1 minute Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that there had been “substantial progress” in talks between his team and that of Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Geneva on defusing a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Bessent said he would give more details on Monday, while US Trade Representative Jamieson…
1 minute The South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) has condemned the possible dismissal of nearly 400 suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police officers, following their participation in an unprotected strike in March. The officers used state vehicles to block highways, demanding increased pay and improved working conditions. The union has described the consequence management as draconian…
A street money changer counts South African rands. 2 minutes The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) says it condemns the bosses at Venus Security for allegedly failing to pay workers their salaries. The union says the last time workers received their salary was in February this year and have not received a…
SABC Plus celebrating one million registered users 1 minute The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has congratulated the public broadcaster, the SABC on the growth of its Over-The-Top (OTT) streaming platform, SABC Plus that has exceeded the one million registered users in April. The platform offers audiences access to the SABC’s 19 radio stations,…
[File photo] 1 minute Stats SA has announced that manufacturing production fell by 0.8% in March compared to the same period last year. This marked the fifth consecutive month of decline in industrial activity, although it was the mildest in the sequence. The largest negative contributors were petroleum, chemical, rubber and plastic products and electrical…
Woman walks past a business offering a job 3 minutes Canada’s unemployment rate rose to 6.9% in April, the highest since November, as US tariffs started to hit Canada’s export-dependent economy in earnest, data showed on Friday. The high unemployment rate in Canada, where the number of jobless people is inching towards 1.6 million, was partly a result of US President…
People attending Africa’s Travel Indaba. 2 minutes Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille says the Africa Tourism Indaba generated over R500 million for KwaZulu-Natal last year. She opened the second G20 tourism working group meeting in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. This was ahead of Africa’s Travel Indaba, which will open in Durban on Tuesday. De Lille says the…
File image: One of Ithala Bank branches. 1 minute The KwaZulu-Natal Development Bank, Ithala will continue to operate normally, but will not be taking deposits. This is according to a judgment, which the High Court in Pietermaritzburg delivered yesterday. Ithala had sought an urgent court interdict against the Repayment Administrator’s instruction in January that its…
Chinese President Xi Jinping 4 minutes Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Thursday their two countries should be “friends of steel”, as they pledged to boost cooperation to a new level at a time of heightened confrontation with the West. At talks in the Kremlin, the two leaders cast themselves as defenders…
Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Sindisiwe Lydia Chikunga 2 minutes Minister of Youth, Women and Persons with Disabilities Sindisiwe Chikunga says the recent G20 Conference on Financial Inclusion, held over two days at Sun City near Rustenburg in the North West, was a success and a step forward in addressing the economic…
