Cost of living

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Local

DA calls on government to ease the pain of high cost of living

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on government to ease the pain of the high cost of living. The DA submitted a memorandum of demands to the National Treasury in Pretoria ahead of next week’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement. Part of their demands is that Treasury should introduce a section 77 money bill that will cater for the poor, who continue to suffer under the harsh economic environment. The […]

today28 October 2023

Local

Load shedding leading to increased cost of living: Expert

Concerns are mounting over the potential total collapse of the national grid. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange and other listed corporates have indicated that they are working on contingency plans for the worst-case scenario. Energy expert, Tebogo Mosito says the country’s energy crisis is putting more pressure on South Africans who are already dealing with the escalating cost of living. The recently-appointed Electricity Minister, Kgosientso Ramakgopa, has been tasked to work […]

today13 March 2023

Local

Submissions opened ahead of adjustment to National Minimum Wage

LOCAL The National Minimum Wage Commission has invited written submissions from interested stakeholders as it prepares for the new minimum wage adjustments. The current minimum wage in South Africa is R23.19 for every ordinary hour worked, representing an 6.9% increase from the previous wage. Submissions will be considered before the commission publishes its annual report later this year which will then be handed to Minister in the Department of Employment […]

today15 September 2022

International

UAE: Journalists reportedly sacked en masse over article on cost of living crisis

INTERNATIONAL The Emirati news website Al-Roeya has sacked dozens of editors and journalists after the publication of an article highlighting the economic impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on the cost of living for low-income residents of the UAE. Raseef22, a Lebanese news website that revealed the mass sacking last week, reported that employees, journalists and senior editors were fired, and some of them questioned, before Al-Roeya's main online sections were shut down last week. […]

today14 September 2022

Local

SAFTU plans national shutdown against rising cost of living

LOCAL The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is planning a national shutdown to respond to escalating food, electricity and fuel costs. SAFTU General-Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi is encouraging South Africans to turn up in their numbers to speak out. Vavi says the current state of the country is not the freedom that people should be celebrating. “We cannot allow our country to be at the doorstep of a failed […]

today7 July 2022

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