[File] Flags of countries represented at the AGOA Summit. US authorities have re-authorised the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) until the end of this year. The programme has now passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate. In a vote on Friday, the Senate whittled down to 12 months a three-year extension that the House had…
Minister Gwede Mantashe appears at the second leg of the SA Human Rights Commission’s National Inquiry into artisanal mining and its human rights impact. Minerals and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has emphasised that there is a clear distinction between illegal mining and artisanal mining. He says the difference has been misinterpreted by the Human…
A view of the city skyline and River Nile from Cairo tower building in the capital of Cairo, Egypt December 5, 2019. S&P Global Ratings has cautioned that African governments face rising debt risks as hard-currency repayment schedules in 2026 increase pressure on external buffers, contributing to rollover risks. The agency’s latest African sovereign outlook…
FILE: SARS head Edward Kieswetter (L) and Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is owed R523 billion undisputed debt from taxpayers as of December 2025. SARS has collected R71 billion since April 2025, but data indicates that the revenue service may not succeed in collecting their target goal of R135 billion…
A man holds a fuel nozzle at a petrol station. Good news for motorists this month as fuel prices are set to drop on Wednesday. The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources has announced that motorists will be paying 65 cents less for both grades of petrol, between 50 and 57 cents less for diesel…
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the keynote address at the signing ceremony of the Establishment Agreement of African Export with Afreximbank. LIVE STREAM:
Job seekers are warned to be careful of individuals purporting to be department officials amid high unemployment rates The Mangaung Metro Municipality says job scams are rampant, occurring almost every week. Fraudulent job advertisements, often trending on social media, falsely claim to offer various vacancies within the municipality. It has warned the public to be…
Deputy Minister in the Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli Government has attributed the growing tourism numbers in the country to its implementation of structural reforms. It says the reforms include investment in the rail and ports system which has led to an improvement in the movement of goods and people. Government also says the aim of the…
File: Scopa chairperson, Songezo Zibi, speaking in Parliament. Chairperson of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA), Songezo Zibi, has raised concerns over delays faced by Road Accident Fund (RAF) claimants, who aren’t represented by legal practitioners. He says the integrated customer claim management system that the fund budgeted almost a billion rand for is…
Cigarettes in an ash tray The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has called for urgent intervention in halting what it calls deindustrialisation, factory closures and the wholesaling of the country’s economy. The trade union federation has criticised plans by British American Tobacco (BAT) to shut down its local manufacturing plant at the end…
