Category: Business

Just News | President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Tuesday, 09 March 2021, virtually deliver a keynote address to the 9th annual Proudly South African Buy Local Summit & Expo, held under the theme “Localisation as a driver of Economic Growth”. The summit takes place over three days while the expo runs from 8 to 19 […]

Just News| The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe on Tuesday announced the adjustment of fuel prices based on current local and international factors with effect from the 3rd of March 2021. The department said South Africa’s fuel prices are adjusted on a monthly basis, informed by international and local factors. International factors […]

Tebogo Msimanga | The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) says it welcomes the decision taken by Putco management confirming that it won’t go ahead with retrenchment. Putco planned to retrench 214 employees. NUMSA General Secretary Irvin Jim said NUMSA met with the Putco managing director on Monday, 01 March 2021 and confirmed […]

Tebogo Msimanga | Numsa disgusted and disappointed The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) says it is dismayed, disgusted and disappointed by the compromised health and safety of its members, and the “casual attitude” that the management at ArcelorMittal South Africa displays towards this issue. Three workers, Thami Molefe, Lesenyeho Mofokeng and Mpho […]

Tebogo Msimanga | The South African Students Congress (SASCO) together with the Provincial Executive Committee members of Western Cape will be picketing outside Parliament on Wednesday 24 February 2021 when Finance  Minister Tito Mboweni delivers the Budget Speech for the year 2021. SASCO President Bamanye Matiwane said this will be their second picket aimed at […]

Tebogo Msimanga | Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) and Women Affected by Mining United in Action (WAMUA)  is calling  on President Cyril Ramaphosa to “reverse his embrace of big business  and to ensure that mining communities are ensured the rights set out in our constitution.” President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver a State of […]

Just News | The South African Retail-Clothing, Textile, Footwear and Leather (R-CTFL) Value Chain Masterplan has brought optimism and delight to many women in rural Keates Drift in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal. The area is one of the poorest in South Africa. Since its shoe factory closed its doors 26 years ago, it left 3000 families without […]

Tebogo Msimanga | The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has launched an investigation into allegations of price hike relating to garlic and ginger. This follows an outcry by consumers carried in the media including social media platforms regarding alleged excessive prices of both products by various suppliers. Food Lovers Market, Spar Group, Pick n Pay, Shoprite […]

Tebogo Msimanga | The Beer Association of South Africa (BASA) welcomed the lifting of the third blanket ban on alcohol, as announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his address on Monday evening. BASA comprises the Craft Brewers Association, Heineken South Africa and South African Breweries. BASA pleaded with government for urgent intervention, in order to […]