Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa and the Joburg Mayor Dada Morero briefing the media on City of Joburg’s electricity debt. 2 minutes Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa and Joburg Mayor Dada Morero say they have appointed a mediator to help resolve the City’s electricity debt to Eskom. City Power, Eskom, and the Minister of Electricity held a…
1 minute The launch of the South African Digital Economy Report. It details the role of mobile technology in driving digital transformation and economic growth in South Africa. Livestream:
KwaZulu-Natal Transport MEC Siboniso Duma speaks at an event on October 29, 2024. 2 minutes KwaZulu-Natal Transport MEC Siboniso Duma is expected to meet with leaders of the All Truck Drivers Forum and Allied South Africa (ATDF-ASA) whose members are striking today. The ATDF-ASA, which represents the interests of truck drivers has for years raised…
File image: Trucks on the road. 2 minutes All Truck Drivers Forum and Allied South Africa (ATDF-ASA) says its shutdown will go ahead as planned today, despite ongoing talks with government officials to avert the strike. The truck drivers have expressed concerns over the employment of foreign nationals as well as challenging working conditions. They…
File Photo: Trucks parked. 1 minute Members of the All Truck Drivers Forum and Allied South Africa (ATDF ASA) say they intend to begin a nationwide strike this week. The organisation represents the interests of truck drivers. Drivers have for years raised concerns over the hiring of foreign nationals in the freight and logistics industry….
Farmers break cocoa pods at a cocoa farm 2 minutes Ghana, the world’s number two cocoa producer, has raised the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers for the second time this 2024/25 season to help boost farmers’ incomes, President Nana Akufo-Addo said. Akufo-Addo, whose two-term mandate ends on January 7, 2025, said at a…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, US, August 15, 2023. 3 minutes The S&P 500 index inched closer to the 6 000 mark and the Dow gained on Friday, as a sweeping Trump victory powered bets of a business-friendly agenda and an expected interest-rate cut…
Lebombo Border Post remains closed on Friday morning 3 minutes Local industry bodies have warned that any disruptions of the Maputo corridor will significantly hamper trade, supply chains and regional stability. A number of manufacturing, storage and logistical companies have opted to halt operations due to safety concerns. It follows the post-election protests in Mozambique…
2 minutes The City of Johannesburg says it will meet with Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, and power utility Eskom today in an attempt to resolve its debt issue. The problem has led to the power utility threatening to interrupt electricity supply to the metro. In a statement, Eskom says the City of Joburg and City Power owe it an an amount of R4.9 billion, excluding the…
Crew members of a Sea Harvest fishing vessel, the MFV Armana, that caught fire on Sunday at sea being transferred from their life raft onto another vessel, the MFV Ludwani, for transportation back to Cape Town 1 minute The City of Cape Town says the marine manufacturing industry has contributed around R5 billion to the…
