A transformer in South Africa. 2 minutes Electricity contractors who are employed by the eThekwini Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal are threatening to down tools on Monday should the city fail to pay them. Some of these contractors claim that they have not been paid by the municipality for over four months. They gathered outside the Durban…
Eskom’s CEO Dan Marokane. 1 minute Eskom has announced a net loss of R25. 5 billion before tax. Eskom chair Mteto Nyati says this is an improvement from the R34. 6 billion loss in the 2023 financial year. The power utility released its financial results on Thursday. Eskom is facing mounting debt levels compounded by…
Gauteng Finance and Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile briefs the media on spaza shop registrations on 19 December 2024. 2 minutes Gauteng Finance and Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile says they’ve issued over 25 000 registration forms to spaza shop owners and of that number, more than 10 000 have submitted the forms. Maile was…
South African National Defence Force members. 2 minutes The Public Service Commission (PSC) has revealed that the Department of Defence has topped the list of offenders with late payments of supplier invoices totalling R348 million. While it was an improvement from the previous quarter, only 19 national departments out of 42 fully complied with legislation…
A police van is pictured at a mine in Stilfontein where illegal miners are underground in this image captured on 25 November 2024. 2 minutes Another six illegal miners have been arrested at two shafts at Stilfontein in the North West. Provincial police spokesperson Sabata Mokgwabone says the six miners face charges of illegal mining,…
Police and officials conduct a product inspection during a spaza shop compliance and verification operation in the West Coast on 07 December 2024. 2 minutes The Black Business Council (BBC) has welcomed the extended deadline for spaza shop registration, stating that the previous deadline was not practical. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa…
1 minute The Minister of Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, hosts the last Energy Action Plan media briefing for the year to provide a reflection on the key achievements and challenges over the past year. LIVE STREAM:
Trucks waiting to cross the border post in Lebombo. 2 minutes Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy has expressed concern about disruptions at the Lebombo Port of Entry between South Africa and Mozambique. She says transportation of goods is at times affected by the recent protests in Maputo. Creecy has advised motorists planning to use the…
1 minute Gauteng MEC for Finance and Economic Development, Lebogang Maile, briefs the media on the progress of spaza shop registrations across the province. LIVE STREAM:
Fresh vegetables. 2 minutes Botswana’s unbanning of South African vegetable imports has been widely welcomed as a positive move for South African farmers and consumers in Botswana. The new Botswana administration lifted the ban put in place to protect their agriculture sector. Experts, however, say the move worked against the Botswana nationals as vegetables were…
