In a decision that was not unanimous, the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to raise the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.75%, effective from July 18. The governor of the SARB, G...
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The department of Home Affairs is sending out strong signals to all sectors of the economy and society. On Wednesday, media reports indicated that the department would deny visas to companies that wished to sta...
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The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa (SEIFSA) has said that there will be no more offers on the table after reports emerged that the workers representatives had rejected the latest of...
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American motor vehicle producer, Ford, have closed shop this week in South Africa, with Japanese automobile manufacturer, Toyota, apparently next in line to shut their doors temporarily this week. General Motor...
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The Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, will once again look into Hlaudi Motsoeneng following his permanent appointment as Chief Operations Officer of state broadcaster, SABC. Thuli Madonsela probed Motsoeneng e...
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In excess of 100 factories on the East Rand of Johannesburg have resorted to shutting their doors in order to protect themselves from the threat of violence related to the Numsa strike happening currently. Nati...
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Twenty six people were arrested on Friday in the economic province of Gauteng following intimidation, public violence and malicious damage to property. This is in connection with the ongoing strike organised by...
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The police had to fire rubber bullets to disperse strikers who were blocking the entrance to the power utility, Eskom’s Medupi Power Station on Thursday. Thursday was the third day of the National Union o...
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Civil-rights organisation, AfriForum, has submitted further legal opinion on South Africa’s proposed Protection of State Information Bill to President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday. According to AfriForum CEO, Er...
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The Democratic Alliance (DA) warned again on Monday against the potential perils of the proposed nuclear power plan suggested by president Jacob Zuma at the State of the Nation address last month. President Jacob Zuma, during his speech at the country’s State of the Nation address, explained how South Africa’s current energy crisis requires a, “radical transformation of the energy sector,” which will include nuclear power being integrated into the curr... Read more »
