Jiri said this while appearing before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Agriculture on the farm inputs distribution programme ahead of the 2024/25 farming season. GOVERNMENT owes suppliers over US$300 million for deliveries made under the Pfumvudza/Intwasa agricultural scheme since 2020, putting the viability of the programme under threat, Agriculture ministry secretary Obert Jiri has revealed….
A view of a logo during the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, January 19, 2024. 2 minutes South Africa’s G20 Presidency is expected to position the country as an attractive investment destination at the 2025 World Economic Forum (WEF). Leaders from government, civils society and business are in Davos,…
Nkosana Makate, ‘Please Call Me’ originator, speaking to SABC News. An attempt by Black Rock Mining to temporarily freeze a portion of the ‘Please Call Me’ settlement paid by Vodacom to Nkosana Makate has been dismissed in the High Court in Johannesburg. The court ruled that Black Rock, represented by businessman Errol Elsdon, failed to…
Panyaza Lesufi’s Nasi iSpani programme 2 minutes The DA has launched a scathing attack on Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s administration, accusing it of failing to curb rising unemployment in the province. Gauteng’s unemployment rate has increased to 34.7 % with R2.7 million residents now jobless. The DA’s Shadow MEC for Economic Development, Mike Moriarty, argues…
Parliament’s Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies conduct oversight visit at the Post Office in Flagstaff, Eastern Cape on October 9, 2024. 2 minutes The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has expressed doubts on whether the money spent on rescuing the Post Office was worth is. The state-owned enterprise’s business rescue process has…
South African bank notes and coins. 1 minute Consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) says it expects the National Treasury to announce a tax revenue shortfall of about R10 billion relative to its expectations in the mid-term budget tabled in October last year. Treasury said it expected to raise just over R1.84 trillion in taxes at the…
Scenes in KZN Pinetown after the police had a shootout with the suspects. Four alleged robbers have been shot and injured in a shootout with police at Underwood Road in Pinetown west of Durban. Police say that they were responding to a house robbery when the suspects opened fire at them. “Police responded to a…
While warmer weather might seem beneficial for crops like grapes, which can thrive in higher temperatures, the implications are more complex. Archive photo supplied. Climate change with higher temperatures poses numerous challenges for the South African wine industry. These include earlier harvests, less predictability, more pests, and higher sugar and alcohol levels that change the…
A water reservoir. 2 minutes Johannesburg Water will start implementing water reduction between 9 pm and 5 am starting next week. This is to alleviate intermittent water pressure and outages experienced in the metro. Most of Joburg North has been without water this week due to a power trip at Rand Water’s Palmiet Pump Station. Joburg…
Northern Cape Police are investigating two cases of murder and one case of attempted murder Northern Cape Police are investigating two cases of murder and one case of attempted murder following a shooting incident at a tavern in Jan Kempdorp on Saturday night. It is alleged that the suspect saw his girlfriend talking to another…
