[File Image] An armyworm, which usually comes out at night, is seen on sugar cane crop around dusk at a village of Menghai county in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture. 3 minutes An outbreak of the African armyworm has ravaged crops in some parts of the Limpopo province. Farmers in the Capricorn, Waterberg and Sekhukhune Districts…
Minister of Electricity Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa speaking at a meeting. 2 minutes Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says South Africa is continuing to engage with the United States (US) in efforts to work towards a common purpose on energy security. He was hosting a session on the country’s G20 Energy Transition Work…
[File photo] Reserve Bank Governor, Lesetja Kganyago 2 minutes South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago says increases or decreases in VAT will be treated as an economic shock. This follows the postponement of this year’s budget after Cabinet disagreed on the proposed 2% VAT increase. Kganyago was speaking to SABC on the sidelines of…
1 minute Eskom has downgraded rolling blackouts from stage four to stage two. The power utility says this follows the successful recovery of all five units at Majuba, two units at Camden, and one unit at Medupi. Over the weekend, eight out of ten generation units tripped, leading Eskom to implement stage three load shedding…
SABC building in AucklandPark. 3 minutes Member of Parliament Colleen Makhubele says there have been no clear indications from the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) leadership about how to fix the challenges facing the public broadcaster. She says the SABC continues to struggle to find creative ways of raising revenue. Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Communications…
The Google logo is seen on the Google house at CES 2024 2 minutes The Competition Commission wants Google to compensate South African news media between R300 million and 500 million annually over a three-to-five-year period. The Commission has released the Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI) provisional report, on the impact of digital…
National Energy Regulator of South Africa offices in Arcadia, Pretoria. 1 minute The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) has approved Eskom’s retail tariff plan, aimed at creating a more cost-reflective, transparent, and equitable tariff structure. This comes as the country faces stage four load shedding. Eskom announced the power cuts yesterday following the…
A branch of the VBS Mutual Bank. 2 minutes Former Thulamela Local Municipality Mayor Avhashoni Tshifhango is facing trial in the Polokwane Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Limpopo today for alleged corruption in the looting and collapsing of the defunct VBS Bank. Tshifhango allegedly received a bribe of a vehicle valued at more than half a…
Ismail Sha studies with a rechargeable lantern for his final examination during one of the frequent power outages, called load-shedding, from South Africa’s struggling power utility Eskom, because of ageing coal-fired power stations, in Cape Town, South Africa, October 25, 2022. 2 minutes Eskom has downgraded its load shedding from stage six to four. This…
Arnot power station 1 minute Electricity Minister Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the generation recovery plan although it is aggressive, it’s the right call to make as progress has been seen. This comes as Eskom has implemented Stage 6 loadshedding following 10 units failing at three power stations. These setbacks are coupled with the generation recovery…
