Transport Minister Barbara Creecy. 1 minute Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has welcomed efforts to consolidate existing support for better Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) outcomes. Creecy was speaking at the transport sector engagement session hosted by the Trade, Industry and Competition Department on the proposed transformation fund. The initiative aims to support Black-owned businesses across…
MyCiti bus route expansion from Claremont to Duinefontein. 2 minutes Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced a R10 billion investment to expand the MyCiTi bus service. He visited construction sites in Claremont and Duinefontein, where new routes worth R7 billion are underway. The major routes affected include Imam Haron Road, Stanhope Road, and First…
[File photo] Unemployed people line a street in Cape Town waiting for casual employment 1 minute Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has bemoaned the recently released statistics on unemployment in the country. Statistics SA (Stats SA) reveals that close to 300 000 jobs have been lost between January and March of this year. Youth unemployment…
5 minutes Chinese worker Liu Shengzun lost two jobs in just one month as US import tariffs shot up to triple digits in April, forcing a Guangdong lighting products factory, and then a footwear maker, to reduce output. Tariffs came down dramatically this week, but Liu has given up on factory jobs and is now back farming in his…
E-commerce graphic 1 minute As part of efforts in positioning customs as an economic enabler, South Africa is working on an enhanced e-commerce strategy. Deputy Finance Minister Ashor Sarupen addressed the opening of the 2025 Governing Council of the World Customs meeting in Pretoria hosted by SARS. The World Customs Organisation East and Southern Africa…
BONDay at Africa’s Travel Indaba 2025 is in full swing, with the South Foyer of the Durban ICC at full capacity. 1 minute KwaZulu-Natal Tourism and Film CEO Sbusiso Gumbi says he is satisfied and proud that this year’s Africa’s Travel Indaba was successful. Gumbi was updating members of the media on the final day…
An Eskom power station. 3 minutes The latest data from Eskom shows that the power utility spent an estimated R115 million on diesel fuel for OCGTs, the majority of which was spent meeting electricity demand during the first night of stage two loadshedding on 13 May. Eskom CEO Dan Marokane told reporters during a 14…
Workers inside a mine 1 minute More than 200 mine workers who have been retrenched by the Barberton Mines in Mpumalanga say the retrenchment process was unfair. They claim most of the retrenched employees are locals who have been working for the mining company for many years. They say most of the workers, who were…
Former Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor. 2 minutes Insurance bodies worldwide must engage with global leaders to bring about stability in an increasingly unstable and risky world. That’s according to former Minister of International Relations and the Nelson Mandela Foundation board chairperson, Dr Naledi Pandor. Pandor was speaking at the International…
[FILE] The Budget Justice Coalition says the 2021 national Budget will deepen inequality. 1 minute DebtBusters’ latest debt index for the first quarter of 2025 shows a growing number of South Africans are relying on personal loans to manage their expenses as the cost of living continues to rise. The index reveals that one in…
