The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) wants to make sweeping changes to the black economic-empowerment (BEE) certification process and preferential procurement policy in a bid to create a class of black industrialists and accelerate "radical" transformation in the South African economy.EngineeringNews.co.za reports that new broom Deputy Minister of Trade...
Moneyweb and Maxum have put their research together to come up with a list of the best paying jobs in SA. Eyewitness News reports this is the definitive list should you be in the need to earn well over R100 000 per month:
It took a very long time but at last British businessman Shrien Dewani has been found fit to standtrial for the murder of his wife Anni in South Africa. A mental health report submitted to the Western Cape High Court states that the Dewani "is not mentally ill. The accused...
The South African government says it wants to rebuild what was once the most powerful army in Africa. The first step – one of four milestones set out by the government - is to stop the current rot and the steady decline of the competencies of the current SA National...
Is the "race question" in South Africa just a black/white thing? When someone is accused of "playing the race card" are they contrasting blacks and whites only? These are questions posed by positive South African news website www.sagoodnews.co.za founder Steuart Pennington in his latest article published on SA The Good...
One of the world's leading travel magazines, Condé Nast Travel Magazine, has listed the friendliest and unfriendliest cities in the world, and South African cities feature on both sides of the spectrum The website Business Tech (http://businesstech.co.za) says while Cape Town has been voted South Africa's friendliest city, according to...
2 in 5 South Africans believe women should stay at home, rather than working. This is the finding of consumer insights company Pondering Panda,who interviewed 3,075 adults between the ages of 18 and 49 across South Africa to gauge opinion on common gender stereotypes. The survey found that, when asked...
South Africa is going to implement amendments to the Immigration Act, which will complicate movement into an out of South Africa and could be devastating for tourism to the country. The Association of Southern African Travel Agents (ASATA) says in a media statement SA is hell bent on implementing the...
Viewers of The Oscar Pistorius Trial: A Carte Blanche Channel can now return to their TV’s and computers as its returns after a month-long recess. The pop up channel goes back on air tomorrow (Thursday, 7 August 2014) at 08:00 with expats outside of SA having access to the channel...
Certain retailers – most notably Woolworths - in South Africa are at the center of a boycott call in an attempt to prevent them from stocking products sourced in Israel. This comes in reaction to the Gaza-Israel war, which has claimed the lives of around 2,000 people, many of which...
When the famous journalist Sir Henry Morton Stanley traversed central Africa in search of explorer Dr David Livingstone who was thought to be missing at the time, his words on meeting up with the famous medical missionary was: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume." He need not have presumed anything else because...
"Common sense is evidently in short supply among some lorry drivers on South Africa's roads", is how The UK's Metro newspaper describes and incident in which a giraffe has died after hitting a bridge.The unfortunate animal was one of two being transported on the back of a truck on a...
A hate speech complaint earlier this year by part time singer and right winger Steve Hofmeyr and his mother-of-5 sidekick Sunette Bridges against fact checking website Africa Check "was little more than an attempt to harass, intimidate and stifle debate. For its authors, facts mean little and 'research' is merely...
South African brandies have again emerged as world champions having taken top honours in this year's International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) as well as the International Spirits Challenge (ISC). These two competitions are seen as the most authoritative on the international spirits scene. The IWSC trophy was won by...
Following the announcement of the new regulation put into place by the Ministry of Home Affairs regarding travelling with children in and out of South Africa, please take urgent note of the below summary from the Publication of the Draft Immigration Regulations 2014 in regard to documentation required when travelling...
Any expat serious about returning to SA and investing in property would have been interested in recent reports that Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti wants commercial farmers to hand over half their farms to farmworkers. Even if you are not interested in farming, the proposed plan reminds...
At 25 one of Presient Jacob Zuma's many children stands to make history as the person who landed one of the highest jobs in the country at the lowest age with the shortest CV.Thuthukile Zuma has become chief of staff in the telecoms department in the minister's office.The Mail &...
The SABC has paid about R42m in "thank you" bonuses to its staff and middle managers - in addition to normal bonuses. Sunday Times, via I-Net Bridge reports that SABC sources have confirmed that SABC new boss Hlaudi Motsoeneng (above) approved the bonuses to thank employees for their hard work...
Britain will expand funding to assist South Africa to develop a carbon trading market in an attempt to rein in its rising greenhouse-gas emissions from coal-related energy production. engineeringnews.co.za quotes a Reuters report in which it is said the British High Commission in Pretoria confirmed that the UK will fund...
Is it OK for a murder accused to get drunk in a trendy Sandton club and start all sorts of tussles with other club-goers? That is the question we might ask ourselves now that reports emerge that murder accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius allegedly insulted President Jacob Zuma's family while clubbing...
Is Oscar Pistorius back to his old self again? The Paralympic athlete who shot and killed his girlfriend, the model Reeva Steenkamp, was in the VIP section of a trendy Sandton club when he found himself in an alteration – again. Eyewitness News (EWN) reports a clubber, Jared Mortimer, claims...
Thinking of taking the UK Border Bullies for a ride? Think again. The Home Office has now placed new restrictions on the entrepreneur visa route in response to scams from individuals and organised criminal groups. The entrepreneur route of becoming a UK citizen is intended to allow migrants to set...
How much have South Africans coughed up in fuel levies in recent years? Was it around R238-billion over the past six years or R240-billion since 1998, or R180-billion? It's perfectly understandable if you are confused. Highly conflicting claims were made recently by the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) –...
South Africa's 38% state-owned wireline and wireless telecommunications provider Telkom is planning to radically reduce workers from minority groups with its 'absolute race representivity' policy. Trade union Solidarity warns Telkom would have to retrench more than 5,000 white employees from the company to achieve the race targets of its employment...
It's loooong overdue but at last South Africa is waking up to the need of expanding its public transport network. New, modern and safe commuter trains will start to be on the tracks by next year. The announcement was made by Communications Minister Faith Muthambi who told the media in...
They came in droves to find a better life; now they might be leaving as fast as they arrived. As the South African government, afraid of the influx if foreigners and high unemployment, brings into force new strict visa regulations shortly after the country's May election, scores of expatriate workers...
If you want to know something about a person, go and see how they treat their animals, the saying goes. If this is true, what does this latest piece of breaking news say about South Africa's newly elected National Council of Provinces chairperson Thandi Modise (above)?
Mad Bob's hatred for whites has reached new levels. According to newzimbabwe.com Zimbabwean president for life, Robert Mugabe, has vowed that whites will never ever again be allowed to own land in Zimbabwe. He also said the few remaining white farmers in his country will be kicked out.
How we Saffas like to be taken for a ride... From pyramid schemes to penis enlargement scams. But this one will not take you for a ride, it will leave you on your feet. Motorists who drive a car displaying advertising that states 'Drive a new car from R699' will...
The search is on for the South African of the Year. Moegsien Williams (above), editor of The New Age and 24-hour news channel ANN7, says the South African of the Year (#SATY) concept was borne to find a way to for his newspaper and TV channel to honour 20 years...
The SA Police Service has once again been rapped over the knuckles because of its unfair racial labour practices.This time the Labour Court in Johannesburg today ruled in favour of Lt Col Adolf Arendt in that the SAPS may not fill the position of systems manager on a colonel's level...
