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Pagecast recorded live at the Kingsmead Book Fair, where Karabo Poppy sat down with Gontse Mosiane from Jonathan Ball Publishers to talk about her latest book, Hugged by The Night. In this episode, Karabo shares the vision and inspiration behind the work -- a celebration of the African aesthetic told through bold, contemporary illustration. Karabo Poppy Moletsane was born in 1992 in Vereeniging, South Africa. She is an illustrator, graphic designer, and road artist based in Johannesburg, and is passionate about the preservation of the African aesthetic. Her work explores rich narratives with a contemporary and bold visual language that has earned her recognition both locally and internationally. Hugged by The Night is available now at all good bookstores.

Suspended Sedibeng SAPS District Commissioner Mbangwa Nkhwashu has told the Madlanga commission that he was approached through a mutual contact to meet businessman Katiso Molefe, whom he initially had no prior relationship with. Nkhwashu has been implicated through the testimony of Witness B, who alleged that he attempted to obtain the murder docket in the case of Vereeniging engineer Armand Swart. Further evidence presented at the Commission suggests that Nkhwashu visited Molefe while he was in prison for Swart’s murder—allegedly after visiting hours and in a vehicle without registration plates.

John chats to Thabiso Goba, EWN Reporter to find out the latest regarding the Madlanga Commissions questioning of Sergeant Fannie Nkosi about his contact with a taxi boss linked to the murder of Vereeniging engineer Armand Swart. 702 Drive with John Perlman is a Johannesburg based talk radio show. John and his team keep you company on 702 each weekday afternoon. Catch up with the news and issues of the day with John who interviews the daily newsmakers and makes sense of what is going on. John and his team invite you to join their daily conversation, as you travel through the traffic. Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Drive with John Perlman. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 to 18:00 (SA Time) to the Drive with John Perlman broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/G5olsbR or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/75M9Chd Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wat als we niet de enigen zijn in het heelal? Wat zou dat betekenen voor ons wereldbeeld? De ontdekking van talloze planeten buiten ons zonnestelsel maakt deze vragen relevant. Luister naar dit theatercollege door sterrenkundige Marijke Haverkorn samen met jazztrio TRIFID en ga mee op een fascinerende reis door het universum. “Hallo, is daar iemand?” De zoektocht naar buitenaards leven | Theatercollege met sterrenkundige Marijke Haverkorn en jazztrio TRIFID | Dinsdag 25 november 2025 | 20.15 - 21.45 uur | Concertgebouw De Vereeniging, Nijmegen | Radboud Reflects en Stadsschouwburg Nijmegen en Concertgebouw de Vereeniging. Lees het verslag: https://www.ru.nl/diensten/sport-cultuur-en-ontspanning/radboud-reflects/nieuws/hallo-is-daar-iemand-de-zoektocht-naar-buitenaards-leven-theatercollege-met-sterrenkundige-marijke-haverkorn-en-jazztrio-trifid Like deze podcast en abonneer je op dit kanaal. Bekijk ook de agenda voor nog meer verdiepende lezingen: www.ru.nl/radboudreflects Wil je geen enkele verdiepende lezing missen? Schrijf je dan in voor de nieuwsbrief: www.ru.nl/rr/nieuwsbrief

Die hoof van Misdaadintelligensie, Dumisani Khumalo, het voor die Madlanga-kommissie onthul die ondersoek na die moord op 'n werknemer van Q-Tech, Armand Swart, in Vereeniging, het diep misdadige infiltrasie binne die polisie ontbloot. Khumalo sê vermeende huurmoordenaars, insluitend 'n adjudant-offisier, is ure na die moord in hegtenis geneem. Hy het onthul sindikate werf nou doelbewus dienende polisielede as huurmoordenaars vir georganiseerde en politieke moorde:

Getuie B het ernstige dreigemente en inmenging onthul tydens die ondersoek na die moord op die ingenieur Armand Swart voor sy werkplek in Vereeniging, Gauteng, in April verlede jaar. Sy het aan die Madlanga-kommissie vertel sy en Getuie A is saam onder polisiebeskerming geplaas nadat hulle gedreig is. B voeg by die moord is deeglik beplan en uitgevoer deur die voormalige speurder Michael Pule Tau, Musa Kekana en Tiego Mabusela, wat weggooibare selfone gebruik het om opsporing te vermy:

Cosatu sê hy is diep bekommerd oor die afleggings wat onlangs in verskeie sektore in Suid-Afrika aangekondig is. Die vakbond het onder andere verwys na Ford se plan verlede week om 470 poste te sny. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Zanele Sabela, het ook na ArcelorMittal Suid-Afrika verwys, wat besluit het om teen die einde van September sy staalbedrywighede in Newcastle en Vereeniging te staak, wat 3 500 regstreekse poste en 'n geraamde 100 000 poste in die waardeketting in gevaar stel:

Solidariteit sê meer as vierduisend werksgeleenthede is in gevaar terwyl ArcelorMittal Suid-Afrika voorberei om sy langstaal-aanlegte in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, en Vereeniging in Gauteng te sluit. Die vakbond skryf dit toe aan die regering se gebrek aan optrede, met verwysing na hoë elektrisiteitskoste, swak spoorwegstelsels en onvoldoende invoerbeskerming. Hulle beloof om betrokke lede te steun deur alle wets- en arbeidsmaatreëls te gebruik om werksgeleenthede te beskerm. Willie Venter van Solidariteit waarsku die sluitings kan uitkring en afleggings in ander nywerhede veroorsaak:

The International Trade Commission of South Africa (Itac) is proposing the implementation of sweeping tariffs on imported steel products. Earlier this year, Itac announced the largest tariff review in its 22-year history in response to threats by ArcelorMittal South Africa (Amsa) to close down its steel mills in Newcastle and Vereeniging, due to a flood of cheap imports from Asia. Steel products will see increases up to their World Trade Organisation (WTO) bound rates, of between 10% and 30%, according to a preliminary notice published last week by the International Trade Administration Commission (Itac). Sakina Kamwendo spoke to XA Global Trade Advisors MD, Donald MacKay

The body two-year old Gauteng boy, Kutlwano Shalaba, who went missing last November, has reportedly been found. The Sowetan newspaper is reporting that the remains were located in a shallow grave at an abandoned mine near Randfontein, west of Johannesburg. The publication is also reporting that a 50-year-old sangoma, who operates at the Vereeniging area, has been arrested. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Gauteng Police Spokesperson, Capt Tintswalo Sibeko

Cosatu verwelkom die regering se poging om ArcelorMittal Suid-Afrika se twee sleutel-staalfabrieke in Newcastle en Vereeniging in werking te hou. Dit volg nadat die onderneming die besluit om sy lang staalbesigheid te sluit, tot 31 Augustus uitgestel het, omdat hy 'n lening van 1,68 miljard rand van die regering se Nywerheidsontwikkelingskorporasie ontvang het. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Zanele Sabela, sê hy is bly ArcelorMittal het 'n Tydelike Werknemerverligtingskema-toelaag ontvang om te help om die werknemerkostes te help befonds:

Cosatu is bly dat die regering Arcelor Mittal Suid-Afrika help om sy langstaalaanleg in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, in bedryf te hou terwyl 'n oplossing gesoek word om dit volhoubaar te maak. Die maatskappy het in Januarie aangekondig dat hy sy aanleg in Newcastle en in Vereeniging, Gauteng, gaan sluit aangesien dit nie meer lewensvatbaar is weens buitengewone hoë energie- en vervoerkoste nie. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Zanele Sabela, sê volgens die staalvervaardiger sal 3 500 regstreekse en onregstreekse werksgeleenthede geraak word:

Ron Keller, oud-ambassadeur in onder andere Oekraïne, geeft aanstaande maandag een lezing in Sociëteit Vereeniging in Haarlem, precies drie jaar na de Russische inval. In gesprek met Wessel van Opstal bespreekt hij de laatste ontwikkelingen in de besprekingen tussen Rusland en de VS, geeft hij een voorproefje van zijn lezing en deelt hij zijn visie op de toekomst van het conflict en de internationale verhoudingen. Ook gaat hij in op wat wij kunnen doen om het tij te keren.

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) will stage a picket tomorrow at the Industrial Development Corporation's offices in Sandton, Johannesburg, in protest against looming retrenchments at ArcelorMittal South Africa. This follows the announcement by the company to shutdown its steel-making operations in Newcastle and Vereeniging which will result in 3,500 direct and indirect job losses. To discuss NUMSA's demands, Elvis Presslin spoke to the Union's National Spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola

Ons praat met 'n ekonoom, 'n landboukenner en 'n politieke ontleder oor die staatsrede. ArcelorMittal Suid-Afrika het die sluiting van sy aanlegte in Newcastle en Vereeniging met 'n maand uitgestel. Die president van die Suid-Afrikaanse Sokkervereniging, Danny Jordaan, verskyn weer in die handelsmisdaadhof.

The ANC, Cosatu, SACP, and SANCO will today march against the potential closure of ArcelorMittal South Africa, which threatens to leave thousands of workers jobless. Despite the company's decision to delay the closure of its long steel business by a month, the unions are demanding urgent government intervention to save the operations in Newcastle and Vereeniging. For more on today's planned march Elvis Presslin spoke to Cosatu Gauteng Secretary, Louisa Modikwe

This Sunday, A very Special Guest. And then a short message entitled: Unity.Joyful! Evangelist Laverna Spain. Scriptures: 1 Tim 6:6-12.   Matt. 19:21-22 Treasure in Heaven, Also see Rev. 3:21. Job, 1:21 Nake into this world and nake going out.Matt. 17:20 Mustard Seed Faith. King James Verison Bible. Copyright 2016. By Christian Art Publishers.PO. Box 1599, Vereeniging, 1930. RSA.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faith-of-a-mustard-seed-messages-of-faith-through-challenges--4257220/support.

The ANC Youth League will today picket outside the Minerals Council South Africa in Rosebank, Johannesburg, in protest against the retrenchment of mineworkers and other industrial job losses. The demonstration, In collaboration with the National Union of Mineworkers Youth Structure, seeks to pressure authorities to take immediate action to prevent further job losses and safeguard workers' livelihoods. The protest comes in response to ArcelorMittal's recent announcement to shut down its steel business, affecting its Newcastle and Vereeniging plants, as well as its rail and structures operation, which puts 3,500 jobs at risk. To discuss this further Elvis Presslin spoke to ANCYL President, Collen Malatji

Topic: Live a Disciplined Life! Evangelist Laverna Spain. Scriptures: King James Verison Bible. Copyright 2016. By Christian Arts Publishers.PO. Box 1599, Vereeniging, 1930, RSA.Praise The Lord listeners locally and globally! Thank you again for your much prayers and for holding me up during my grief and mourning season. Additional scriptures to aide you.Mark 12:30-31, Matthew 22:37-39 & John 13:34-35, Matthew 5:45 rain falls on just and unjust. Isaiah 40:22, Psalm 107:29, Prov. 14:12, Eccl 3, Eccl 19:23, Prov 21:6, Prov 21:7, Prov. 23:4-5, Deu. 4:23, & Deu 4:15-31.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faith-of-a-mustard-seed-messages-of-faith-through-challenges--4257220/support.

Government is holding urgent talks with ArcelorMittal amid the company's plans to close down its operations. Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth is meeting the management of ArcelorMittal South Africa today. ArcelorMittal South Africa announced that it would close facilities that produce long-steel products in the towns of Newcastle and Vereeniging and a rail-fabrication facility in eMalahleni because it couldn't make them profitable. This would lead to as many as 3 500 jobs loses. To discuss the challenges facing the steel sector, Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the President of Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa SEIFSA, Elias Monage.

Steel has many uses - including in the construction of buildings, bridges; cars; and so on… The Steel Industry is part of the Manufacturing Sector AND it CONTRIBUTES about 1.5% to our GDP. The Steel industry is the heart of the economy in Newcastle, KZN. One of the biggest steel producers in South Africa is called ArcelorMittal. And it’s decided to CLOSE DOWN the Steel Business in Newcastle and Vereeniging it’s called the Longs Steel Business. They had announced the intention to close it down last year already - But made a u-turn; after opposition of the decision, by a number of Stakeholders, including Unions that have been worried about JOB LOSSES. So the company HAD SAID that - it would work on, turning the business around. But clearly - that has proven, to be an extremely difficult task. ArcelorMittal HAS FALLEN DEEPER, into a loss making position, due to these major factors: Lower global steel prices and that means less revenue. They are also paying more for electricity and logistics. And then there’s, competition from lower priced imports, particularly from China. They’ve been in talks with Government, since 2023 - to try and create policies that would create fair competition between South African made steel AND imported steel - where imports don’t CANNIBALISE our home made steel. But they’re saying that NOTHING has come out - to STRUCTURALLY CHANGE the Industry FUNDAMENTALS. Steel Imports - what is bought by South Africa from other countries - have increased by almost 50% since 2018. But the Steel Exports - what we sell to other countries - have REDUCED by 40%.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The news of the winding up of ArcelorMittal South Africa long steel business operations in Newcastle Works and Vereeniging , does not bode well for the South African industrialization agenda. This is according to Don Consultancy Group , Chief Economist , Chifi Mhango. The closure set to take effect at the end of January, will result in approximately 3,500 direct job losses, with industry experts warning of far more extensive damage to the broader economy. To unpack Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Don Consultancy Group (DCG) Chief Economist, Chifi Mhango..

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has expressed concern over ArcelorMittal South Africa's announcement of possible job cuts at its mills in Newcastle and Vereeniging, which could affect around 3,500 jobs. The steelmaker blames prolonged weak economic conditions, structural issues and uncompetitive conditions for its decision to close some operations. For more on this development, Elvis Presslin spoke to NUMSA's National Spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola

Stephen Grootes speaks to mining expert Peter Major about ArcelorMittal's decision to close its Newcastle and Vereeniging long steel mills, resulting in 3,500 job losses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

De mens is een slim kuddedier. We zijn niet geëvolueerd tot slimme eenlingen, maar tot sociale groepsdieren. Lister naar cognitiefilosoof Marc Slors van de Radboud Universiteit die uitlegt dat een kuddedier zijn, meer is dan dom een ander volgen; het is de basis van het succes van de mens als soort. Marc Slors geeft je nieuwe inzichten in je bewuste en onbewuste gedrag en laat zien dat een slim kuddedier zijn zo zijn voor- en nadelen heeft. De mens: het slimme kuddedier | Theatercollege met cognitiefilosoof Marc Slors Dinsdag 1 oktober 2024 | 20.15 – 21.45 uur | Concertgebouw De Vereeniging, Nijmegen Radboud Reflects, Stadsschouwburg en Concertgebouw de Vereeniging, Nijmegen Lees hier het verslag: https://www.ru.nl/services/sport-cultuur-en-ontspanning/radboud-reflects/nieuws/de-mens-het-slimme-kuddedier-theatercollege-met-cognitiefilosoof-marc-slors Bekijk de video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i97foFJC0fs&t=1s Like deze podcast, abonneer je op dit kanaal en mis niks. Bekijk ook de agenda voor nog meer verdiepende lezingen: www.ru.nl/radboud-reflects/agenda Wil je geen enkele verdiepende lezing missen? Schrijf je dan in voor de nieuwsbrief: www.ru.nl/rr/nieuwsbrief

News24 investigative journalist Jeff Wicks explains findings into the whistle blower report and mistaken identity which led to the killing of a Vereeniging engineer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Bongani Elias Sithole | Deputy Director General & Head of the National Disaster Management Centre   More weather warnings have been issued as the cold front intensifies and a storm surge may result in heavy rainfall and damage to coastal infrastructure. South African Weather Service meteorologist Kgolofelo Dube said residents in the interior can brace themselves for cold mornings with temperatures dropping to -1ºC in Pretoria -2ºC in Johannesburg and -4ºC in Vereeniging with maximum temperatures barely reaching 14ºC as the cold front moves through the interior. SA Weather Service's Hannelee Doubell said an intense cold front/mid-latitude cyclone would bring a significant drop in atmospheric pressure and strong winds, leading to high waves and storm surges along the west and southeast coastline between Alexander Bay and Gqeberha. A cold front/mid-latitude cyclone is expected to cause low atmospheric pressure and strong winds, resulting in large waves and storm surge in South Africa's west and south-east coasts on Monday, the South African Weather Service (Saws) said. Saws said that a storm surge is when seawater rises above the projected astronomical tides due to a storm or severe weather. Surges can be positive (storm surge) or negative (negative surge).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lachen toch? Waar de ene schaterend van zijn stoel rolt om de grap van een cabaretier of theatermaker, wordt de ander boos. Vooral als het onderwerp van spot een religie of een bepaalde bevolkingsgroep is. Zijn er grenzen aan de grap? En zo ja, waar liggen die? Leer van neerlandicus Ivo Nieuwenhuis en theatermakers Eran Ben-Michaël en Jonata Taal over goede, foute en bevrijdende humor. Grenzen van de grap | Lezing, toneel en gesprek met neerlandicus Ivo Nieuwenhuis en theatermakers Eran Ben-Michaël en Jonata Taal | Dinsdag 4 juni 2024 | 20.00 – 22.00 uur | Concertgebouw De Vereeniging, Nijmegen | Radboud Reflects, Stadsschouwburg Nijmegen en Concertgebouw de Vereeniging & Nederlandse Taal en Cultuur van de Radboud Universiteit Like deze podcast, abonneer je op dit kanaal en mis niks. Bekijk ook de agenda voor nog meer verdiepende lezingen: www.ru.nl/radboud-reflects/agenda Wil je geen enkele verdiepende lezing missen? Schrijf je dan in voor de nieuwsbrief: www.ru.nl/radboud-reflects/ser…ief-radboud-reflects

Ater 2 long weeks of trying to figure what the sound of the city is, Gavin from Vereeniging has finally cracked the sound of the city and won himself a WHOOPING R 19 000See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In November 1992, the Taljaard family were settling down for the night in their home in Vereeniging, but not everyone on the property was getting ready for bed. Two figures stood in the shadows, waiting for their chance, and they were about to permanently alter the course of countless lives. (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447) (Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/truecrimesa) (Support the show on PayPal https://www.paypal.me/truecrimesa) Instagram · Pinterest · Facebook · YouTube · Twitter · LinkedIn

In November 1992, the Taljaard family were settling down for the night in their home in Vereeniging, but not everyone on the property was getting ready for bed. Two figures stood in the shadows, waiting for their chance, and they were about to permanently alter the course of countless lives. (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447) (Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/truecrimesa) (Support the show on PayPal https://www.paypal.me/truecrimesa) Instagram · Pinterest · Facebook · YouTube · Twitter · LinkedIn

In November 1992, the Taljaard family were settling down for the night in their home in Vereeniging, but not everyone on the property was getting ready for bed. Two figures stood in the shadows, waiting for their chance, and they were about to permanently alter the course of countless lives. (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447) (Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/truecrimesa) (Support the show on PayPal https://www.paypal.me/truecrimesa) Instagram · Pinterest · Facebook · YouTube · Twitter · LinkedIn

Join us as we delve into the inspiring journey of Keneilwe Raphesu, the CEO of Mogalemone Pty Ltd and KR Farming Enterprise. She took over her father's farm in 2020 and expanded their farming business in Vereeniging, Gauteng, in a way that would make father proud. Despite recent setbacks, this award-winning farmer remains resilient and shares her story of bouncing back from agricultural challenges one day at a time. She also reveals that farmers nationwide seek her agricultural advice, prompting her to establish her own consulting enterprise in the field.

Wie was Frans de Waal, en wat maakte zijn kijk op de wereld zo vernieuwend en invloedrijk? Er is geen fundamenteel verschil tussen mensen en andere dieren. Die boodschap verkondigde de onlangs overleden primatoloog Frans de Waal (1948-2024) zijn leven lang. Door zijn werk met mensapen heeft hij de manier waarop we naar dieren kijken voorgoed veranderd. Frans de Waal was een graag geziene gast bij Radboud Reflects, waar hij meerdere keren een lezing voor een uitverkochte Vereeniging gaf. Luister naar psycholoog Roos Vonk en ethicus Marcel Becker en denk verder over wat we van het gedachtegoed van Frans de Waal kunnen leren. Wie was primatoloog Frans de Waal? | Actuele Denkers met ethicus Marcel Becker en psycholoog Roos Vonk | Donderdag 4 april 2024 | 20.00 – 21.30 uur | Collegezalencomplex, Radboud Universiteit | Radboud Reflects Lees het verslag: https://www.ru.nl/radboud-reflects/nieuws/wie-was-primatoloog-frans-de-waal-actuele-denkers-met-ethicus-marcel-becker-en-psycholoog-roos-vonk Of bekijk de video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZxgICNUQQ&t=24s Like deze video, abonneer je op dit kanaal en mis niks. Bekijk ook de agenda voor nog meer verdiepende lezingen: www.ru.nl/radboud-reflects/agenda Wil je geen enkele verdiepende lezing missen? Schrijf je dan in voor de nieuwsbrief: www.ru.nl/radboud-reflects/ser…ief-radboud-reflects

Athi Mgqibelo, pastor of Vaal Reformed Baptist Church in Vereeniging, speaks from Matthew 9:35–10:33 on six necessities for church planting in South Africa. God has called his church to the difficult task of planting churches by preaching the gospel. Faithfulness to this task will require compassion (9:35–36), prayer (9:37–38), calling and sending (10:1–6) and proclamation (10:7–15), might invite persecution (10:16–25), and can only be carried by by reliance on divine sovereignty (10:26–31).

Kobus Verster, uitvoerende hoof van ArcelorMittal gesels oor die groep se finansiële resultate vir die vorige boekjaar. Volg RSG Geldsake op Twitter

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Over a five-year period, the average 1.3% a year decline in the metals and engineering sector will lead to an average 2.9% decline in employment, or 293 754 direct and indirect job losses, industry organisation Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) COO Tafadzwa Chibanguza warns. This is based on the statistics that, between 2008 and 2023, production contracted at a rate of 1.3% a year, while employment decreased by 2.9% a year, which led the sector to lose 214 636 jobs, or 37.2%, since then. There are 362 871 people currently employed in the sector, down from the 577 507 people employed in 2008. "Employment in the sector has decreased at double the rate by which production has decreased over the same period. Given that the steel sector has an induced economic multiplier of 2.7 times, an employment multiplier of six times and a dependency ratio of between seven and ten people relying on each formal job, the sector's employment trend spells wide-scale social and economic disaster," he says. The sector is a crucial supplier of inputs into other sectors, such as agriculture, mining, the automotive sector, construction, the electricity supply industry across all its facets, logistics and water sectors. Further, the sector is export intensive, with 40% of total production being exported, raising the country's foreign exchange receipts by $20-billion a year. With the recent announcement by ArcelorMittal South Africa of the closure of its operations in Newcastle and Vereeniging, as well as ArcelorMittal Rail and Structural, the prospect of such developments materialising is a major cause of concern that will only exacerbate the downward spiral of employment in the sector, he adds. "The long products operations under consideration for closure include the country's only local mill capable of producing long steel from iron-ore, which are critical in industries such as construction, automotive, mining, electro-technical, electricity transmission, rail, wire and fasteners industry. "The reliance of these downstream industries is not a preference question but rather higher quality and safety specifications. Faced with the prospect of a lack of domestic supply, these downstream industries will have no alternative but to look to import their feedstock, which translates to the loss of much needed domestic jobs, further deepening the unemployment crisis," says Chibanguza. Of the 362 871 people employed in the sector, the downstream industries account for 90% of the employment with the balance being employed in the upstream. This number has evolved from 80% downstream and 20% upstream over the past 15 years. Additionally, although the job losses have been felt across the entire value chain, they have mostly been concentrated in the downstream industries, which have accounted for 60.2% of the losses recorded over this period. "The impact of the plant closures will mostly be felt in the downstream where the bulk of employment resides." A greater concern is that several downstream companies have started estimating the business cases of importing their final product, as opposed to semi-finished products such as billets, blooms, among others, for further processing locally. This will have even wider employment ramifications by eliminating other intermediate processes like forging, galvanising and packaging, thereby converting many existing factories into distribution warehouses, he adds. "The reasons for the AMSA plant closure are structural, namely low economic growth, anaemic gross fixed capital formation, and electricity and logistics challenges. These are factors faced by companies in the entire value chain and without urgent intervention and reform are unlikely to be resolved in the medium term. "It is conceivable, therefore, that in the absence of refor...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Over a five-year period, the average 1.3% a year decline in the metals and engineering sector will lead to an average 2.9% decline in employment, or 293 754 direct and indirect job losses, industry organisation Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) COO Tafadzwa Chibanguza warns. This is based on the statistics that, between 2008 and 2023, production contracted at a rate of 1.3% a year, while employment decreased by 2.9% a year, which led the sector to lose 214 636 jobs, or 37.2%, since then. There are 362 871 people currently employed in the sector, down from the 577 507 people employed in 2008. "Employment in the sector has decreased at double the rate by which production has decreased over the same period. Given that the steel sector has an induced economic multiplier of 2.7 times, an employment multiplier of six times and a dependency ratio of between seven and ten people relying on each formal job, the sector's employment trend spells wide-scale social and economic disaster," he says. The sector is a crucial supplier of inputs into other sectors, such as agriculture, mining, the automotive sector, construction, the electricity supply industry across all its facets, logistics and water sectors. Further, the sector is export intensive, with 40% of total production being exported, raising the country's foreign exchange receipts by $20-billion a year. With the recent announcement by ArcelorMittal South Africa of the closure of its operations in Newcastle and Vereeniging, as well as ArcelorMittal Rail and Structural, the prospect of such developments materialising is a major cause of concern that will only exacerbate the downward spiral of employment in the sector, he adds. "The long products operations under consideration for closure include the country's only local mill capable of producing long steel from iron-ore, which are critical in industries such as construction, automotive, mining, electro-technical, electricity transmission, rail, wire and fasteners industry. "The reliance of these downstream industries is not a preference question but rather higher quality and safety specifications. Faced with the prospect of a lack of domestic supply, these downstream industries will have no alternative but to look to import their feedstock, which translates to the loss of much needed domestic jobs, further deepening the unemployment crisis," says Chibanguza. Of the 362 871 people employed in the sector, the downstream industries account for 90% of the employment with the balance being employed in the upstream. This number has evolved from 80% downstream and 20% upstream over the past 15 years. Additionally, although the job losses have been felt across the entire value chain, they have mostly been concentrated in the downstream industries, which have accounted for 60.2% of the losses recorded over this period. "The impact of the plant closures will mostly be felt in the downstream where the bulk of employment resides." A greater concern is that several downstream companies have started estimating the business cases of importing their final product, as opposed to semi-finished products such as billets, blooms, among others, for further processing locally. This will have even wider employment ramifications by eliminating other intermediate processes like forging, galvanising and packaging, thereby converting many existing factories into distribution warehouses, he adds. "The reasons for the AMSA plant closure are structural, namely low economic growth, anaemic gross fixed capital formation, and electricity and logistics challenges. These are factors faced by companies in the entire value chain and without urgent intervention and reform are unlikely to be resolved in the medium term. "It is conceivable, therefore, that in the absence of refor...

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The recent announcement by ArcelorMittal South Africa on the potential closure of its operations in Newcastle and Vereeniging has set off warning bells. Lester Kiewit speaks Tafadzwa Chibanguza, SEIFSA COO about the collapse of the Steel Master Plan for South Africa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mamokgethi Molopyane, Mining and Labour Analyst at Econometrix Azar Jammine, reacted to ArcelorMittal considering closing units in Newcastle and Vereeniging, the potential negative impact on regional and local economies, and what efforts can be made to reduce the number of jobs affected. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The peace negotiations between the governments of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and the representatives of the British government, which terminated in the peace concluded at Vereeniging on the 31st May, 1902

Marie Jeannette de Lange was voorzitter van de Vereeniging voor Verbetering van Vrouwenkleding. Deze vereniging verschafte vrouwen aan het einde van de 19de eeuw letterlijk én figuurlijk meer bewegingsvrijheid. Het portret van Marie Jeannette, geschilderd door Jan Toorop, belichaamt de onvermoeibare zucht van vrouwen naar gelijke rechten. Presentator Jörgen Raymann bespreekt het met senior conservator schilderkunst Jenny Reynaerts.Bekijk dit schilderij op: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/SK-A-4989In het Rijksmuseum is powered by ING.

Send in a voice message with your feedback regarding this episode and you could be featured on the next episode as our young student/professional: https://anchor.fm/tebello-motshwane/message ••• Jabu Chanza is an advocate and former Constitutional Court Law Clerk to Justice Jafta and acting Justice Rogers. She has worked in the legal field for the past 7 years in both practising and non-practising roles. She is originally from the small town of Vereeniging where she completed her primary school education. She thereafter completed her high school education at the National school of the Arts, followed by the University of the Witwatersrand where she completed her Bachelor of Laws Degree. After graduating, she pursued her articles and became an admitted attorney. She was then called to the bar in 2018 where she successfully completed her pupillage, became an admitted advocate and registered with the Johannesburg Society of Advocates. She is passionate about the law in all its various forms she practices mainly in the fields of general and commercial litigation as well as public interest law. You can follow and get in touch with Jabu on Instagram @jabu_chanza Summary: LLB Degree from the University of the Witwatersrand Post graduate certificate in Access to Information and Privacy law (POPI Act) Former admitted attorney Current admitted practicing advocate Member of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates Just completed 12 month term as a Constitutional Court law researcher to Justice Jafta and acting Justice Rogers ••• On today's episode our young student/professional is Letlhogonolo Nthodi. Letlhogonolo holds BA Law and LLB degrees from the University of the Witswatersrand. She is currently serving articles at one of the top five law firms in South Africa. She holds membership in the Golden Key Honors Society and served as a committee member for the period 2018-2019. During her tenure as the Professional Development director, she organised a number of events including a thinkers symposium aimed at discussing youth despondency towards voting. This discussion caught the attention of Y. FM where herself and a few of her committee members held an on-air debate. Letlhogonolo hopes to cultivate her expertise in Public Procurement and Banking and Finance. She has a keen interest in lecturing, which she hopes to pursue once she is a specialist in her chosen field ••• Don't forget to tag us on Instagram @sister_in_law_ and to leave a review on Apple podcast. Share this podcast with as many family and friends as possible and don't forget to email your season 3 guest suggestions to advice@sisterinlaw.co.za I love hearing from you so please leave any reviews and other suggestions on the same email. Thank you for taking this journey with me. I hope season 3 continues to be a great platform of learning and spreading awareness of not only what happens in the legal industry, but in society and the globe as a whole. Visit our website on: www.sisterinlaw.co.za   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tebello-motshwane/message

Episode 139 is full of peace and a smattering of love as the Boers gather in Vereeniging to discuss the British terms of surrender. As you can well imagine, the moment is bitter sweet. Men who have not seen their children for years are reunited on May 15th, while further afield, in the prisoner-of-war camps, the news is greeted with both joy and sorrow. So here we are, in Vereeniging on May 15th 1902. It's a settlement our narrator Deneys Reitz passed on his way back from the Natal front “This is a small mining village on the banks of the Vaal River, where nearly two years before, I had watched the Irishmen burning the railway stores during the retreat from the south” he writes. Remember he's riding with Jan Smuts and the other representatives chosen by Boers in the Eastern Transvaal. There will be representatives from the Free State who will be housed in an array of British army tents along with the Transvaal emissaries, each region with its own section. The British had prepared this tented camp with precision. It was laid out in a square, with the delegates meeting in a large central marquees, mess tent on one side, toilets were long drops as they're known in South Africa – pit latrines. But where was the stern General Christiaan de Wet ? Also missing were a handful of the Free State Delegates. Eventually on the morning of the 15th May, the day of the meeting, de Wet and a few hardliners arrived – fashionably late. The other senior political and military leadership were already in Vereeniging, along with Commandant General Louis Botha and de la Rey, Vice President Burgher of the Transvaal, members of the two government and of course, Jan Smuts. Reitz senior was also present, with JB Krogh, LJ Meijer, LJ Jacobs. Each Boer Republic was represented by 30 delegates. For the Free State Judge Hertzog was present, along with Secretary of State WJB Brebner, commander in chief de Wet and CH Olivier. Missing was his the man who'd survived so many incidents and battles on the veld – President Steyn.

We're up to episode 138 and it's a week to go before the all-important Boer Conference in Vereeniging starting May 15th 1902. Lord Kitchener has ordered his men in all intents and purposes to stop chasing the Boers, stop the burning of farms and to wait for the Boers conference. We have heard how Jan Smuts and Louis Botha met in the Eastern Transvaal, chose their representatives and now were making their way to the South Eastern border down on the banks of the Vaal River. That was on the 4th May 1902. The western Transvaal Boers were doing the same, selecting 30 representatives who would debate the future of their people, so too were Free State's president Steyn and diehard General Christiaan de Wet – except for the outcome. They wanted the Boer conference to reject surrender and to push on to oblivion. Which is what awaited the hawks I'm afraid. Lord Milner the British High Commissioner also wanted the Boers to fight until they were totally crushed so that he could flood South Africa with English loyalists. In military terms, you know you're in trouble when your most hated adversary thinks your strategy should be to fight to an inevitable death. That's what the loyalists through South African wanted, the English speaking hard-core British iumperialists. Yes, they were shouting, keep it up Mr Boer until your terms of surrender at unconditional then you'll be all but extinct and we can just take over everything you've built. The most vocal jingos of the day were actually despised the professional British officer corps in South Africa. The war needed to end so that they could get on with their careers. Winston Churchill was one of those who found what were known as loyalists as deeply concerning. He'd survived a Boer prisoner of war camp and many close calls and respected his former captors, there was very little rancor. While the Boers and the British were framing their views and devising their negotiation strategies, an incident in Natal on May 6th was to sharpen everybody's minds. Some historians have suggested that what became known as the Holkrantz incident gave further impetus to the Peace Process and strengthened the hand of the moderate Boers like Smuts and Botha who wanted to end the war immediately. Steyn and de Wet on the other hand took the opposing view – fight on was their rallying call. Watching all of this closely was black South Africa. The massacre at Holkrantz shocked most Boers into accepting that the longer this war continued and the more unlawful the landscape would become.

First we join General Jan Smuts who has been waiting in Cape Town for the British to lay on a a train to take him inland where he will join the Boer political and military leaders at Vereeniging for a conference starting on May 15th. They gathered in order to discuss the British terms of surrender. Smuts was mostly silent while he waited with his brother in law Krige and Deneys Reitz our narrator. They were placed aboard the warship HMS Monarch in Simonstown. Just to set the record straight, I said last week this was an Orion class battleship but of course it was just a normal warship as her namesake was only launched in 1910. My apologies, but a quick description about both is in order. The Monarch was placed as Guardship in Simonstown port in 1900. This was one of the older vessels in Britain's navy having been launched in 1868. It was also a symbolic vessel for Smuts, Reitz and Krige to find themselves. The design has been neither modern nor old. Built in the 1860s when sail was giving way to steam, wooden hulls were being replaced by iron, smoothbore artillery firing round-shot had been overtaken by rifled shell-firing cannon, heavy armour was being mounted on the sides. Mounted gun turrets were being mooted by the Navy top brass as well, but others more conservative opposed the upgrade. So she was a compromise and therefore pleased no-one. When it was built the Navy said steam engines were still not reliable enough so HMS Monarch was fitted with both engine, sails and even a forecastle. That prohibited the gun turrets from being able to fire forward – so in all intents and purposes she remained a man-o-war like the old wooden battleships of the 18th Century. After her renaming in 1902 as the HMS Simoon, the Royal Navy launched its new Orion Class dreadnoughts and the more modern HMS Monarch appeared in 1910. AS an aside, Monarch fought in the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and her shells damaged the German Dreadnought, SMS Koenig. Back in Simonstown Deneys Reitz, his general and the General's brother in law waited for their train. They were hurried through the suburbs of Cape Town in the dead of night so that no-one would catch sight of the famous General Smuts, then switched trains at the main line at Salt River. The next day they awoke in Matjesfontein in the Karoo. It's also time to rejoin Boer Spy Johanna van Warmelo one more time. She asked and was given permission to visit Irene concentration Camp outside Pretoria. If you remember she had worked there as a nurse months before, when women and children were dying at a rate of up to a dozen a day. At the end of April 1902 Johanna was finally allowed to visit Irene and dreaded what was awaiting her there.

We're back in the Northern Cape with General Jan Smuts. He's been waiting in vain for more than two weeks for the British to send a relief force after he laid siege to the well defended town of O'Kiep having already seized Springbok and Concordia. Meanwhile, the first round of peace talks have already ended in Pretoria with the Boers undertaking to select representatives to appear at follow up talks set to take place at Vereeniging starting on May 15th 1902. Smuts has no idea that this meeting has already been agreed. As far as he's concerned, the British will send a relief column by ship from Cape Town to Port Nolloth, and entrain from there to O'Kiep – which is a copper producing town of some significance. Compared to Kimberley and Johannesburg, hardly strategic, but important nonetheless. And with him is our young narrator Deneys Reitz, fighting on with the other bitter enders. “On the surface things looked prosperous..” he writes in his book Commando. “Five months ago we had come into this western country hunted like outlaws, and today we practically held the whole area from the Olifants to the Orange River four hundred miles away…” Except of course for a few garrison towns which had held out against Smuts. These were now hunkered down and the British inside the towns were unable to travel freely while the Boers roamed this vast territory at will. The success of Smuts' commando were gratifying for the Volk back home in the Free State and Transvaal, as well as sympathisers in the Cape. Their spirits had been raised as reports circulated about General Smuts' incredible attacks using hand grenades and trench type warfare at Springbok and Concordia. “Unfortunately while matters stood thus well with us, the situation in the two Republics up north was far otherwise..” Lord Kitchener's drives and policy of scorched earth had worked in the end. Smuts had been out of touch from his own leaders since the previous September. That was almost nine months of no direct messages. Even guerrilla leaders must be in communication at some point or the entire idea of command and control evaporates in a mist of local delusion. “We had been out of touch with them for so long that we did not realise the desperate straits to which they had come..” Reitz along with Smuts had been trying to motivate the men while at the same time, realised that this war could not continue in the same vein. Something had to give. So towards the end of April, Smuts and his men were living in the town of Concordia which lies around four miles from O'Kiep. The British there were dug in and their defensive positions were too difficult to overrun. Smuts had assumed that eventually the relief force would arrive, and it would be large. This he believed, would mean the southern region of the Cape would have been weakened and then he could make a direct dash south and perhaps catch the British off-guard. Reitz presumed the dash included a possible attack on the outskirts of Cape Town.