Pylons carry electricity from a sub-station of state power utility Eskom outside Cape Town in this picture taken March 20, 2016. Reuters. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and Solidarity have so far rejected power utility Eskom’s offer of a 3.5% multi-year wage increase. This, after a…
Isuzu plant in Eastern Cape Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has welcomed Isuzu South Africa’s investment in a new R750-million metal stamping facility launched in Gqeberha on Thursday. The plant positions local supplier VSL Manufacturing, which is a majority Black female-owned company founded in Komani in 2018, as a key player in the provincial automotive…
President Cyril Ramaphosa speaking at the G20 Summit. President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at seven o’clock on Sunday evening. This follows South Africa’s successful hosting of the G20 Leaders’ Summit. The country has received congratulatory messages from various leaders on the successful hosting of the event. Leaders and policy makers gathered in Nasrec,…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Saturday it will invest $1 billion to expand AI infrastructure and AI-enabled services across Africa, with the aim of helping countries meet national development priorities. UAE Minister of State Saeed Bin Mubarak Al Hajeri announced the “AI for development initiative” at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, saying…
Praise has been heaped upon South Africa following its historic hosting of the G20 Leaders’ Summit – the first ever to take place on African soil. Member states unanimously adopted the Summit Declaration, despite attempts by the United States to block elements of the agreement. While experts have acknowledged several significant gains, some caution that…
SA praised for G20 leadership amid push for real impact
[File photo:] Farm workers tending to crops. The biggest obstacles for farmers, who try to sustain food security, are climate change, arid soil conditions, scarcity of water and a general lack of resources. According to the African Farmers’ Association of South Africa’s (AFASA) Mangaung Chairperson Mike Makwa, these conditions limit the farm from producing at…
Kenyan workers prepare clothes for export. The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition says there is bipartisan support in the White House for the renewal of the Africa Growth Opportunity Act commonly known as AGOA for one year. AGOA expired on the last day of September this year. The department was briefing the oversight committee…
A street trader counts out change for a customer in Durban. The rand strengthened against a weaker greenback, after lacklustre United States data increased prospects of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut next month. Like other risk-sensitive currencies, the rand frequently draws cues from both local and international sources, including US policy and economic statistics….
A lack of access to reliable information is one of the major challenges facing small-scale farmers in South Africa. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research states that it is working to address this issue in collaboration with the relevant government departments. The Head of the CSIR’s Precision Agriculture Research Group, Professor Moses Azong Cho,…
