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EDUCATION MINISTER BUTI MANAMELA ACTS AGAINST THREE EMBATTLED SETAS
Sisanda Mbolekwa and Sabelo Skiti | 19 August 2025 Training authorities for local government, construction and services placed under...
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Aug 21, 20254 min read


SA MINING SECTOR BURNISHES TRANSFORMATION CREDENTIALS AS BATTLE LOOMS OVER DRAFT BILL
Ed Stoddard | 18 August 2025 The mining industry is arming itself with facts before what may be a long slog as it pushes for changes in the draft Mineral Resources Development Bill. South Africa’s mining sector is digging in for lengthy talks with the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy over the contentious draft Mineral Resources Development Bill (MRDP). The Minerals Council SA, the main umbrella group for the industry, maintains that the bill has many shortcomings th
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Aug 20, 20253 min read


US DEMANDS SPARK GROWING DISCONTENT AMID TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS – REPORT
Molefe Seeletsa | 17 August 2025 The US has reportedly set conditions to restore relations. Ministers for the two largest parties, ANC...
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Aug 19, 20252 min read


ELON MUSK’S STARLINK BACKS BEE EQUITY EQUIVALENTS, NOT 30% OWNERSHIP
Gugu Lourie | 18 August 2025 Elon Musk’s SpaceX’s satellite internet venture, Starlink, has formally endorsed South Africa’s proposed Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) policy reforms, advocating for Equity Equivalent Investment Programmes (EEIPs) as an alternative to the mandatory 30% black ownership requirement for telecom license holders. In an exclusive written response obtained by TechFinancials, Ryan Goodnight, Senior Director of Starlink Market Access, sta
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Aug 19, 20254 min read


ADDRESSING THE GENDER PAY GAP IN SOUTH AFRICA: THE CALL TO PENALISE EMPLOYERS FOR NON-COMPLIANCE
Gcwalisile Khanyile | 18 August 2025 More than three decades into democracy, South African women are still earning 35% less than men for...
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Aug 18, 20255 min read


NELSON MANDELA FOUNDATION CHAIRPERSON NALEDI PANDOR HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES FACING WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICA
Central News | 17 August 2025 Nelson Mandela Foundation Chairperson Naledi Pandor highlights challenges facing women in South Africa,...
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Aug 18, 20254 min read


TIA LAUNCHES DISABILITY TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION PROGRAMME TO TRANSFORM INCLUSIVE ACCESS TO INNOVATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
Africa.com | 14 August 2025 The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), an entity of the Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation...
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Aug 15, 20253 min read


JOB CRISIS DEEPENS: SA UNEMPLOYMENT SOARS TO 33.2% AS YOUTH FACE STAGGERING JOBLESS RATE
Stacey & J Sbu | 12 August 2025 South Africa's unemployment rate increases to 33.2% in Q2 2025, with only 19,000 new jobs created despite...
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Aug 15, 20251 min read


COURT BLOCKS BEE FOR AIR LICENCES
Kiran Molloy | 10 August 2025 The Pretoria High Court has declared it unlawful for the Air Service Licensing Council (ASLC) to impose Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) or race-based requirements on applicants for air service licenses. According to the complainant, Sakeliga, a litigator for the business and industry chamber network, the ASLC has been denying or delaying domestic air service providers with criteria such as B-BBEE certifications and transformation
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Aug 11, 20252 min read


CITY POWER AND PARTNERS LAUNCH YOUTH SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME
Lucky Thusi | 8 August 2025 Department of Labour encourages youth to go to DPSA website for job opportunities. City Power and partners...
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Aug 11, 20253 min read


702 PEOPLE’S DIALOGUE: CALLS FOR REVITALISATION OF SKILLS DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURES TO HELP TACKLE UNEMPLOYMENT
Ntokozo Khumalo | 6 August 2025 The country’s latest unemployment rate is 32.9%, with most being youth. JOHANNESBURG - Some 702 listeners...
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Aug 8, 20251 min read


THIS WOMEN’S MONTH, ONE STORY MAY STILL GO UNTOLD: THE SOUTH AFRICAN WOMAN WITH DISABILITY SEARCHING FOR WORK
LnT Desk | 7 August 2025 As South Africa celebrates Women’s Month with tributes to powerful trailblazers, entrepreneurs, and leaders, one...
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Aug 8, 20254 min read


UNDERSTANDING THE FAIR PAY BILL: A STEP TOWARDS SALARY EQUITY IN SOUTH AFRICA
Gcwalisile Khanyile | 7 August 2025 The Fair Pay Bill, recently tabled in Parliament, has been described as setting the groundwork for...
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Aug 7, 20255 min read


10 WAYS THE ATRIUM BOUTIQUE HOTEL IS ADVANCING WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA’S TOURISM SECTOR
Quan Dambuza | 7 August 2025 Deputy Minister Maggie Sotyu launches 60% women-owned, 4-star hotel in Limpopo backed by transformative...
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Aug 7, 20253 min read


MBALULA BLAMES DA FOR TRUMP'S TARIFFS AND US THREATS TO SANCTION ANC LEADERS
Lizeka Tandwa | 6 August 2025 'We will never back imperialists to subvert our democracy, our sovereignty'. ANC secretary-general Fikile...
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Aug 7, 20252 min read


OPINION | GAUTENG MUST MOVE FROM PROGRESS TO PARITY ON GENDER EQUALITY
Bongo Ntshangase | 5 August 2025 The provincial government is rewriting the future, with women at the centre of progress. In a world...
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Aug 6, 20253 min read


OUTA: R21 BILLION IN SKILLS FUNDING MISUSED WHILE YOUTH ARE ‘LEFT STRANDED’
Lerato Mpembe | 4 August 2025 The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has raised alarm over what it calls widespread mismanagement and...
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Aug 6, 20253 min read


FORMER DIMENSION DATA FOUNDERS AND EXECUTIVES ACCUSED OF FRAUD HIT BACK
Jan Vermeulen | 4 August 2025 Dimension Data co-founders and former executives Jeremy Ord, Grant Bodley, Saki Missaikos, Steven Nathan,...
BEE NEWS
Aug 5, 20259 min read


GREEN IS THE NEW GOLD
Yershen Pillay | 3 August 2025 Imagine a South Africa where the sun powers communities, waste fuels industries and rural youth become...
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Aug 4, 20254 min read


LOCALS TO BENEFIT FROM PROPOSED CHANGES TO GAUTENG TOWNSHIP ECONOMY LAW
Luyolo Mkentane | 30 July 2025 The proposed changes call for township-based retail malls and supermarkets to partner with township-based...
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Aug 1, 20252 min read
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