State entities, including the SABC, Denel, Airports Company SA (Acsa) and the Post Office, have requested billions of rand in funding from the taxpayer to help them weather the coronavirus storm, says the National Treasury. In a…
Unemployment insurance funds and pension funds during Covid-19 have been a major concern for employers and employees across the country. Employment and labour minister Thulas Nxesi has announced a Covid-19 relief fund for employers and…
Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has taken public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan to task over a loan that the City of Johannesburg granted to state arms manufacturer Denel. In a written response to a parliamentary question‚ Gordhan…
Jason Hartzenberg dreamed of being a policeman and had just passed his entrance examination. But the 21-year-old’s dream died in the blink of an eye on Monday when he was killed in a massive explosion at the Rheinmetall Denel munitions…
The explosion which killed eight people at the Rheinmetall Denel munitions factory on the outskirts of Cape Town on Monday “destroyed the entire building and the surrounding blast walls in which it happened”. That is what German arms…
Four people have been confirmed dead after a massive explosion rocked the Rheinmetall Denel munitions factory in Somerset West on Monday. City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue services spokesperson Theo Lane said that they had responded to an…
