# Former Bosasa chief operating officer, Angelo Agrizzi, is in plea negotiations with the State over fraud and corruption charges. The ailing whistleblower faces allegations tied to 1.8-billion-rand in Correctional Services tenders from 2004 to 2007, and alleged kickbacks involving ex-ANC member of Parliament, Vincent Smith. Meanwhile the case of co-accused Linda Mti, Andries van […]
# Build One South Africa has introduced the Fair Pay Bill aimed at ending salary discrimination and promoting equal opportunity in the job market. The bill seeks to ban employers from asking for salary history and to make it mandatory for job adverts to include salary ranges. BOSA leader Mmusi Maimane told the media the […]
# Die Ministerie van Buitelandse Sake van Indië het aansienlike lewensverlies in die Air India vliegtuigongeluk naby Ahmedabad bevestig. Die woordvoerder, Randhir Jaiswal, het die gebeurtenis as ‘n tragedie beskryf en bevestig daar was 242 persone, insluitende 11 kinders aan boord was. Daar was een-honderd-69 Indiese burgers, 53 Britte, sewe Portugese, en een Kanadees op […]
# The organisation SA Canegrowers has warned that cheap sugar imports are putting thousands of local jobs at risk. This competition threatens the livelihoods of 24-thousand small-scale and one-thousand-200 large-scale growers, especially in rural areas of KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga. The organisation’s re-elected chairperson, Higgins Mdluli, says foreign sugar is being sold at very low prices […]
# India’s Ministry of External Affairs has confirmed a significant loss of life in the Air India crash near Ahmedabad. Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal called it a very tragic accident, noting 242 people were onboard, including 11 children. One-hundred-and-69 Indians, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian passengers were in board to London. Jaiswal said rescue […]
# Die Internasionale Handelsadministrasie-kommissie het aanbeveel dat die 15-persent-belasting op gerolde aluminiumprodukte behoue bly. Die kommissie sê dis nodig om plaaslike vervaardiging en werksgeleenthede te beskerm. Die produkte is kernbelangrik in nywerhede soos motorvervaardiging, die boubedryf en energie. Die kommissie het bevind dat hoë kostes en goedkoop invoere steeds ‘n uitdaging is vir plaaslike vervaardigers. […]
# Die DA eis in ‘n brief aan die voorsitter van die Parlement se Portefeuljekomitee oor Hoër Onderwys, Tebogo Letsie, dat die minister van Hoër Onderwys, Nobuhle Nkabane, die vertragings rondom die geheime SETA-paneel moet verduidelik. Die DA-lid, Karabo Khakhau, beskuldig die minister dat sy aanspreeklikheid ontduiking nadat sy gister se sperdatum misgeloop en nie […]
# The International Trade Administration Commission has recommended that the 15-percent ad valorem duties on aluminium rolled products remain in place. The commission says this is to protect local manufacturing and jobs. These products are key in industries like automotive, construction, and energy. The review found high costs and low-priced imports continue to challenge domestic […]
# Israel says Hamas was weaponising suffering in Gaza after a US and Israeli-backed charity accused the Palestinian militant group of killing five of its aid workers in the territory. The distribution of food and basic supplies in the blockaded and war-ravaged Gaza Strip has become increasingly fraught and perilous, exacerbating the territory’s deep hunger […]
