Electricity pylons. 1 minute Energy Council of South Africa (ECSA) says the country needs to invest R2 trillion in the electricity sector over the next decade. ECSA was briefing Parliament’s Electricity and Energy committee. ECSA and the Independent Power Producers Office were among the stakeholders that updated the Committee on the progress made on the…
Armyworms feed on crops. 1 minute The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environmental Affairs has confirmed that an outbreak of African Armyworms in the Free State. African armyworms cover large areas of grass, pasture, or very small maize and sorghum in dense swarms of worms. The department says 31 cases have been reported over…
3 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has called on police to urgently investigate the killing of its Kabokweni branch treasurer, Dan Makutu. Makutu was gunned down near a spaza shop in Kabokweni, outside White River in Mpumalanga, on Christmas Day. Makuti was laid to rest at the Rocky’s Drift cemetery between Mbombela and Whiteriver….
Residents stand outside a spaza convenience shop 2 minutes The Home Affairs Department is getting involved in the registration of spaza shops and will determine if the foreign nationals’ permits allow them to run a business in the country. Last Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that spaza shops owners had 21 days in which to…
1 minute The Albert Luthuli Inquest continues in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday. Live proceedings below:
4 minutes Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton Mckenzie announces South Africa’s bid for a Formula One Grand Prix in the 2027 season, with the possibility of hosting as early as 2026 if all goes well. To this end, a bid steering committee was appointed and unveiled on Wednesday at the Kyalami racetrack, north…
FILE | Compliance inspections conducted at spaza shops. 2 minutes Several foreign owned spaza shops have been closed in Soweto after they were found with expired food items and non labelled goods. City of Johannesburg officials, together with the police, raided spaza shops in Dobsonville and Diepkloof on Friday. The raids follow incidents of foodborne…
An analogue TV seen on a shelf 1 minute Proceedings in the case that seeks to invalidate and halt the analogue switch off will continue today in the Pretoria High Court. Yesterday, three applicants namely ETV, Media Monitoring Africa and SOS Support public broadcasting argued that the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies did not…
Trucks deliver containers to be loaded onto a ship at the port in Durban, South Africa, January 31, 2024. REUTERS/Rogan Ward/File Photo The impact of trade wars He said global trade was becoming increasingly complicated as the U.S. and China imposed tariffs on each other, while Europe has added carbon import taxes. “There’s almost an…
Statue of Cecil John Rhodes in Kimberley 1 minute Kimberley visual artists have used their artistic expression to paint the statue of Cecil John Rhodes with brown washable paint and wrap it with a white cloth. In an act that sent shockwaves around town, some residents accused the artists of vandalising the historic monument. The…
