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A general view of burnt out goods after a Pick n Pay truck was torched along the N1 in Klipheuwel on July 08, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. It is reported that both the N7 and N1 were affected by protests after a nationwide call for truck drivers to stop operating to protest the employment of foreign drivers. The truck drivers also threatened to shut down the whole country. (Photo by Jacques Stander/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
DOCUMENTATION

Brakes put on foreign truck drivers

New legislation aims to protect local jobs in the transport sector amid questions as to whether SA has enough willing and skilled drivers

  • Anathi Madubela
5 min read
Hard sell: South African retailer Shoprite has announced the closure of its stores in Nigeria (above) and Kenya, but retains a footprint in several other African countries. (Aminu Abubakar/AFP/Getty Images)
BUSINESSES

Shoprite among firms that failed in Africa, Europe, Australia

Corporate South Africa is feeling the Covid-19 pinch. But is there space for growth domestically?

  • Anathi Madubela
6 min read
CHAD FIVE SOUTH

South Africans to be evacuated from Chad

Five South Africans will be evacuated from Chad on Monday night, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The French Military will fly the South Africans to Libreville in Gabon…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
BUSH ADMINISTRATION

Iranian president claims US report as a victory

Jubilant Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Wednesday said the United States report confirming his country had abandoned its nuclear weapons programme was a ”declaration…

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
BUSH ADMINISTRATION

Tehran: UN must ditch plan for ‘illegal’ sanctions

A jubilant Iranian leadership called on Tuesday for plans for new United Nations sanctions against the country to be dropped in the face of the United States report confirming it…

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
AMR MOUSSA

Israel and Palestine fail to agree before conference

A meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders has failed to produce a joint declaration for a Middle East summit due next week in the United States, after they could not…

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
ALQAEDA

Pakistan urges more US patience over tribal areas

Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Riaz Muhammad Khan on Wednesday urged the United States to be more patient as his country fights extremists in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.…

  • Sue Pleming
3 min read