The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Pemmy Majodina The inaugural three-day water investment summit in Cape Town has managed to get annual investments of betwt een $10b and $12b. The African Union AIP (Continental Africa Water Investment Programme) Water Investment Summit is aimed at attracting investment to address water scarcity on the continent as well…
Standard Bank’s offices Standard Bank has delivered a strong set of results for the first half of 2025, reporting a 10% increase in headline earnings per share. The Standard Bank Group has released half-year financial results. For the six months ended June 2025, the bank reported headline earnings of R23.8 billion, up 8% from the…
[FILE IMAGE]: Youth protest over lack of employment options. The latest labour force numbers from StatsSA show that while the number of jobs grew by 19 000 for the second quarter of 2025, the number of unemployed people increased by 140 000, raising the unemployment rate by 0.3 of a percentage point to 33.2%. South…
Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni speaks at the Pakistan–South Africa Trade Summit 2025 in Sandton on August 12, 2025. Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni is encouraging cooperatives and small businesses to take part in the upcoming National Dialogue. On Friday, organisations from across the country will gather at the National Convention in Pretoria…
[File image] US soybean exporters risk missing out on billions of dollars worth of sales to China this year as trade talks drag on and buyers in the top oilseed importer lock in cargoes from Brazil for shipment during the key US marketing season, according to traders. Chinese importers have finished booking soybean cargoes for…
Cattle eating hay on a farm. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed two cases of foot-and-mouth disease in Viljoenskroon, located in the Moqhaka municipality of the Free State. One of the two confirmed cases is on a commercial farm, whilst the second case is on a communal grazing area alongside the border…
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho ramokopa briefs the media on the state of the national grid on 13 August 2025. Minister of Electricity and Energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says the power system has recovered. As a result, he says that rolling blackouts are not expected for the remainder of the winter. The Minister was briefing the media on…
The trade union SAFTU is proposing that the country hold an emergency presidential economic summit to address the high unemployment rate. SAFTU spokesperson Newton Masuku says the summit should include workers’ unions, economists, amongst others. Masuku believes this will bring different stakeholders in the sector together to address the crisis. The unemployment rate has increased…
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa briefs the media on the state of the national grid. LIVE STREAM:
Numsa’s Irvin Jim says they’ll be meeting with tyre manufacturer, Goodyear, on Thursday. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) is set to engage with tyre manufacturer, Goodyear, on key industry issues during the National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers’ (NAACAM) Show, at the Boardwalk Convention Centre, in Gqeberha. The event…
