UIF paid about R2.9 billion of outstanding claims

UIF hosted an employer registration drive focused on supporting crèches and small businesses within the Emfuleni Local Municipality at Mafatsane Thusong Centre in Evaton on November 20, 2024. 1 minute The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has paid about R2.9 billion of outstanding claims to eligible beneficiaries during the first and second quarters of the current…

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Lesufi warns S Africans not to register spaza shops for foreigners

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi 2 minutes Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has strongly condemned some South Africans who use their identities to held undocumented foreign nationals to register their spaza shops. Spaza shop owners have 21-days starting on Friday last week to register their businesses to avoid closure. Lesufi was addressing the media in Bramley, Johannesburg,…

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Consumer inflation dips sharply in October

A woman uses a trolley as she shops at a Pick n Pay store at the Dobson Point Shopping Centre, in Soweto, South Africa, March 19, 2024. 1 minute Data released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) shows that consumer price inflation declined sharply to a four-year low from 3.8% in September to 2.8% in…

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Eastern Cape ICT sector discusses approach to AI adoption

AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters and robot hand are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. 2 minutes According to the captains of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry, Artificial Intelligence (AI) should be embraced. AI was a hot topic at the 18th ICT summit held in East London. The summit…

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‘Children exposed to violent environment perpetrate violence’

The concept of stopping violence against women andand human trafficking, Stop sexual harassment and rape, International Women’s Day. 1 minute The Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund says some children who grow up abused or exposed to violence end up being perpetrators of gender-based violence. The Children’s Fund held a discussion at the Inanda Club in Sandton,…

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GDE calls on school vendors to obtain Certificate of Acceptability

Shopping trolley in front of fridges at a supermarket. 1 minute The Gauteng Department of Education has called on vendors operating on school premises to obtain a valid Certificate of Acceptability. This to ensure the safety of learners who buy from the vendors. The department’s call follows President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement, giving spaza shop owners…

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