File: Payment using a card machine The Chief Executive Officer of the Credit Association of South Africa (CASA), Leonie van Pletzen has welcomed government’s proposed amendment to the National Credit Act (NCA). This after President Cyril Ramaphosa during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) announced that the National Credit Act would be amended in…
Cattle grazing on a farm. President Cyril Ramaphosa says that the entire cattle herd in the country will be vaccinated against foot and mouth disease (FMD). He says this will require 28 million vaccines and these will be centrally administered. However, Ramaphosa says government will also be working closely with the private sector in this matter….
FILE | Inspector checks cattle for Foot and Mouth disease. The Southern Africa Agriculture Initiative (SAAI) has rejected President Cyril Ramaphosa’s plan to centralise the national vaccination campaign and vaccine procurement of foot and mouth disease within the state. The farming network organisation has welcomed Ramaphosa’s announcement declaring foot and mouth disease a national disaster. However, it says the…
An Eskom pre-paid meter. Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce the revision of electricity prices in his State of the Nation Address on Thursday night. The steep electricity price increases approved by energy regulator Nersa threaten to push families further into poverty. Ramokgopa says his ministry is focusing on how to…
File: Workers spray disinfectant spray on cattle on a farm. Free State Agriculture has echoed calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare the Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreak a national disaster. The sector has been severely affected by the ongoing outbreak, which continues to spread across the country. It is disrupting agricultural trade and threatening food security….
Mine workers stand underground at Gold Fields’ South Deep mine, south-west of Johannesburg, South Africa. Employers operating in the mining industry have emphasised the growing need for digital skills. Around 500 000 people currently work in the sector. Head of People and Organisation at Valterra Platinum, Virginia Tyobeka, says digital skills will be crucial for…
Jobs being advertised in a paper Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth says government is creating a conducive environment to grow industries in order to grow the economy and fight off unemployment. Speaking on the City Hall precinct, ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) later Thursday evening, Meth says the…
French luxury group Hermes Executive Chairman Axel Dumas Hermes CEO Axel Dumas said he resisted multiple attempts by Jeffrey Epstein to meet with him, saying he believed he was a target of the financier who was a “financial predator” and approached the company in the middle of a takeover battle. “I think we were a…
Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa The Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says steady progress is being made in reforming the country’s electricity sector. Speaking outside the Cape Town City Hall, hours before President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to deliver the State of the Nation Address, the Minister says the transformation process is gaining momentum, citing…
Workers leading a march demanding decent jobs, 7 October 2025. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) says it expects President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) to table solutions to the issues of unemployment, poverty, inequality, crime, and corruption. Ramaphosa will deliver the SONA on Thursday evening at the Cape Town…
