Limpopo Dept notes complaints from food outlet owners, spaza shops

Limpopo Economic Development department 2 minutes The Limpopo Department of Economic Development says it has taken note of complaints from some owners of food outlets, including spaza shops. The owners say they missed last Friday’s deadline to register their businesses because municipal officials and traditional leaders have been charging high levies for recommendation letters. The…

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Parly committee criticises Nersa over electricity tariff increase

National Energy Regulator of South Africa offices in Arcadia, Pretoria. 2 minutes Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Electricity and Energy has criticised the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) for approving Eskom’s application for an increase in electricity tariffs. Last year, Nersa approved the power utility’s 12,7% tariff increase application starting from the first of…

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DRC asks clubs to end ‘Visit Rwanda’ sponsorship

EPL player’s soccer jersey with ‘Visit Rwanda’ sponsorship 2 minutes The Democratic Republic of Congo’s foreign minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner has urged soccer clubs Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain to end their “blood-stained” sponsorship agreements with “Visit Rwanda” following the worsening humanitarian crisis in the country. The DR Congo health ministry said on…

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Law enforcement intensified on fake and expired food products

Police raid warehouse in Durban 2 minutes National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola says law enforcement operations have been intensified across the country, to crack down on wholesalers and spaza shops that are selling fake and expired goods. Masemola was speaking during a media briefing in Pretoria this morning on the government’s interventions regarding foodborne illnesses…

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