Cooperative Governance Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa speaks at the 1998 White Paper on Local Government high-level dialogue in Midrand on 23 June 2025. Cooperative Governance Minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa, has highlighted the lack of a revenue base for collection as one of the factors contributing to the poor performance of some municipalities. This follows a report by…
Flight data shows airlines avoiding Middle East air space as Israel-Iran conflict rages Commercial airlines around the world on Monday were weighing how long to suspend Middle East flights after the US struck Iran. Singapore Airlines, one of the highest-profile in Asia, had called the situation “fluid” on Sunday as it cancelled flights from Singapore…
Workers walk past a retired coal-fired Komati Power Station, operated by Eskom near Komati village, in the Mpumalanga province in South Africa, May 9, 2024. Deputy Minister of Electricity and Energy, Samantha Graham-Maré, says energy generation to deal with load shedding is the government’s priority. Graham-Maré was speaking to SABC News on the sidelines of…
Person with SA rands Actions taken by the National Financial Ombud (NFO) saw more than R328-million paid to disgruntled consumers in the 2024 financial year for unfair practices. The NFO released its first Annual Report tracking complaints, financial issues and disputes from consumers about financial institutions. The entity is a merger of the ombudsman for…
Oil refinery Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe says the future of South Africa depends on the exploration and extraction of oil and gas, which will have a huge impact on the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Mantashe paid a visit to the Renergen Helium extraction project in Virginia in the Free State, to…
A copy of the South African compilation, 2017 edition. Advocate Douglas Shaw says the South African constitution, under democratic government, has failed to reform laws by major banks in the country. Shaw is part of a group leading the charge against the banks for snapping up repossessed homes and offloading them for bargain-bin prices. This…
Live proceedings of the Fourth Annual Durban Tourism Business’ Awards.
A person picks out clothing in a store Stats SA data shows that retail trade sales showed a significant improvement in April compared to March 2025. Sales increased by 5.1 % year-on-year in April 2025. The largest positive contributors were general dealers and retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods. Seasonally adjusted retail trade…
Chicken at a farm The South African Meat Processors Association (SAMPA) has welcomed the partial lifting of the ban on the importation of chicken from most of Brazil. The Department of Agriculture announced the decision this week that allows for the resumption of imports from Brazil, except the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It…
Hard hat and torch. The Hawks have arrested a 49-year-old woman for allegedly fraudulently selling a mining company that did not belong to her. The woman, a co-director of mining company Rowen Tree 60, sold the mining rights to a businessman for over R1.3 million and allegedly pocketed some of the money. The businessman who…
