In 2005, government approved plans for the establishment of the National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency (NWRIA). Kirsten Kelly gives an update about its rationale and status. A lack of water is a constraint to economic growth. There is a...
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has called on all parties involved in the Eskom wage dispute to allow time for the negotiations to succeed. Gordhan noted that a continuous supply of electricity was in everyone’s best interest and urged...
The Passenger Railway Agency of South Africa (Prasa) is calling on government, stakeholders and communities to assist in the fight against cable theft. The call was prompted by ongoing criminal activities on railways which have resulted in the loss...
67 000 jobs were lost in the second quarter, a decrease of 0.7% compared to March 2016. The job losses, reported by Stats SA are in the formal non-agricultural sector. Quarterly employment losses were observed in all industries except electricity...
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) will undertake mass protest action this week with several demands for its workers. The one-day national protected strike will take place during this year’s International Decent Work Day on...
Following the installment of opposition candidate Herman Mashaba as the new mayor of the City of Johannesburg, one of his first orders of business was to inform a Sunday Times journalist of his intentions to privatise the City’s waste collection...
Following concerns raised by Cosatu, the Transport Minister Dipuo Peters met with the North West provincial secretaries of the ANC and Cosatu to discuss issues relating to the Swartruggens toll plaza. A report from the Swartruggens Task Team, set...
More than 220 000 Numsa workers in the metal and engineering industries have downed tools today as part of an indefinite strike. Numsa members in Gauteng will today march to the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council where they will be...
The Cape Chamber of Commerce & Industry is hosting Mike Louw, COSATU Western Cape – Educator / Organiser to talk about the ‘Reflections on the State of the Labour Movement: Imperatives for Business.’ All businesses are welcome to attend...
