Day: February 5, 2025
News24 | Minimum wage hiked by 4.4% after record increase in 2024
The national minimum wage will increase by 4.4% to R28.79 per hour on 1 March.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Dispute between City and union keeps Rea Vaya bus service suspended, 30 000 commuters stranded
The 30 000 commuters who rely on the suspended Rea Vaya to get to and from work every day will have to wait until drivers feel safe before the bus service resumes.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SA banks are beating transformation targets, except at top levels – report
The Banking Association SA's 2024 Transformation Report shows banks are ahead of several key transformation targets, including black ownership and black economic interest, but are falling short at senior management level.
Continue ReadingNews24 | From Grammy winner to fashion elite: Tyla set to join star-studded Met Gala committee
Tyla has been announced as a member of the Met Gala Costume Institute Benefit Host Committee, alongside other high-profile figures like André 3000, Doechii and more.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Former PAC president’s testimony in Highgate Hotel massacre inquest interrupted by technical glitch
Former PAC president Letlapa Mphahlele's testimony hit a snag at an inquest into the Highgate Hotel massacre in the Eastern Cape High Court in East London on Wednesday after a connection glitch.
Continue ReadingNews24 | 75 Stilfontein zama zama bodies to be buried as paupers if families don’t claim them
Seventy-five unidentified bodies of illegal miners are being held in various government mortuaries in the North West.
Continue ReadingNews24 | East London community rallies for safe return of kidnapped 9-year-old girl
The community of Buffalo Flats in East London are rallying behind the family of a businessman whose nine-year-old daughter was kidnapped not far from her school on Tuesday afternoon.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Transnet gives more detail on capacity for private rail, introduces BEE measures
The first annexure provide potential rail operators with more detailed insights into available network, while the second introduces transformation measures that will promote access to the network for black-owned operators.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Stellenbosch farmer’s killer ‘didn’t come from the outside’, detective testifies in court
When Lieutenant-Colonel Frederik le Roux walked the perimeter of Louiesenhof Farm on the cold winter's night that Stefan Smit was killed, he came to one conclusion: no outsider had entered to execute the murder.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Stilfontein standoff: Lobby groups urge Mantashe to urgently intervene
As the third day of the 31st edition of the Invest in African Mining Indaba kicked off in Cape Town, several groups demonstrated in solidarity with informal miners and mining-affected communities in the aftermath of the Stilfontein humanitarian crisis.
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