AfriForum accuses Ramaphosa of causing ‘serious alienation’ of Afrikaners 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 14th May 2025 Afrikaner lobby group AfriForum has criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa for insulting Afrikaner refugees by calling them “cowards”, emphasising... →
Ramokgopa reaffirms Nedlac deliberations on IRP to be ‘last step’ before Cabinet approval
By: Terence Creamer 14th May 2025 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokogopa has reaffirmed that deliberations at the National Economic Development and Labour Council... →
DA threatens legal action against CoJ’s appointment process
By: Thabi Shomolekae 14th May 2025 The Democratic Alliance on Wednesday served the City of Johannesburg with legal papers demanding an end to what it calls the ongoing violation of... →
Outage slippages blamed for sixth bout of loadshedding of 2025
By: Terence Creamer 14th May 2025 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has fingered cumulative outage slippages of 3 100 MW as the reason behind South Africa’s... →
EFF believes GNU has no credible plan to resolve high unemployment rate
By: Thabi Shomolekae 14th May 2025 The Economic Freedom Fighters has said Statistics South Africa’s official unemployment rate, released on Tuesday, is more evidence that the... →
HIV patient testing falls in South Africa after US aid cuts, data shows
By: Reuters 14th May 2025 Testing and monitoring of HIV patients across South Africa have fallen since the United States cut aid that funded health workers and clinics, with... →
Transnet, union in talks to avoid strike
By: Bloomberg 14th May 2025 The biggest labour union at South Africa’s State-owned port and rail company are starting final talks with a third-party arbitrator to resolve a... →
Angola’s fight against corruption is losing momentum, IMF says
By: Bloomberg 14th May 2025 Angolan President Joao Lourenco’s anti-corruption drive is losing steam, threatening the country’s economic growth outlook, according to the... →
Menar hopeful US-SA trade relations will be normalised soon to avoid dual adversity
By: Martin Creamer 13th May 2025 Mining company Menar is very hopeful that trade relations between South Africa and the US are normalised very soon, and points out that if they are... →
Egypt's Suez Canal offers 15% discount for big container ships to win back trade
By: Reuters 13th May 2025 Egypt's Suez Canal will offer a 15% discount on transit fees for container ships with net tonnage of at least 130 000 metric tons, to encourage... →
Parties urge policy reform, income grant amid high unemployment rate
By: Thabi Shomolekae 13th May 2025 ActionSA wants the Government of National Unity to deliver “real, practical reforms” in Budget 3.0 to address South Africa’s deepening jobs crisis,... →
Cape Town adds 86 000 jobs in one year; employment at all-time record
By: Irma Venter 13th May 2025 The City of Cape Town has added 86 000 jobs in a year, reaching a record level of 1.827-million people now in jobs – this according to Statistics... →
Ghana aims to reduce $2.5bn debt owed to power producers by year-end
By: Reuters 13th May 2025 Ghana should be able to reduce its debt of $2.5-billion owed to independent power producers and gas suppliers by the end of the year, President... →
