File image: Aerial view of Komati Power Station. 2 minutes Eskom General Manager for Just Transition, Dr Vikesh Rajpaul says the power utility has learnt a lot from the decommissioning of the Komati Power Station in Mpumalanga. Speaking to SABC News at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Rajpaul says Eskom is in the process of re-purposing…
Maile and other stakeholders 2 minutes Gauteng MEC for Finance and Economic Development Lebogang Maile has assured business owners that his department will ensure that municipalities meet the 21-day deadline for the registration of spaza shops. This follows concerns brought by business owners on the time frame. Speaking during a media briefing in Johannesburg, MEC…
2 minutes One of the four men accused of the gruesome deaths of five teenage boys at an unregistered initiation school in Zeerust in the North West is expected to appear before the Lehurutshe Magistrate’s Court today for a bail verdict. This marks their seventh court appearance since their arrest. The other three accused previously…
[FILE IMAGE] Spaza shop. 3 minutes Spaza shop owners in Gqeberha have begun the registration process to ensure they comply with the health and safety standards within the 21 days stipulated by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Since September, 890 incidents of food-borne illnesses have been reported nationwide, with Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal leading the field. Spaza owners…
Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa briefs the media on the prepaid meter re-coding and the Integrated Resource Plan on November 20, 2024. 1 minute Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says there will be no extension for prepaid electricity consumers to re-code their meters should they fail to do it by November 24….
An abandoned mining trolley seen outside a disused shaft 1 minute Some residents in Tzaneen and surrounding areas in Limpopo say government must resuscitate old mines to create job opportunities and stop illegal mining. They were speaking after the task team established to fight illegal mining, Operation Vala Umgodi conducted a search at the old…
SARS offices 1 minute The South African Revenue Service (SARS) says it has successfully processed more than 1.9 million tax directives for pension fund withdrawals under the two-pot retirement system, to the tune of nearly R50-billion as of the 18th of November. In a statement, SARS says close to 170 000 applications were declined for…
A person next to a paraffin light during an electricity blackout. 2 minutes The Madibeng Local Municipality in Brits in the North West is facing a potential blackout. This is due to unpaid electricity and water bills totalling R129 million owed to the City of Tshwane as of October 31 this year. This debt has prompted Tshwane officials to…
The combat-readiness marrying up drill rehearsals build up to the exercise’s Distinguished Visitors Day capability demonstration taking place on Thursday 21 November 2024. 2 minutes The Office of the Auditor General (AG) has painted a bleak picture about the state of affairs at the Department of Defence and Military Veterans. The AG’s office briefed the…
The Hemel and Aarde Valley at Hermanus in the Overstrand on fire in this image captured on 17 November 2024. 1 minute The fire in the Hemel and Aarde Valley at Hermanus in the Overstrand Municipality in the Western Cape that broke out yesterday on the mountainside and spread towards Hawston has been contained. Overstrand…
