Postbank employees assist social grant beneficiaries. 1 minute The Postbank has assured Parliament that it will administer social grants competently. This follows the South African Social Security Agency’s (SASSA) slow process to change its gold to black Postbank cards. Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies , 18 February 2025 — Parliament of RSA (@ParliamentofRSA)…
2 minutes South African Rugby President Mark Alexander has announced that the union’s lawyers, together with an independent transaction advisor, will finalise the details of a Request for Proposal (RFP) before SARU explores the market for an equity partner. He made the statement at the launch of a new energy drink sponsorship deal in Johannesburg…
Unemployed youth seeking work on roadside 1 minute The growth of youth employment was a key topic at day one of the G20 Employment Working Group meeting hosted in Gqeberha. Amongst this hot topic, was gender equality, income equality and the impact of digitalisation on the future of work. According to economist and lecturer, Professor…
SA soldiers during a parade. 1 minute The family of Itumeleng Moreo, one of the 14 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers who died in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on a peacekeeping mission has added its voice to those calling for the country’s soldiers to be recalled. The fallen troops were…
Graphic depicting wages 2 minutes COSATU has dismissed as false, the long-standing assertion of a bloated public sector wage bill, as workers look to the upcoming budget for relief. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will have to walk a tight rope when he delivers his 2025 budget tomorrow. But government workers want an expansion of the…
Chief Economist Goolam Ballim. 2 minutes Standard Bank has generally shown confidence in the Government of National Unity (GNU) ahead of Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s 2025 Budget Policy Statement in Cape Town this afternoon. In his 2024 Burdget speech, Finance Minister Enoch Gongwana cited that the South African economy remains severely constrained, plagued by infrastructure…
Nafiz Modack in the dock 2 minutes Alleged underworld figure, Nafiz Modack says he is not behind the murders and attempted murders he has been charged with. Modack is on trial in the Western Cape High Court along with 14 others and is charged with the murder of Nico Heerschap, the father of a former…
Kenyan workers check clothes made for export at the United Aryan Export Processing Zone (EPZ) factory, operating under the U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), in Ruaraka district of Nairobi, Kenya October 26, 2023. 2 minutes Four Republican Members of Congress have written a letter to US President Donald Trump arguing for South Africa’s…
GNT bus at a depot 2 minutes Limpopo government bus-owned company, Great North Transport (GNT) has closed over 200 routes due to financial problems. The bus company has lost over R300 million in the past five years. Hundreds of commuters have been left without reliable transport. The affected routes span multiple areas throughout the province,…
2 minutes The official unemployment rate has decreased to 31.9% in the fourth quarter of 2024. This is due to an increase in employment and a decrease in unemployment in the same period. According to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), employment gains were observed in the formal sector, the informal sector and private households, while…
