Eskom’s CEO, Dan Marokane. 1 minute Eskom’s top brass says they are confident that the festive season and even next winter will be without any load shedding. The utility’s top management and board members briefed Parliament’s Electricity and Energy Committee on its performance and its finances for the 2024/25 financial year. According to Eskom management,…
Cape Town Metrorail 1 minute The City of Cape Town says it’s on track to take over the management of the Cape Metro passenger rail services. This follows the city council adopting the Rail Feasibility Study and Prasa signing a Service Level Agreement. The study proposes that the City of Cape Town take control of…
A South African Airways aircraft is seen at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, 2 minutes Pilots affiliated to the South African Airways Pilots Association and the National Transport Movement Pilots Forum have downed tools over a wage dispute. Workers are demanding a 15 percent wage increase as well as benefits while the employer, SAA,…
The SAFA NEC with Minister Gayton McKenzie early this year. 3 minutes The South African Football Players Union (SAFPU) says it will do everything possible to get the attention of the South African Football Association (SAFA) leadership to resolve the impasse of unpaid bonuses. Both Bafana Bafana and Banyana Banyana have not received match bonuses…
Hamilton waves at fans 2 minutes Lewis Hamilton will bring down the curtain on his Mercedes career in Abu Dhabi on Sunday (December 8) as his past and future Formula One teams, McLaren and Ferrari, fight for a constructors’ title to end years of waiting. Even if Red Bull’s Max Verstappen secured his fourth successive…
South Africa’s Tiger Brands’ peanut butter manufacturing facility is pictured in Krugersdorp, West of Johannesburg. 4 minutes Food price inflation boosted revenue at Tiger Brands with revenue rising 1% to R37.7 billion, up from the previous year. But this was partially offset by a 6% decline in sales volumes. The packed goods company says its…
An illegal miner arrested and resurfacing at a shaft in Sabie, Mpumalanga. 2 minutes More than 50 000 illegal miners have been arrested in different provinces since the establishment of Operation Vala Umgodi a year ago. National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola led a delegation to the South shaft in Sabie, Mpumalanga. Various police units and…
SAA plane 1 minute South African Airways (SAA) pilots have reportedly declared plans to embark on a strike tomorrow over a wage dispute. The airline revealed that the South African Airways Pilots Association initially tabled a 30-percent wage increase demand when negotiations started in May. However, the Association has since reduced its wage demand to…
Signage is seen outside the Moody’s Corporation in New York. 3 minutes Standard Bank Senior Economist Elna Moolman, says the rating decision by the global credit rating agency, Moody’s was expected. Moody’s decided not to downgrade the country’s credit and keep it unchanged at Ba2 due to strong and independent institutions such as the judiciary…
Sex workers protest 1 minute Sex workers’ advocacy groups say decriminalising sex work can contribute to a reduction in HIV transmission. The groups say the move would make access to ARVs and healthcare services more accessible. Sex workers and stakeholders are meeting at a national conference in Ballito, north of Durban. They are being updated…
