1.6 million households in SA without power: Ramokgopa

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has outlined his department’s priority of electrifying households that still remain without power, 31 years into the country’s democratic dispensation. Following the tabling of his department’s budget vote in Parliament yesterday, Ramokgopa says unelectrified households, particularly in areas including informal settlements, deep rural areas and newly formed housing developments, now account…

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Economist urges focus on Africa amid US tariffs

A street view of the City of Johannesburg – the economic hub Political economist Bongani Mahlangu has called on South Africa to strengthen economic ties within the African continent to counter the effects of the new US-imposed tariffs, which are set to take effect in seven days. South Africa is among several countries affected, with…

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Committee rejects Nkabane’s apology for not appearing

FILE | Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Nobuhle Nkabane addresses a press briefing. Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training has rejected the apology that Minister Dr Nobuhle Nkabane has submitted. She has requested the committee to excuse her after it asked her to appear before it to account for the debacle surrounding…

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