Minister of Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. The North West Department of Electricity and Energy says South Africa’s G20 Presidency will greatly benefit the country as it plans to expand its nuclear power generation capacity. South Africa’s nuclear energy programme has been in operation since 1984. The department will convene the third G20 Energy Transitions Working…
FlySafair plane on a run way Trade union, Solidarity has reached out to FlySafair CEO Elmar Conradie, urging him to intervene in the strike action and bring parties back to the negotiating table. This as the strike by the airline’s pilots enters week two with a deadlock on working conditions. At the heart of the…
An attendant puts fuel into a car. Diesel prices are expected to go up next month while petrol users can expect a slight reprieve. This is according to the latest unaudited data from the Central Energy Fund. The data shows both grades of diesel are expected to increase by between 62 and 63 cents a…
Flysafair strike continues The trade union Solidarity says that FlySafair‘s pilots are willing to reconsider their wage demands if the current scheduling system is also addressed. The pilots are seeking more predictable rosters and at least one guaranteed weekend off per month. The union representing pilots at Centurion’s CCMA argues that the off days pilots…
[File photo] Top US and Chinese economic officials will resume talks in Stockholm on Monday to try to tackle longstanding economic disputes at the centre of a trade war between the world’s top two economies, aiming to extend a truce by three months and keeping sharply higher tariffs at bay. China is facing an August 12 deadline to…
The share scheme was launched in 2016 to boost black ownership in the MTN business. Shareholders of the MTN Black Economic Empowerment scheme, Zakhele Futhi, can expect payment on their investments from today as part of the scheme’s unwind. MTN has announced that shareholders will receive R20 per share in cash from the scheme, with…
GNT bus at a depot. The DA in Limpopo, is calling for full investigations into the factors contributing to the collapse of the government bus company, Great North Transport (GNT). The party blames the ongoing dysfunction and corruption within the entity at the provincial government and the governing party, the ANC. The provincial government and…
Mine operation ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa says in order for Africa to prosper, it should be exporting finished products the world needs, instead of raw materials. The President of the @MYANC ahead of the Liberation Movements Summit. @CyrilRamaphosa #sabcnews pic.twitter.com/qLxZP8H3HU — Sophie Mokoena (@Sophie_Mokoena) July 27, 2025 The continent is rich in mineral resources, including…
One of Ithala Bank branches. The catastrophic consequences of the freezing of KwaZulu-Natal development finance company, Ithala, is of its own making. That’s been the argument of the Reserve Bank’s Prudential Authority, and the repayment administrator for Ithala, before a full bench in the Durban High Court. They are applying for leave to appeal a…
MMC Nomadlozi Nkosi addresses Vosloorus business owners at the Spaza Shop Support Roadshow. City of Ekurhuleni MMC for Developmental Planning and Real Estate, Nomadlozi Nkosi, has urged all spaza shop owners in the metro to reach out for assistance in becoming compliant. Nkosi hosted a roadshow in Vosloorus, on Gauteng’s East Rand, to promote the…
