Second phase of government’s operation to retrieve illegal miners from underground in Stilfontein. 2 minutes North West Community Safety MEC Wessels Morweng says this kind of retrieval operation of illegal miners at Stilfontein is the first of its kind to be carried out. The second phase of government’s operation to bring to the surface illegal…
A prepaid electricity meter box. 2 minutes The City of Cape Town says it has completed its prepaid electricity meter updates ahead of Sunday’s deadline. The city’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Energy, Xanthea Limberg, says all the 500 000 prepaid meters in Cape Town have been updated. Limberg says customers supplied by the…
Some of the gold bearing material discovered at an illegal mining operation in Pongola in KwaZulu-Natal on 21 November 2024. 2 minutes Four suspected illegal miners have been arrested at a mine in Pongola in northern KwaZulu-Natal. The suspects were found in possession of gold-bearing material worth over R3 million and mining equipment. Provincial police…
Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago delivers the Monetary Policy Committee Statement in Pretoria on November 21, 2024. 1 minute Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago says he is concerned that despite good inflation figures, the country’s business confidence remains low and policy uncertainty elevated. The bank’s Monetary Policy Committee has cut the interest rate by 25…
City Power is on a drive to upgrade prepaid meters. 1 minute Johannesburg’s City Power says over 99% of its vending pre-paid meters have been upgraded. This comes as customers rush to beat the Sunday deadline for meters to be upgraded. City Power says from today its Service Delivery Centres across Johannesburg will remain open…
Owner with her prepaid meter in a house. 2 minutes Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom will extend working hours to accommodate customers who still need to update their prepaid electricity meters. He announced this while visiting Eskom offices in Soweto. Johannesburg’s City Power says it will also extend it’s working hours. City Power…
Limpopo MEC for Finance Kgabo Mahoai 1 minute Limpopo MEC for Finance Kgabo Mahoai has tabled the province’s mid-year Adjustment Appropriation Bill at the Lebowakgomo Legislative Chambers. Funding for all provincial departments have been adjusted upwards from R81 billion to just above R83 billion. Mahoai says Treasury will closely monitor the performance of each of…
Excavator at a construction site. 3 minutes The construction mafia has disrupted over 180 construction projects worth R63 billion since 2019, according to Finance Deputy Minister Ashor Sarupen. On Wednesday, a National Construction Summit was held in Durban where a declaration was signed between the Public Works and Infrastructure Department and stakeholders involved in the…
An illicit mining van of the South African Police Service is pictured in Stilfontein in the North West on 13 November 2024. 2 minutes Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) are today expected to start the second phase of an operation to bring to surface…
Compliance inspections conducted at spaza shops. 3 minutes The registration of spaza shops is under way in the Durban Metro. Recently, the President announced a number of measures including the nationwide registration of all spaza shops within 21 days in an effort to deal with the spate of food borne illnesses. This after at least…
