NUM North East Region marches against retrenchments on in Rustenburg, North West on May 25, 2025. 1 minute The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) members at Samancor’s Waterkloof Operations in Rustenburg will today march to the company’s offices in North West, as the strike enters its second week. The workers are demanding that the company…
1 minute The Black Business Council is hosting the Black Business Annual Summit this week. Several cabinet ministers are expected to address the event including ministers of Agriculture, Health, Trade and Industry and Public Works. LIVE STREAMS:
Petrol station in South Africa. 2 minutes According to preliminary reports by the Department of Mineral Resources’ Central Energy Fund (CEF), the price of petrol was expected to come down by 19-cents and diesel by 50-cents per litre this month. However, due the general fuel levy hike recently announced by the Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana,…
A sign with unemployment written on it. 1 minute Unemployed women in Diepkloof, Soweto, say they continue to feel the pinch of unemployment and are losing all hope that they will one day be economically active. This as women continue to be the least employed when compared to their male counterparts. The first quarter labour…
A vehicle at a petrol station being filled 1 minute The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) has released the new fuel prices following the dismissal of the Economic Freedom Fighter’s fuel levy challenge. The party had argued that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana took an incorrect approach in his decision to propose an increase in the…
Statistician Risenga Maluleke engaging with Limpopo government officials. 1 minute South Africa’s economy had a marginal 0.1% growth in the first quarter of this year. This follows a downwardly revised increase of 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2024. Statistics South Africa’s newly released data shows that contributions to the growth came from agriculture, forestry…
Person holding South African money. 1 minute Standard Bank economist Dr Elna Moolman expects the economy not to have grown in the first quarter of this year. This comes after South Africa’s economy grew by 0.6% in the final quarter of last year, helping to avoid a recession. Statistics South Africa will today release the…
Mine workers stand underground at Gold Fields’ South Deep mine, south-west of Johannesburg, South Africa October 12, 2022. 1 minute The latest economic wrap-up for May 2025 from Stats SA shows decline in mining and manufacturing year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, as unemployment grew to 32,9% and consumer price inflation remained below three…
Unemployed youth seeking work on roadside 1 minute Unemployment among the youth is unlikely to show any improvement unless employers change their approach in their recruitment processes. This as many employers are prioritizing experience as a prerequisite while hiring young people. The latest unemployment figures indicate that unemployment rate increased by one percentage point to…
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Treasurer-General, Omphile Maotwe speaks to the party’s counsel, Adv. Mfesane Ka-Siboto at the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town ahead of proceedings challenging the proposed 4% increase in the fuel levy on June 3, 2025. 1 minute The People against Petrol and Paraffin Price Increases have expressed support for…
