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DA Johannesburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille. (@Our_DA/X)

Zille pledges 200 000 new jobs in Johannesburg

Joburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille said the DA-run Cape Town gained 69 000 jobs in the past three months while Johannesburg shed 49 000 jobs

Collaborative governance: The government of national unity had promised stability and accelerated reform. Photo: @PresidencyZA/X

The hits and misses under the GNU

A year after the president’s first State of the Nation address as the leader of a coalition government, performance has been good and bad

Upcoming: Mountain View
Business Precinct, midway
between Durbanville and the
new airport, will be home to
the northern suburbs’ newest
industrial expansion. Photos: GASS
Architects, Stellenbosch

Airports equal real estate catalysts

When airports are developed, so is the property surrounding them. The ‘city’ essentially grows around the new airport

The future of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant beyond the March 2027 extension remains uncertain. Archive photo: Chris Gilili

Future of SRD grant uncertain, treasury says

The Universal Basic Income Coalition said the government’s proposals to link the grant to employment-related conditions could exclude eligible beneficiaries

Prasa, through the rolling stock recapitalisation programme, procured new rolling
stock for its Metro Rail operations as part of its long-term modernisation strategy.
(Delwyn Verasamy)

Prasa achieves first unqualified audit in nine years with 93% performance rate

The state-owned passenger rail agency has a long-term goal of 600 million trips by 2035

The rural economy depends on resource-based industries such as agriculture, mining, fishing, tourism and forestry. Photo: File

Infrastructure, governance failures limit growth of agriculture and development in rural areas

The rural economy should not be forgotten in South Africa’s economic growth agenda,

South Africa’s digital economy is being undermined by local beneficiation for copper, which has become an essential mineral in the age of artificial intelligence — from data centres, electricity cables and battery storage. (Flickr)

Copper will determine South Africa’s digital economy success

The economy is expected to create a jobs boom if the country can fix its electricity grid and meet the increasing demand for local copper beneficiation

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (GCIS)

Ramaphosa touts youth jobs drive as StatsSA data paints grim unemployment picture

The statistics agency’s youth report notes worsening joblessness, hunger and safety concerns among South Africa’s youth

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Alistair Ruiters as his special advisor for investment promotion. (@PresidencyZA/X)

Ramaphosa makes Alistair Ruiters special advisor for investment promotion

The former director general at the department of trade and industry has a long history leadership in business

Residents say rental prices have increased drastically and accuse  authorities of making the city a tourist destination at the expense of locals. (Getty Images)

Cape Town locals want tax on digital nomads to balance high housing costs

Residents say rental prices have increased drastically and accuse authorities of making the city a tourist destination at the expense of locals

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi.

Opposition parties dismiss Lesufi’s State of the Province address as bluster without actionable plans

They criticised the Gauteng premier’s water and electricity solutions as misguided

In the second quarter of 2025, unemployment edged up to 33.2% in the second quarter of 2025 from 32.9% in the previous quarter, while of the 10.1 million people aged 15 to 24,  35.2% were not in employment

Unemployment rate eases to 31.9% as four industries add jobs

This marks the second consecutive drop in the jobless rate, and the lowest since the third quarter of 2023

Vusi Dlamini, head of operations at the Renergen Tetra4 Virginia Gas Project. Photo: Motlatsi Mofokeng
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Free State’s helium gamble: A new energy frontier?

The province is home to the biggest gas and helium project in the country. Will it speed up the shift towards renewable energy sources, or could it potentially hinder progress? Refilwe Mochoari investigates

The promise of $300 billion by 2035 is not only insufficient; it’s a betrayal of the principles of climate justice. (Guillem Sartorio/Getty Images)

Renewable energy sector doesn’t provide long-term job security

Most jobs are for the installation period only, and are therefore temporary

The expedition highlighted the potential that mobility, powered by renewable energy, had to transform livelihoods across Africa.

African-made electric motorcycle completes solar-powered journey from Nairobi to Stellenbosch

The innovative expedition has highlighted the need for electric mobility on the continent

SAB chief executive Richard Rivett-Carnac said the industry needed strong policy certainty about excise tax. (File photo)

SA Breweries warns that inflated tax threatens jobs, local growth

The industry wants excise tax relief amid declining sales and economic strain

The Institute for Security Studies launched its Prospects 2043 report on Tuesday, with strong leadership seen as key to long-term stability in South Africa. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

GNU has ‘rekindled hope’ that South Africa can prosper, says ISS

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Business leaders questioned the relevance of the National Economic Development and Labour Council at its 29th annual summit in Johannesburg on Friday.

Business questions relevance of Nedlac

The council must review how it will remain relevant in an economy characterised by artificial intelligence, digitalisation and hybrid ways of working, business partners say

Sandock Austral Shipyard CEO Prasheen Maharaj; KZN MEC for Economic Development, Tourism, and Environmental Affairs, Musa Zondi; Launch Boats Lady Sponsor TNPA Acting Port Manager for Cape Town Ophelia Shabane, and eThekwini Municipality EXCO Member and Chairperson of Economic Development, Tourism, and Environmental Affairs, Cllr Thembubuhle Ntuli.
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SA shipbuilding industry has potential to chart new waters and cause economic waves

Transnet christens two new locally built launch boats at Durban shipbuilding yard

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (File photo)

Ramaphosa’s speech to parliament listed South Africa’s old problems – but no new solutions

The address should have set out how things would be done differently and better under the new government, instead of being a wish list