Shell oil drilling in South Africa faces twin court battles as West Coast activists appeal NCUD approval and Wild Coast communities head to the Constitutional Court.
South Africa unemployment rate rose to 33.2% in Q2 2025, leaving 8.4 million people jobless as the expanded rate hit 42.9%. Youth and women remain hardest hit, while provinces diverge sharply. However, modest sector gains failed to shift the outlook, underscoring urgent
South Africa’s silence on the approaching US trade tariff deadline threatens economic stability and jobs, as experts and unions call for urgent government action.