The seed company had dragged Christian Falkenberg to the High Court after he raised a special plea against Seed Co’s claim for the US$274 768 as damages for alleged breach of contract. SEED CO Limited has successfully sued a soya bean farmer to recover US$274 768 after financing the farming production before the farmer sold…
Speaker of Council, Cllr. Margaret Arnolds presided over the swearing in of Mr. Kenny Kunene as a Proportional Representation (PR) Councillor. Patriotic Alliance deputy president, Kenny Kunene has been re-sworn in as a councillor for the City of Johannesburg. The former MMC of Transport resigned from his position and as a councillor in July, after…
Founder of Team Free Sanitary Pads, Nokuzola Ndwandwe, is calling on government to take the lead and move beyond politics in addressing menstrual health in the country. She says the issue must be treated as a matter of urgency as it impacts on women’s rights and public health. Her remarks follow a study by the…
Job seekers Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MP Sihle Lonzi has made a dramatic gesture in Parliament during the State of the Nation Address (SONA) debate. He handed over a box of CVs to President Cyril Ramaphosa, saying it’s a symbol of the millions of unemployed young people in South Africa. Lonzi says the EFF will…
ArcelorMittal plant is seen in Vanderbijlpark, an industrial city south of Johannesburg, South Africa. 2 minutes Arcelor Mittal South Africa has delayed the closure of its long-steel plant operations by a month pending talks with the government to try to save the business, it said on Thursday. The company had planned to start winding down…
Image supplied South Africa’s wholesale, retail and fuel sectors are forecasted to generate more than R88bn in additional economic value for the economy as a whole during November 2024 amid surging consumer interest in Black Friday sales. That’s according to research commissioned by Capital Connect. The study shows that retailers in South Africa will generate…
Rand Water station in Roodepoort. 1 minute Rand Water has warned Gauteng municipalities that it will resort to restrictions if they fail to implement contingency conservation measures. It says the entire water system in the province will collapse if consumers don’t reduce their consumption. The bulk water supplier has called on the Tshwane and Johannesburg…
Gavel in a court room. The State has added a fifth suspect to the attempted murder case involving actress Tebogo Thobejane. According to the National Prosecution Authority (NPA), Nthabiseng Nzama briefly appeared in the Alexandra magistrates’ court on Monday, in connection with allegations of facilitating fund transfers between accounts, while fully aware that the money…
North West Premier Lazarus Mokgosi has told the provincial Ad Hoc committee that the affidavits that were presented by previous witnesses that include of an employee of Naledi Local Municipality Thabo Sejake, a former municipal employee Thabo Appolus and the former Municipal Manager, Modisenyane Segapo, clearly indicate that there was a plot against him. Mokgosi…
[FILE] University of Cape Town’s Professor Don Ross says 77.5% of all gravel roads in the country are currently in a poor or very poor condition. 2 minutes Residents of Maja-Chuene, outside Polokwane in Limpopo, have expressed frustration over the poor condition of the arterial gravel roads connecting their village to the city. Taxi drivers…
