Home Affairs Gets Tough on Foreign Business Owners

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... Read more »

Employers Say No More Wage Offer for NUMSA

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... Read more »

Rubber Bullets Fired at NUMSA Strike

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... Read more »

Stellenbosch University Rector and Vice Chancellor Prof. Russel Botman Dies at 60

The country of South Africa has been hurt where it hurts the most. One of its most illustrious sons has been taken away from it once again. Professor Russel Botman has passed on at his home in Stellenbosch on F... Read more »

MaMbeki Funeral Proceedings Cut Short Due To Adverse Weather Conditions

Epainette Mbeki was finally laid to rest on Saturday in her home in Idutywa, Eastern Cape. Speaking at the burial of the near centinarian, the deputy president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, said that the de... Read more »

Platinum Strike: There is Light At The End of The Tunnel

After the news on Thursday about the willingness of the workers’ representatives to sign a deal with the mining bosses, it has emerged that the talks are at a more advanced stage to broker a deal to end S... Read more »

Outpouring of Support as Nation Mourns the Death of MaMbeki

Former president Mbeki and his wife Zanele arrived in East London to attend the funeral of Thabo’s mother, Epainette Mbeki who passed on Saturday morning at the age of 98. The former first family were qui... Read more »

Thabo Mbeki’s Mother Dies as Zuma is Admitted to Hospital

It is a bad weekend in South Africa. As the nation mourns the death of the mother of former president, Thabo Mbeki, the serving president, Jacob Zuma, was admitted to hospital on Saturday. It started with the n... Read more »

Minister Making Inroads into Platinum Strike

The Minister of Mineral Resources will meet with mining bosses on Thursday in Pretoria in an attempt to find a settlement that will bring to an end the longest and most paralyzing strike in the recent history o... Read more »

Platinum Strike May Come to an End: Ramatlhodi

The recently inaugurated Minister of Mineral Resources, Ngoako Ramatlhodi, has indicated that the strike involving the platinum producers and its more than 70 000 workers represented by the Association of Mine... Read more »