Arrested illegal miners 1 minute Illegal mineworkers are continuing to resurface from mine shafts around Orkney in the North West. National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says more than 500 mineworkers have been arrested to date and the number is expected to increase. Police say the miners resurfaced due to starvation and dehydration after members of…
[File Image]: A general view of the National Assembly. 1 minute The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has warned that the government’s plan to offer voluntary early retirement to reduce the public sector wage bill might backfire. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced during the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement that they were targeting…
US dollar notes. 4 minutes The dollar slid on Monday as investors braced for a potential pivot this week for the global economy as the United States chooses a new leader, and as it likely cuts interest rates again with major implications for bond yields. The euro extended an early climb to be up 0.5%…
Petrol attendant fueling up a vehicle. 1 minute Motorists will be paying a little more at the pumps from Wednesday. This follows a fuel price increase of 25-cents per litre for both grades of petrol. Diesel will go up by between 20 and 21-cents a litre and paraffin will cost 28-cents more a litre. Fuel…
Former Director-General of National Treasury, Dondo Mogajane. 2 minutes Former Director-General of the National Treasury, Dondo Mogajane, has resigned as CEO of the Moti Group and chairperson of the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF). The GEPF confirmed Mogajane’s resignation following months of public pressure over allegations linking him to the looting of VBS Mutual Bank….
A man holds a fuel nozzle at a petrol station 2 minutes Economists have attributed the increase in fuel prices to the rising international oil prices. For the first time in six months, the Minerals and Energy Department has announced an increase in fuel prices. With effect from midnight tonight, the price of both 93…
Delegates at the 12th World Urban Economic Forum. 1 minute The 12th World Urban Economic Forum has kicked off, marking its second return to Africa, this time in Cairo, Egypt. Today marks the first day of attendees are engaging in sessions and workshops, exchanging insights and ideas on various urban development issues. Free State Human…
SA and UK delegates captured at a bilateral forum. 2 minutes International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola says the Government of National Unity (GNU) looks forward to rebuilding trade and investment relations with the United Kingdom. He is hosting his UK counterpart, David Lammy in Cape Town. This is as Prince of Wales William…
A sign directs voters to the polling station at Galleria at Sunset mall on Election Day in Henderson, Nevada 7 minutes Global stock markets have been noted as calm as Americans headed to the polls for the presidential election on Tuesday. This year’s US election is one of the most anticipated given the tight race…
2 minutes The dollar rallied broadly on Wednesday as early exit polls in the extremely close US presidential election appeared to give an edge to Republican Donald Trump. With 10.1% of the vote counted in key battleground state Georgia, Trump had 60.9% to Democrat Kamala Harris’ 38.6%, according to Edison Research. Trump won eight states in the…
