Citrus Growers Association say SA is the second largest exporter of citrus fruit in the world. Citrus Growers’ Association CEO, Boitshoko Ntshabele, says South Africa’s citrus industry has recorded its strongest export season to date. He says growers packed over R200 million cartons for international markets, a 22% increase from last year. Dr Ntshabele says…
[FILE IMAGE]: A branch of mobile communications provider Vodacom in Cape Town is shown in this picture taken November 10, 2015. Vodacom has posted a 32.3% increase in interim profit with improved earnings. However, despite strong financials from the group, a multi-million rand once-off payout to Nkosana Makate in relation to the “Please Call Me”…
The logo of the G-20 South Africa 2025 during a press briefing. Gqeberha has hosted three G20 Working Group meetings this year. The first one was the Employment Working Group meeting in February, which tackled challenges around youth employment and the digital future of the workforce. The second was the Digital Economy Working Group in…
[File photo] Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk gets in a Tesla car Businessman Elon Musk has clinched the largest corporate pay award in history. This after shareholders of Musk’s electric car company Tesla approved his record-breaking one-trillion-dollar or more than R17 trillion pay package. Musk, who is also CEO of SpaceX and xAI, threatened…
Nkosana Makate , ‘Please Call Me’ originator speaking to SABC News Analysts have estimated that the out-of-court settlement between Vodacom and ‘Please Call Me’ originator Nkosana Makate is likely to be less than 1% of the group’s annual revenue. The mobile operator announced on Wednesday that the matter had been settled after 18 years of…
A FlySafair aircraft. Salary negotiations resumed on Thursday between FlySafair and the SA Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) under the mediation of the CCMA. The union represents 65% of the airline’s 800 cabin crew staff. Those members have been locked out by the airline. SACCA has threatened to strike, with the union’s president saying it…
President Cyril Ramaphosa speaking at a government event. President Cyril Ramaphosa says growing inequality across the world is deepening social divides and threatening global stability. Speaking at the International Women’s Forum in Cape Town on Thursday, Ramaphosa revealed that a new G20 report has sounded the alarm on what he called an “inequality emergency.” He…
An Airlink aircraft. Airlink has announced that it has suspended its daily flights between Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport and Maseru, Lesotho. It says this is due to what it describes as a lack of serviceable fire and rescue equipment at Moshoeshoe International Airport. It says normal services will only resume once the airport operator…
‘Please Call Me’ inventor, Nkosana Makate Vodacom has released a statement to shareholders on Wednesday indicating that it has reached an out-of-court settlement in the “Please Call Me” matter with Nkosana Makate. It says the Board approved a settlement agreement and that it has been accounted for in the Group’s interim results for the six-month…
A protester holds a placard which reads “Shein, no way. Stop fast fashion” during a protest against the opening of the first physical space of Chinese online fast-fashion retailer Shein at the Le BHV Marais department store, the Bazar de l’Hotel Protesters bearing “Shame on Shein” placards gathered outside a Paris department store on Wednesday,…
