BONDay at Africa’s Travel Indaba 2025 is in full swing, with the South Foyer of the Durban ICC at full capacity. 1 minute KwaZulu-Natal Tourism and Film CEO Sbusiso Gumbi says he is satisfied and proud that this year’s Africa’s Travel Indaba was successful. Gumbi was updating members of the media on the final day…
An Eskom power station. 3 minutes The latest data from Eskom shows that the power utility spent an estimated R115 million on diesel fuel for OCGTs, the majority of which was spent meeting electricity demand during the first night of stage two loadshedding on 13 May. Eskom CEO Dan Marokane told reporters during a 14…
Workers inside a mine 1 minute More than 200 mine workers who have been retrenched by the Barberton Mines in Mpumalanga say the retrenchment process was unfair. They claim most of the retrenched employees are locals who have been working for the mining company for many years. They say most of the workers, who were…
Former Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor. 2 minutes Insurance bodies worldwide must engage with global leaders to bring about stability in an increasingly unstable and risky world. That’s according to former Minister of International Relations and the Nelson Mandela Foundation board chairperson, Dr Naledi Pandor. Pandor was speaking at the International…
[FILE] The Budget Justice Coalition says the 2021 national Budget will deepen inequality. 1 minute DebtBusters’ latest debt index for the first quarter of 2025 shows a growing number of South Africans are relying on personal loans to manage their expenses as the cost of living continues to rise. The index reveals that one in…
Tourism experts during one of the sessions at the Africa Tourism Leadership Forum in Gaborone, Botswana. 2 minutes South Africa is set to take centre stage in continental tourism dialogue as Johannesburg prepares to host the 7th Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge during the country’s annual Youth Month celebrations. In a statement,…
A file with loan applications 1 minute DebtBusters’ Q1 2025 debt index says more and more South Africans are relying on personal and payday loans to survive the rising cost of living. And that a third of South Africans with credit are struggling to repay their debts. This includes individuals who are three months or…
SABC TV Park building in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. 5 minutes The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) says it needs about R7.5 billion to fund costs related to its unfunded public mandate. The organisation was updating Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on its audit outcomes and financial performance. The management of the SABC and the…
One of Ithala Bank branches. 2 minutes KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli says the provincial government will continue to legally challenge any attempts by the Reserve Bank’s prudential authority to take over operations of Ithala Bank. Ntuli says the provincial government welcomes the judgment by the High Court in Pietermaritzburg which barred the Repayment Administrator…
SANPC stakeholders 2 minutes The Central Energy Fund (CEF) has handed over leased assets and R5 billion in funding to operationalize the newly established South African National Petroleum Company (SANPC). Three of the CEF Group subsidiaries including iGas, the Strategic Fuel Fund and PetroSA have been merged to form the SANPC in a process which…
