Business Top SA retailer in trouble as hundreds of stores face closure Johannesburg – The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has warned The Foschini Group (TFG) to consider the... Read more 7 Sep
Agriculture Premier Foods factory closure: talks break down Talks between Premier Foods and unions over the planned closure of the fruit canning factory in Tulbagh, Western Cape,... Read more 2 Sep
Business ‘We must accelerate’: Ramaphosa targets 1 million jobs and 3% economic growth by 2030 Pretoria – President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa is targeting annual economic growth of more than 3% and the... Read more 24 Aug
Business ‘Be very careful’: The warning behind Cape Town’s tourism boom Cape Town – Cape Town’s tourism sector is experiencing strong growth, with international visitors injecting billions of rand into... Read more 13 Aug
Business Joburg loses 28,000 jobs as Mashaba warns of worsening unemployment crisis Cape Town – ActionSA has raised concern over the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), which shows that Johannesburg... Read more 13 Aug
Business Ramaphosa meets Amazon South Africa executives to drive investment and jobs Cape Town – President Cyril Ramaphosa has met with the executive team of Amazon South Africa as part of... Read more 15 Jul
Business Blaming migrants ignores the real causes of South Africa’s economic crisis Justin Visagie, University of the Witwatersrand and Ruth Castel-Branco, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa is in the midst... Read more 28 Jun
Countries Cape Town health workers protest, demand permanent jobs Members of the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) marched to the provincial legislature to demand... Read more 17 Apr
Countries Ekurhuleni’s ‘ghost workers’ demand jobs and compensation Police kept protesting former municipal workers away from Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza’s State of the City address in Germiston on... Read more 27 Mar
Business SA’s move to greener energy is creating new jobs, but benefits aren’t evenly spread Jessika Bohlmann, University of Pretoria; Getrude Njokwe, University of Pretoria; Kehinde Oluwaseun Omotoso, and Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, University of Pretoria... Read more 11 Mar