By Rachel Mohamed Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) recently released its report on the first quarter of 2025, indicating a 0.1% increase in GDP. Key contributors to this growth included sectors such as agriculture, transport, finance, and trade. However, declines were noted in both the manufacturing and mining industries. Speaking on VOC’s News Beat show, Professor Bonke Dumisa, an independent economic analyst, commented on last year's disappointing figures. “In the […]
Deputy President, Paul Mashatile, has voiced the government’s concerns over the country’s economic growth rate, saying the youth are among those being negatively affected. He was speaking as the country commemorates Youth Day. Mashatile gave a virtual keynote address on Friday. “We remain concerned that the economy is not expanding at the rate that permits the economic development of a large number of people, especially the youth. It is for […]
Finance Minister, Enoch Godogwana will be faced with the challenging task of allocating limited resources towards multiple competing priorities when he delivers his Budget address this week. Economic analysts say they expect the focus of the budget to be on economic growth and revenue revisions. This as expenditure pressures rise due to the energy crisis, weak economic growth and a need for the extension of the special distress relief grant. […]
On Tuesday, the National Assembly will decide whether to proceed with a process to amend the Constitution to make expropriation of land without compensation possible, as the EFF's motion in this regard is expected to be debated. The draft resolution, brought by Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema, states that "South Africa has a unique history of brutal dispossession of land from black people by the settler colonial white minority" […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
