Unemployed youth say their degrees are gathering dust. 1 minute Youth unemployment has risen by over 10 percentage points in the last 10 years. This is according to the Q1 2025 quarterly labour force survey from StatSA, which showed that youths (aged 15-34 years) face an unemployment burden of 46.1 percent, which has gone up…
Free State premier, MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae says the council will help to speed up economic growth and create jobs. 2 minutes The Free State Government says it is confident that it will be able to attract investment to resuscitate the economy and combat unemployment. This follows the establishment of an Investment and Economic Advisory council which…
Volkswagen Group South Africa has recalled 142 Volkswagen Polos and eight Volkswagen Taigo 2 minutes The National Consumer Commission (NCC) says the Volkswagen Group South Africa has recalled 142 Volkswagen Polos and eight Volkswagen Taigo. This is due to safety concerns. “We received this notification in terms of Section 60 from VW South Africa. They…
1 minute The Western Cape government aims to produce 15 gigawatts of green energy and export over 400 000 tonnes of hydrogen by 2035. The plan forms part of the province’s Green Hydrogen strategy, which is included in national energy goals. The provincial government says the move will drive economic growth, job creation, and energy…
Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke meets with the delegation from Namibia’s Statistics Agency at Statistics South Africa’s (Stats SA) Head Office in Pretoria on May 12, 2025. 1 minute Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke has called on Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie to publicly present his method of determining South Africa’s unemployment rate. This comes after Fourie questioned Statistics South…
1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Africa Green Hydrogen alliance between the African member states brings opportunities that will help create between two and four million jobs by 2050. Ramaphosa was speaking during the inaugural Africa Green Hydrogen Summit in Cape Town. The summit has brought together African energy ministers, policymakers, investors, and research…
File: Residents illegal electricity connections. 1 minute The City of Johannesburg has announced a debt collection drive named Project Lokisa aimed at addressing chronic municipal debt and illegal connections. Acting group head of Revenue Shared Services Centre at the City of Johannesburg Malope Ramagaga says the project, targeting both wealthy residential and commercial defaulters is…
A sand mine 1 minute A group of truck owners, drivers and brick manufacturers from the Vhembe district, in Limpopo, is calling on the Mineral Resources Department to relax the requirements for acquiring mining licenses. The group that marched to the department’s offices in Polokwane yesterday to hand over a memorandum accused the department of…
South African bank notes. 1 minute The rand has weakened sharply following recent weeks gains as Israeli military strikes on Iran drove investors away from riskier assets. The local unit shaved-off nearly a percent this morning trading at R17.92 this morning. The rand’s recent strength has emerged as one of the key drivers of lower…
2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed Africa’s readiness to lead the global green hydrogen revolution during his keynote address at the inaugural Africa Green Hydrogen Summit in Cape Town on Thursday. Ramaphosa emphasises the continent’s immense potential in renewable energy and describes it as a transformative force for economic growth and climate resilience. “Our…
