Concerns over who pays for SA’s R2.2 trillion energy shift

Energy Minister confident the Integrated Resource Plan 2025 will be approved, even though it will require R2,23 trillion. Civil society organisation, the Green Connection, has raised concerns over the cost to consumers of government’s recently announced electricity generation plan. Electricity and Energy Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, on Sunday announced an ambitious plan to build 105 000…

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Govt ready to engage on key ICT sector reforms: Malatsi

Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi speaks at the National ICT Policy Colloquium in Pretoria on October 17, 2025. Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi has signalled the government’s readiness to engage on key reforms in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector to create policy certainty that encourages private sector investment. He…

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Commercial flights at Polokwane Airport delayed, others cancelled

Inside the Polokwane International Airport on 21 October 2025. Commercial flights at the Polokwane International Airport have been delayed while others have been cancelled. The airport says it is awaiting approval for new regulations from the Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS), which helps pilots land safely in poor weather. Gateway Airports Authority CEO, Mokgadi Matli, says ATNS has…

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Airlink reports widespread flight disruptions, blames navigation services

SA Airlink aircraft. Local air carrier Airlink says it is suffering disruptions to its scheduled air services to several destinations. These include travelling from Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport, Pietermaritzburg, Richards Bay and Mthatha. The airline has pointed the finger of blame at South Africa’s Air Traffic Navigation Services, saying that the validity of these airports’ Instrument…

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Motheo TVET students hail new 4IR centre as a boost for skills

Students at Motheo TVET College in Bloemfontein say the newly launched Fourth Industrial Revolution Centre of Excellence will give them practical experience and boost their confidence. The centre forms part of a national initiative by the Education, Training and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority. The aim is to empower young people with future-ready…

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SA businesswomen honoured at national awards in Mbombela

The Council for Business Women view these awards as the celebration of women, who are making great strides in business Businesswomen, who contribute to South Africa’s economy, were honoured at a prestigious national event in Mbombela on Sunday night. The South African Council for Business Women event saw Ilana Steyn from Cape Town walking away…

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Finance ministers agree on G20 Africa Engagement Framework

Content Hub Manager of South African Reserve Bank Mahlatse Mahlase, Director-General of the National Treasury of South Africa Duncan Pieterse, South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Finance David Masondo, South Africa’s Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago, and Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank Rashad Cassim attend a G-20 press briefing at the IMF/World Bank…

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Court strikes Tourism Board case against De Lille

Outside the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. The Pretoria High Court has struck off an urgent court roll case brought by the dissolved South African Tourism board against Minister Patricia de Lille. The ousted board had approached the court on an urgent basis, seeking to be reinstated following De Lille’s decision to dissolve it…

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