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If you’re considering choosing a balloon payment when financing a new car, you’re not alone. South African banks report that as many as a third of car loan customers are choosing the maximum balloon payment to reduce their monthly repayments. However, it’s wise to consider the long-term impact before committing to a balloon payment. Ernest …
The South African used car industry is growing from strength to strength, with the latest July 2025 numbers showing year-on-year (YoY) and month-on-month growth (MoM), reflecting the continued trend of renewed consumer confidence and a resilient used vehicle market. The top five best-selling used vehicles remain unchallenged by new contenders. However, the bottom half of …
NPA and SAPS have failed to explain why two cases were enrolled related to the same crime
Charge founder Joubert Roux Nearly a year after President Cyril Ramaphosa hinted at tax rebates or subsidies for electric car buyers, there has been little obvious movement. At Naamsa | The Automotive Business Council’s South African Auto Week conference last October, Ramaphosa said the country was considering introducing incentives to encourage not only the local …
Copyright practitioner and attorney Chola Makgamathe has warned that content piracy has devastating economic consequences. “In South Africa, piracy does more than reduce profits; it erodes the creative backbone of the industry,” Makgamathe said. Makgamathe is chairperson of the Copyright Coalition of South Africa and legal services general manager at the Southern African Music Rights …
Toyota continues to dominate the South African car market, racking up impressive sales figures each month. The Japanese automaker recently announced that it achieved a staggering 24.7% market share in July 2025, meaning that one in every four new cars sold in Mzansi is a Toyota. What’s more, the company revealed that it broke a …
Leapmotor is a Chinese car brand that specializes in new-energy vehicles, and it’s coming to South Africa. Earlier this year, the company announced that it would launch in our market in September 2025, putting its release window just a few weeks away. Of course, several new Chinese automakers have made their local debut in the …
South Africa’s unemployment rate edged higher again in the second quarter of 2025, reaching 33.2%, data released by StatsSA reveals. This marks an increase of 0.3 percentage points from the first quarter, surprising economists who had predicted a more modest rise to 33%. To provide insight into the figures, Nkosi Pendile-Shange, economist at the Bureau …
Staff Writer ·12 Aug 2025 South Africa is seeing a host of international companies shut down or downsize their local operations. South Africa is a small nation at the mercy of international markets. The volatile macro environment has put immense strain on the local operations of even the largest multinationals. However, global issues are not …
Most drivers employed by the Kalahari AutoForce in Markman say they get paid about R16,400 but they want R20,060 per month
Staff Writer ·12 Aug 2025 South Africa is trying to sweeten its trade package to the United States in the hopes that the Trump administration will hit reverse on 30% import tariffs. Trade and Industry Minister Parks Tau confirmed on Tuesday (12 August) that South Africa will be presenting a new offer to Washington as …
For many, Masra embodies an alternative to the country’s political-military dynasties.
Recent controversies in the media have reignited the question of whether South Africa has truly moved beyond its racially divided past. Over thirty years into democracy, many citizens believe inequality and prejudice remain woven into daily life, while others argue the nation has made significant strides. Speaking to VOC News, Professor Michael Le Cordeur from …
Nairobi, Kenya, 11th August 2025– Africa, with its vibrant youth, including over 116 million under 35 in East Africa alone, is a continent of immense potential. Yet, the leadership of young people, especially Girls and Young Women (GYW), remains undervalued. Girls and Young Women are actively addressing global issues such as climate change, digital inequality,
The post The First Continental Summit For and By the Girls to Champion and Sustain their Leadership in Decision-Making Spaces first appeared on Impact Newswire.
#UniteBehind argues that changes to Parliament’s code of conduct allow MPs implicated in state capture to evade accountability
A 500-hectare farm has been purchased
Back home! SANDF personnel exit a charter flight at Bloemfontein’s Bram Fisher International Airport returning from SAMIDRC. South African soldiers and other military personnel detached to the now terminated Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) have been paid their allowances, according to a SA National Defence Force (SANDF) statement. …
On UN International Youth Day 2025, the Youth Charter (www.YouthCharter.org) has issued a powerful Global Call to Action urging the global community to unite in a renewed, evidence-based effort to harness Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
The call comes as the world enters the final five years before the 2030 deadline, with progress on many SDG targets stalled or reversing. The Youth Charter, a UK-based charity with a 32-year track record of engaging, equipping, and empowering young people in over 40 countries warns that without urgent, coordinated action, a generation's potential will be lost.
“The next five years are critical. We must go beyond symbolic gestures and deliver real, measurable impact,” said Professor Geoff Thompson MBE FRSA DL, Founder and Chair of the Youth Charter. “Sport is not an optional extra - it is an essential driver of health, education, equality, peace, and opportunity. We need a truly collective, global effort to make the 2030 Goals a reality for every young person.”
Three Urgent Priorities in the Global Call to Action
The Youth Charter's Global Call to Action, first launched in 2019 as #LegacyOpportunity4All, calls for:
Evidence of Impact
The Youth Charter's work since 1993 has demonstrated sport's contribution to multiple SDGs:
International Reach
From Moss Side in Manchester to Soweto in South Africa, from Islamabad in Pakistan to Louisville in the USA, the Youth Charter has worked with governments, sports organisations, and communities to deliver sustainable change. Programmes such as the Social Coach Leadership Programme and the Community Campus Model have been replicated across continents, creating safe spaces, skills, and opportunities for young people.
UN International Youth Day 2025: A Moment for Collective Action
The Youth Charter's International Youth Day essay, “From Rhetoric to Reality: A Global Call to Action for Sport for Development and Peace”, has been submitted to UN and IOC leadership and is available as a public briefing. It calls on:
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About Youth Charter:
The Youth Charter is a UK registered charity and UN accredited non-governmental organisation. Launched in 1993 as part of the Manchester 2000 Olympic Bid and the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the Youth Charter has Campaigned and Promoted the role and value of sport, art, culture and digital technology in the lives of disaffected young people from disadvantaged communities nationally and internationally. The Youth Charter has a proven track record in the creation and delivery of social and human development programmes with the overall aim of providing young people with an opportunity to develop in life.
Specifically, The Youth Charter Tackles educational non-attainment, health inequality, anti-social behaviour and the negative effects of crime, drugs, gang related activity and racism by applying the ethics of sporting and artistic excellence. These can then be translated to provide social and economic benefits of citizenship, rights responsibilities, with improved education, health, social order, environment and college, university, employment and enterprise.
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) will not participate in the ANC’s planned National Dialogue scheduled for Friday, 15 August 2025. The VF Plus believes that dialogue is crucial. South Africa desperately needs meaningful, reasoned and solution-oriented dialogue – and the Freedom Front Plus will gladly participate in such a dialogue. Unfortunately, it has become […]
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The City of Cape Town’s plan to drastically scale back the Dial-a-Ride service from 8 September 2025 will strip the most vulnerable residents of their only safe and reliable means to reach jobs, healthcare, education, and community life.
The post GOOD PARTY CALLS ON ROB QUINTAS TO FIND THE MISSING R12 MILLION TO SAVE DIAL-A-RIDE appeared first on For Good.
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) strongly condemns the violent protest action that led to a fire at the Department of Home Affairs offices in Germiston this morning. The second floor of the building has been completely destroyed. It is suspected that the residents of the Pharoe Park apartment complex, owned by the Ekurhuleni Metro’s […]
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From 8 September the service will only be available for wheelchair users and people with severe walking impairments
Dear Editor The DA has written to the Acting Minister of Police, Prof Firoz Cachalia, to request that the South African Police Service (SAPS) deploys public order policing to uphold the rule of law and protect individuals’ constitutional rights to access to healthcare properties where Operarion Dudula is blocking access. The DA utterly condemns Operation …
Dear Editor A reply to a DA Parliamentary question reveals that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) cannot track whether SAPS arrests for illegal firearm possession lead to prosecutions or convictions. This is because SAPS’ crime records and the courts’ case management systems are not linked and many arrests are never properly recorded in the first …