South African Tribune

78% of businesses rate SA VISA regime as ‘very poor’In almost every interaction I have with businesses in the Western Cape, a topic which is raised consistently as a key obstacle to attracting investment and to expanding existing businesses is the broken South African visa regime.To facilitate foreign investment, companies…

State power utility, Eskom, says it expects to resume wage increase negotiations with trade unions in June.This after the power utility and unions, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and Solidarity, concluded three rounds of negotiations without reaching agreement.“As a custom, the…

Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, has said the government is hard at work to ensure the completion of the mass housing project, with 111 houses expected to be completed by July 2023.In an interview with Nampa recently, Uutoni said the ministry appointed a contractor, New Era Investment,…