# Vergelegen Wine Estate in Somerset West, Cape Town, welcomed 137 Nguni calves this season, with eight more still due. The herd now exceeds 450 animals. The new arrivals include pure Ngunis and Nguni/Angus crosses. The crosses show impressive size from their Angus heritage. The estate introduced Angus in 2024 to combine Nguni hardiness with […]
# A KPMG South Africa economist says a stronger rand cannot offset a global fuel price surge in September. Economist Frank Blackmore says the under-recovery for 95 octane petrol is one-rand-6-cents and for 93 octane 96-cents. Diesel under-recoveries are also high at two-rand-71-cents and two-rand-92-cents. Blackmore says while the rand strengthened from 16-rand-90 to 16-rand […]
# The City of Tshwane is moving forward with plans to challenge its own High Court settlement agreement with Kleinfontein, despite the Afrikaner-only township fulfilling its financial and administrative obligations under the deal. Yesterday, Kleinfontein Aandeleblok, the company managing the settlement, paid its outstanding arrears and submitted a comprehensive land-use application, meeting the strict deadlines […]
# Johannesburg missed its traditional 1 September reopening date for municipal pools. The city announced yesterday all 36 public pools will open in a phased approach from 1 October. The mayoral committee member for Community Development, Thapelo Amad, apologised, saying pools still need to meet health, safety and operational standards. He says opening will be […]
# Cell-C says the end of the expiration of mobile date will slow its revenue growth, as consumers will buy less data. From January next year, unused mobile data will no longer expire, described as a major victory for consumers. The new rule means customers can carry over data indefinitely, ending the “use it or […]
# The Inkatha Freedom Party has named Mkhuleko Hlengwa as its mayoral candidate in the eThekwini metro ahead of November’s local government elections. The announcement was made in Durban this morning. Hlengwa is currently deputy minister of Transport and the IFP’s national spokesperson. He has been a Member of Parliament since 2012. IFP leader Velenkosini […]
# The DA in Gauteng accuses premier Panyaza Lesufi of failing to act against officials implicated in corruption, allowing their redeployment. The DA’s Solly Msimanga demands Lesufi blacklist them on the national register. He says ex-Gauteng Health hea of department Arnold Malotana, implicated in the Tembisa Hospital scandal and Special Investigating Unit probes, was appointed […]
# Forum for South Africa condemns municipalities for charging residents who installed boreholes after it failed to provide reliable water. Spokesperson Tebogo Mashilompane says it is unacceptable to punish residents for finding their own solutions to a basic service failure. He says residents should not pay for drilling, pumps and maintenance only to face an […]
# Former presidents Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki lost their bid to have Justice Sisi Khampepe recuse herself as chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission cases inquiry. Zuma and Mbeki cited Khampepe’s past TRC and prosecutorial roles as grounds for bias. The court upheld her decision not to recuse herself, and the former presidents […]
