farmers especially in KZN are being crippled by the foot-and-mouth outbreak Meat production organisation, Meat Naturally Africa, is calling for a fresh approach in tackling the foot-and-mouth outbreak. Many farmers especially in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) are being crippled by the outbreak. The organisation, in partnership with the KZN Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, launched a…
Nkomazi Municipality in Mpumalanga informed workers that they will not receive full salaries. Employees of the Nkomazi Municipality in Mpumalanga have downed tools over salaries. They allege that management informed them that they will not receive their full salaries this month-end due to severe financial constraints. The workers are demanding their full salaries, including overtime…
A stand of the Road Accident Fund is seen at the Green Youth Indaba 2025 in Durban on 19 June 2025. Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts has agreed to launch an inquiry into a range of allegations against the Road Accident Fund (RAF). It’s the first committee inquiry of the 7th Parliament. SCOPA says after…
Business mogul Bridgette Motsepe and the government of Botswana reach a court settlement The government of Botswana and business mogul Bridgette Motsepe have reached a court settlement, concluding a protracted litigation over allegations made against her in what is now known as the “Butterfly case”. This case affected Bridgette Motsepe’s business activities. The settlement agreement…
FILE: Employees sit in front of a laptop. The Public Service Commission (PSC) says government owes over R16 billion in leave payouts to nearly 190 000 employees. These workers were employed in the public service sector before July 2000. PSC Commissioner Anele Gxoyiya says the total capped leave liability represents approximately 14% of the total…
‘Looking for a job’ graphic Some economists are hopeful of a gradual improvement in jobs numbers after data released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) showed employment in the formal sector, excluding agriculture, fell by 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2025. The Quarterly Employment Statistics show full-time employment in the formal sector dropped…
The Standing Committee on Appropriations met for consideration and adoption of the draft reports on the Division of Revenue Bill at Parliament, Cape Town on June 23, 2025. The National Assembly will this afternoon consider the report of the Standing Committee on Appropriations on the Division of Revenue Bill. The Bill outlines how government revenue…
Bonsmara cattle Two young farmers in the North West province say they are hopeful that a donation of heifers received from Moalosi Bonsmara will contribute to their aim of becoming Bonsmara stud breeders. They received the donation during a production sale at the Vryburg Show Grounds. The founder and Bonsmara stud breeder, Moalosi Serapelwane is…
A wallet full of notes and coins. The latest report by BankServ Africa shows that take-home pay declined for the third consecutive month in the month of May. BankServ Africa attributes the decrease to a challenging economic landscape characterized by slow economic growth domestically and a deteriorating global economic outlook amid tensions in the Middle…
Bank notes. National Financial Ombud Scheme South Africa (NFO) says the highest number of complaints they received from consumers in the year 2024 were about fraud identification, car insurance, inflated charges for homes and bank accounts. The scheme released its latest figures, revealing that the country’s biggest banks were the subject of the majority of…
