Mass lay-offs at Lesotho garment factories as US tariffs bite
The future of garment factories in Thetsane industrial area in Maseru hangs in the balance as the United States... Read more
16 hours ago
Trump talks again: Ramaphosa pushes SA’s G20 vision
Cape Town – President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump at the G7 Summit in... Read more
yesterday
Joburg’s problems can be solved – but it’s a long journey to fix SA’s economic powerhouse
Philip Harrison, University of the Witwatersrand; Graeme Gotz, Gauteng City-Region Observatory; Lorena Nunez Carrasco, University of the Witwatersrand, and... Read more
12 Jun
Godongwana breathes sigh of relief: Budget drama ends as Parliament okays R2.6 trillion spend
Cape Town – Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana expressed relief after Parliament approved the Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals underpinning... Read more
12 Jun
Social grants go unpaid as beneficiaries struggle with SASSA’s system
Many recipients of the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant say they are battling with SASSA’s online verification... Read more
12 Jun
NO POWER, NO ACCESS! – KZN towns frozen out as Eskom battles deadly weather
Cape Town – Eskom has reported widespread power outages across KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday due to severe weather, including heavy... Read more
10 Jun
BEE is law, not a choice – Ramaphosa
Cape Town – President Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated his administration’s commitment to Black Economic Empowerment (BEE), calling it a constitutional... Read more
10 Jun
South African law is failing gig workers
In South African law, gig workers, such as Checkers Sixty60 drivers, are classified as “independent contractors” with limited labour... Read more
10 Jun
SA’s coal dependency puts economy at risk – report
Johannesburg – South Africa’s coal-dependent economy could lose billions in export revenue and thousands of jobs as more countries... Read more
10 Jun
Court battle looms between City of Johannesburg and traders
This is the undercover area where many of the informal traders work at the Kopanong market in Ivory Park,... Read more
9 Jun
