Stilbaai is renowned among water sports enthusiasts and has long been a popular vacation and surfing destination for both Capetonians and visitors from South Africa’s northern provinces. Source: BusinessTech
The Department of Employment and Labour will hold a national seminar on Saturday (19 February) to reflect on the advances made to improve the working conditions of domestic workers. Source: BusinessTech
A growing list of service delivery issues – including countless potholes, water and electricity issues – has contributed to an exodus of middle-class South Africans from Johannesburg to the Western Cape and overseas. Source: BusinessTech
In addition to the economic benefits, the city is expected to help reduce unemployment in the area, promote tourism and help reverse some of the semigration from the area, which had seen more people leave to the country’s larger cities. Source: BusinessTech
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is expected to provide further details on an ‘exit tax’ for South Africa in his inaugural budget on 23 February, say legal experts at ENSafrica. Source: BusinessTech
Former chief executive officer of the South African Post Office, Mark Barnes says that a private sector partnership with the government can revive the country’s postal service. Source: BusinessTech
Civil society group Outa has welcomed the introduction of the online vehicle and driver’s licencing system in South Africa, but warned that the government has slipped ‘massive cost increases’ into the new services. Source: BusinessTech
The South African Police Service has presented the country’s latest crime statistics, covering the third quarter of the 2021/22 financial year, October to December 2021. Source: BusinessTech
The Department of Home Affairs is piloting a new e-booking system which it says will drastically reduce long queues and wait times at its offices. Source: BusinessTech
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is fending off accusations that he has created a shadow cabinet within the presidency because he mistrusts some of his ministers. Source: BusinessTech
