# The DA has warned that patients seeking emergency treatment at Helen Joseph Tertiary Hospital are at risk after being advised to seek care elsewhere. A warning issued by the hospital’s Trauma Unit Head Patricia Saffy, stated that the emergency department remains closed throughout August after staff were reportedly not paid, resulting in doctors absenteeism. […]
# Statistics South Africa has announced that annual consumer price inflation has eased to 4.3-percent last month, down from five-percent in June. The latest figure marks a moderation in price pressures, while consumer prices increased by 0.2-percent month-on-month. The decline in annual inflation brings price growth closer to the midpoint of the South African Reserve […]
# The independent non-profit public policy and advocacy organisation Centre for Development and Enterprise, says Johannesburg’s worsening financial, infrastructure and governance crises threaten South Africa’s economic growth. Its report says the city owes creditors 25.2-billion-rand, while infrastructure backlogs run into tens of billions of rand. Johannesburg recorded a 35.9-percent unemployment rate in the second quarter, […]
# The South African rand was little changed against the dollar in this morning’s trade, as investors awaited July inflation data. The rand traded at 16-rand-25 to the dollar, close to its previous level. Statistics South Africa is expected to report annual inflation easing to 4.5-percent from five-percent in June. Economists attribute the expected moderation […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the new Electricity Pricing Policy will strengthen protections for poor and vulnerable consumers while making electricity bills more transparent. The minister says municipal and Eskom bills will be unbundled, showing consumers exactly how charges are calculated. Bills will itemise electricity generation, transmission and distribution costs, ancillary services […]
# The MK Party and United Africans Transformation have applied for leave to appeal a Western Cape High Court order halting public hearings of Parliament’s Section 89 Impeachment Committee into President Cyril Ramaphosa. This follows the Constitutional Court’s refusal last week to hear a direct appeal, saying the matter was not in the interests of […]
# The minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says government has exceeded expectations in eliminating load reduction. Seven of the nine provinces have now ended the practice, with the Eastern Cape being the latest last week. Ramokgopa says work continues in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. He remains confident that both provinces will be completed as […]
# The Continental Energy and Infrastructure Investment Forum is underway in Johannesburg, bringing together stakeholders to discuss Africa’s energy, infrastructure and economic development needs. Speakers say smart partnerships are needed to accelerate projects towards bankable feasibility and attract investment. The forum is also focusing on critical minerals and regional integration. The Development Bank of Southern […]
# WhatsApp messages presented at the Madlanga Commission suggest slain taxi boss Mswazi Msibi allegedly used businessman Ze Nxumalo to influence an Ekurhuleni transport tender. Chief Evidence Leader Chaskalson says Msibi allegedly identified a Project Management Unit and technical services contract before it was advertised, apparently for Kamprock Proprietary Limited. The tender relates to Ekurhuleni’s […]
