A branch of the SA Post Office Office. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) says it will seek urgent engagements with the Ministers of Employment and Communications as well as with Treasury, to find solutions for the ongoing crisis, threatening the collapse of the South African Post Office (SAPO) and jobs of thousands…
Uncut diamonds from southern Africa and Canada are seen at De Beers headquarters in London, Britain on January 17, 2011. Angola’s state-owned diamond miner Endiama is aiming to increase its output to 17 million carats by 2027 from record production of 14 million carats in 2024, a government publication showed on Tuesday. “The goal is…
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Dada Morero. Johannesburg Executive Mayor Dada Morero says the city’s rapid growth over the past decade has added strain to its water supply. Residents are bearing the brunt of the crisis, facing crippling water cuts and shortages. South Africa as a whole grapples with a dire water crisis, driven by crumbling infrastructure, drought,…
Mine operation The Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA) says although mining beneficiation is heading towards the right direction, more could be done to achieve this. The comment by the statutory body responsible for administering a number of skills development initiatives in the mining sector, comes ahead of the African Mining Indaba starting on Monday at the…
A conservation facility at Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo has received an international conservation award at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, for pioneering the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in environmental sustainability. Already known as a leading conservation and ecotourism facility, the Cango Wildlife Ranch is ensuring that AI is trained on accurate,…
Peanut butter in a jar. The Buttanut Peanut Butter Chocolate Peanut products are being recalled. The National Consumer Commission says the recall is as a result of higher than legally acceptable levels of aflatoxin detected in the product. Consumers in possession of the products are urged to check the manufacturing date of January 15th, 2026, and…
Eastern Cape farmer’s livestock seen as the province faces the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. Farmers in Humansdorp in the Eastern Cape are once again under pressure following a renewed outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. This marks a second flare-up in less than a year. The outbreak has raised fresh concerns about livestock health, movement restrictions and mounting…
Minerals and Petroleum Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe. Minerals and Petroleum Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe has delivered the opening address at the Africa Mining Indaba, touching on the importance of critical minerals and the future of mining, on the African continent. The Africa Mining Indaba 2026 is underway in Cape Town, in the Western Cape. The…
The logo of Bithumb is seen at its cryptocurrencies exchange in Seoul, South Korea, January 11, 2018. South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb said on Saturday it had accidentally given away more than $40 billion worth of bitcoins to customers as promotional rewards, triggering a sharp selloff on the exchange. Bithumb apologised for the mistake, which…
Lesotho textile factory. Since she was laid off in October, after Lesotho lost tariff-free access to its vital United States (US) garments market, Matokelo Masenkane has got up early each morning to queue at the textile factory gates in search of casual work. She rarely finds any. “It is even more painful taking the already…
