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Last Update: 27-10-2025

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Patricia De Lille, SA Tourism board clash over suspension of CEO Nombulelo Guliwe

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delilleSunday Times reports that Department of Tourism (DOT) Minister Patricia de Lille and the board of South African Tourism (SAT) have locked horns over the board’s decision to institute disciplinary action against the entity’s now-suspended CEO over a R4.1m prepayment to a service provider for work that investigators claim was never done.

Calls for justice echo as Marikana massacre commemorated 13 years later

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IOL News reports that the Marikana massacre was commemorated on Saturday amid demands for justice for the 34 fallen mineworkers killed during a strike at Lonmin Mine in Marikana, North West, 13 years ago.

Despite challenges, SA’s agricultural job prospects remain hopeful

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farming thumb medium80 84Wandile Sihlobo, chief economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of SA, writes that agriculture is generally viewed as one of the sectors that still has the potential to create more employment in SA.

City of Tshwane's response to Rosslyn tyre factory fire on Saturday criticised

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tshwane thumb100 IOL News reports that a probe is under way to establish the cause of the devastating fire that gutted a tyre factory in Rosslyn in Pretoria North on Saturday amid claims by the DA that the City of Tshwane refused assistance from private fire fighters during the blaze.

Goodyear SA plant in Kariega closed its doors on Friday as workers accepted improved payout

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newsThe Herald reports that the Goodyear SA plant in Kariega shut its doors on Friday after unions secured an improved severance deal in terms of which each retrenched employee would receive R100,000, plus four weeks’ pay for every year worked.