FILE IMAGE | Men hold placards offering temporary employment services while waiting for potential customers. The latest data released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) shows that the official unemployment rate decreased by 0,5% points from 31,9% in the third quarter of 2025 to 31,4% in the fourth quarter of 2025. The Quarterly Labour Force…
File: Miners seen in as shaft Management of Ekapa Mine in Kimberley, Northern Cape, has confirmed that a search and rescue operation is underway to find five mine workers who have been trapped following a mudslide since the early hours of Tiuesday morning. Management says communication with the miners has been cut off and they…
FILE | Electricity pylons. Eskom in Gauteng says it has lost close to R7 billion in revenue due to electricity theft and illegal connections. Three farmers and an Eskom employee are expected to appear in the Randfontein Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for their bail applications. The four suspects stand accused of meter tampering on farms…
The dollar held gains on Tuesday as markets awaited signals, expected later this week, about the potential timing of rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. The yen trimmed losses from a day earlier when worse-than-expected Japanese economic data stirred expectations that the government would ramp up stimulus. The Aussie dollar edged lower after the release of Reserve Bank of…
Farmer looking at sugarcane plants Sugarcane farmers in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) are calling on the government to rescue the country’s sugar giant, Tongaat Hulett. Business rescue practitioners have filed for provisional liquidation of the entity. With a R12-billion debt and a failed rescue deal put forward by the Vision Consortium, the livelihoods of one million people…
Workers at a clothing factory. South Africa’s fragile labour market is set to come under the spotlight when the latest unemployment figures are released on Tuesday. Stats SA is due to publish the results of its Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the final quarter of last year. Economists are expecting that shifts in the official…
Teacher assistant in the class Government has managed to create over a million job opportunities for young people in the last five years while strengthening almost 20 000 schools. That is according to President Cyril Ramaphosa in his weekly letter to the nation. This is part of the Presidential Employment Stimulus. In his State of…
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccination drive in Fisantekraal, Cape Town on February 15, 2025. Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) poses a major risk for the livestock farming sector in the province. About 15 000 people are employed in the R 13.5 billion sector. A proactive risk mitigation vaccination…
A health officer checks cattle in a farm as a preventive measure against foot and mouth at a farm in Indonesia. Free State Agriculture says it’s irresponsible for farmers to intentionally not declare or report suspected Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) cases. But the farmers’ organisation has admitted that early reporting might be challenging for…
File Image: Uber app seen on a cellphone. Uber plans to roll out its delivery business into seven new European countries this year, as tech groups ramp up their efforts in the multibillion-euro food-delivery market, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The US-based company will launch services in markets including Czech Republic, Greece and Romania…
