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(Foto: Unsplash)The trade union Uasa warns that rising fuel prices and global uncertainty could cause even more job losses.South Africa’s unemployment crisis further worsened in the first quarter of 2026 after 345,000 jobs were lost and the number of working people decreased to 16.8 million.According to the latest quarterly workforce survey from StatsSA, the official unemployment rate now stands at 32.7% – an increase of more than one percentage point compared to the previous quarter.Uasa says the worsening figures are the result of widespread job losses in most sectors, together with thousands of matriculants who entered the labor market at…

Bitterness has arisen in the family of a woman who was allegedly killed by her boyfriend, who buried her in a suitcase in November last year, when the University of KwaZulu-Natal handed over her degrees to the family at the graduation ceremony held on Friday in Durban. The body of Zinhle Simphiwe Mchunu (23) from Roosboom, Mnambithi, who was doing her final year of teaching at this university, was found buried in a suitcase in a grave near the flat where her boyfriend lived in C, Mlaza, on December 20, 2025.When the body was found, he had been missing for…

A paraplegic man from the Western Cape who had to survive for years in dire conditions was finally placed in a care home after a two and a half year court battle forced the state to fulfill its constitutional obligations towards him.

IMD AI Weather Forecast: Indian Meteorological Department has launched AI systems for weather forecasting. Of the two systems launched, one in particular has started as a pilot project in Uttar Pradesh. With the help of AI, now weather forecast can be given not only according to the district but also according to your area or farm within a radius of 1KM.With the help of AI, accurate weather conditions will be known 10 days in advance. 1km Rainfall Prediction UP : Now IMD will predict through AI when there will be stormy rain in your area. In fact, the Indian Meteorological…

DESPITE the fact that the number of unemployed people in the country has increased, but there is a glimmer of hope in KwaZulu-Natal, the number of people earning income is increasing.The unemployment rate rose to 32.7% in the first quarter of 2026, from 31.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025.These figures were announced by Mr. Risenga Maluleke, Statistician-General kwiStats SA, izolo. Maluleke said that 345,000 jobs have been lost, while the number of working people in the country stands at 16.8 million.”KZN is the only province that has seen an increase in the number of working people by 6,000. The…

The launch of the new model has attracted great interest. (Photo: Ford)On Tuesday, on the first day of the Nampo Harvest Day, Ford unveiled a brand new bakkie, the Ranger Super Duty. It is a heavy-duty pick-up that, according to the manufacturer, is designed to “do more, carry more and tow more” than any other Ranger yet.The launch of the new model has attracted great interest.According to Ford, the Ranger Super Duty is much more than just a new version of the popular Ranger series. The manufacturer describes it as a “completely new segment” for South Africa and says the…

Published On 13 May 202613 May 2026Tens of thousands of Argentines have taken to the streets in cities across the country to protest funding cuts by Javier Milei’s government to the public university system.Huge crowds in central Buenos Aires marched towards the presidential palace on Tuesday to denounce budget shortfalls that they say are undermining the foundations of higher education.Argentina’s public universities have been tuition-free since 1949 and have produced five Nobel laureates.Congress approved a law last year to finance universities’ operating costs and increase academic salaries in line with soaring inflation. The government, however, has refused to implement it…

Again and again in KwaZulu-Natal, officials of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), will meet with different leaders.These officials are in a campaign to unite the eyes of different leaders as they are looking at the local government elections on November 4, 2026. Today the officials will meet with the leader of the Shembe church, on the Buhleni side, Mduduzi “Nyazilwezulu” Shembe.It has not been long since the officials in the province met with the King of the Churches, Misuzulu of Zwelithini.The IEC statement said that the Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Mosotho Moepya, will meet Nyazi Kwamhlabuyalingana. We said that…

WE CHOOSE to remember her late mother by going up on stage dressed in willows and carrying a t-shirt with a message written on her death, a student of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, who was graduating on Friday. Thembisani Mntungwa, who grew up in Malukazi, near Sipingo, is graduating with a Bachelor of Social Science in Criminology and Forensic Studies degree, not even two months have passed since her mother, Ms. Nondumiso Mntungwa (40), passed away.The t-shirt he was carrying with his mother’s picture showed that she passed away on March 21, this year.The message was written: “The person who…

(Photo: selensergen/iStock)Many South Africans may have been looking forward to an easier outlook at the start of the year: Inflation had receded, interest rates were expected to fall and the global economy seemed to be absorbing the tariff and trade drama. This meant that the local economy could slowly begin to recover.”That encouraging story is now more complicated,” warns Lisette IJssel de Schepper, chief economist at the Bureau for Economic Research (BER).While the question a few months ago was how quickly the interest rate will fall, now it is whether it will rise again.The disruption to the global energy market…