File Photo: Trucks parked. 1 minute Members of the All Truck Drivers Forum and Allied South Africa (ATDF ASA) say they intend to begin a nationwide strike this week. The organisation represents the interests of truck drivers. Drivers have for years raised concerns over the hiring of foreign nationals in the freight and logistics industry….
Farmers break cocoa pods at a cocoa farm 2 minutes Ghana, the world’s number two cocoa producer, has raised the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers for the second time this 2024/25 season to help boost farmers’ incomes, President Nana Akufo-Addo said. Akufo-Addo, whose two-term mandate ends on January 7, 2025, said at a…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, US, August 15, 2023. 3 minutes The S&P 500 index inched closer to the 6 000 mark and the Dow gained on Friday, as a sweeping Trump victory powered bets of a business-friendly agenda and an expected interest-rate cut…
Lebombo Border Post remains closed on Friday morning 3 minutes Local industry bodies have warned that any disruptions of the Maputo corridor will significantly hamper trade, supply chains and regional stability. A number of manufacturing, storage and logistical companies have opted to halt operations due to safety concerns. It follows the post-election protests in Mozambique…
2 minutes The City of Johannesburg says it will meet with Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, and power utility Eskom today in an attempt to resolve its debt issue. The problem has led to the power utility threatening to interrupt electricity supply to the metro. In a statement, Eskom says the City of Joburg and City Power owe it an an amount of R4.9 billion, excluding the…
Crew members of a Sea Harvest fishing vessel, the MFV Armana, that caught fire on Sunday at sea being transferred from their life raft onto another vessel, the MFV Ludwani, for transportation back to Cape Town 1 minute The City of Cape Town says the marine manufacturing industry has contributed around R5 billion to the…
SAMWU logo 1 minute Municipal workers union, South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in Limpopo, has expressed concerns on the alleged nepotism and corruption on the hiring of workers in the Vhembe district municipality. According to the union, executive mayor Fridah Nkondo allegedly interfered in the hiring of more than 100 general workers and borehole…
3 minutes The dollar was on track to end a volatile week with a slight gain, as markets weighed the impact of Donald Trump’s return to the White House on the US economy and the rate outlook. The US dollar had lost ground in the previous session as traders closed out profitable bets on a Trump presidency following his…
Eskom logo is seen in Sunninghill, Sandton 1 minute The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) is set to submit written representations on the matter between Eskom and the City of Johannesburg as well as it power utility, City Power. This after Eskom announced that it would enforce power cuts for the city from next month due to a dispute…
[File Image]: A calculator and papers seen on a table. 1 minute The taxes associated with someone dying in South Africa are high. That’s according to Banzi Mcasa, an advocate for financial security. He says pitfalls in asking a bank to execute a will disadvantage families. Mcasa says some of the banks want families to…
