges in terrorism […]
# The DA has strongly criticised the closure of Hans Masibe Primary School in Mapela Village, Mokgalakwena Municipality, due to a scheduled meeting by the South African Democratic Teachers Union. DA provincial spokesperson for Education, Jacques Smalle, stated that shutting down the school for a union meeting infringes upon learners’ constitutional right to basic education, […]
# The DA says Western Cape government e-centres are helping over four-thousand-800 people each month. Delft, Wale Street, Philippi, and Vrygrond are the busiest centres. The centres also offer free internet, government services, and computer training. The DA’s Benedicta Van Minnen says a new programme called broadband 2.0 will improve the centres by upgrading technology and […]
# The ATM calls on the government of national unity to leverage the mineral resources to stimulate job creation through value-added industries. Statistics South Africa’s latest quarterly labour force survey shows the number of unemployed people reached 8.2 million in the first quarter of 2025. The ATM’s spokesperson, Zama Ntshona called for the implementation of […]
# FNB sê vinniger inklusiewe groei is nodig om Suid-Afrika se werkloosheidskrisis te help oplos. Dit kom nadat die land glo 290-duisend-575 werksgeleenthede in die eerste kwartaal van 2025 verloor het. Die jongste arbeidsopname onthul werkloosheid het tot 32,9-persent gestyg, met jeugwerkloosheid wat 62,4 persent bereik het. Die tempo van opname van nuwe werkers het […]
# Die metaalwerkersvakbond MMAWUSA veroordeel die jongste werkloosheidstatistiek vir die eerste kwartaal van 2025. Die woordvoerder, Mogoshadi Maserumule, sê met die amptelike werkloosheidsyfer op 32,9-persent en meer as 8,2-miljoen werklose mense, is die krisis nie ʼn tragedie nie. Sy sê dis voorspelbaar en voer aan dis weens ʼn kapitalistiese stelsel wat gedy op ongelykheid, uitbuiting […]
# Road Traffic Management Corporation CEO Advocate Makhosini Msibi says bribery of officers by drivers is rising, especially among those arrested for drunk driving. Briefing Parliament, he warned that the belief drivers can buy their way out is fuelling this trend. Msibi said pedestrian behaviour, speeding, and drunk driving remain key causes of road deaths, […]
# FNB says that faster inclusive growth is needed to mitigate South Africa’s job crisis. This comes as the country reportedly shed 290-thousand-575 jobs in the first quarter of 2025. The latest labour survey revealed that unemployment rose to 32.9-percent, with youth joblessness hitting 62.4-percent. The absorption rate also fell, indicating fewer opportunities for the […]
# Die EFF kritiseer Amerika wat 49 Afrikaners as vlugtelinge hervestig het en beweer dis om Suid-Afrika se morele status aan te tas. Hy sê dit stel wit Suid-Afrikaners voor as slagoffers van rassediskriminasie en bring die land se hervormingsplanne en vordering na apartheid in gedrang. Die regering het vroeër gesê berigte dat Afrikaners vervolg […]
