# The Motor Industry Staff Association says the City of Tshwane must be held accountable after 408 people fell ill from gastrointestinal infections linked to contaminated drinking water in Bronkhorstspruit and surrounding communities. A joint investigation found that the local water treatment works distributed unchlorinated water for three weeks, due to problems with the city’s […]
# SA Canegrowers urges Finance minister Enoch Godongwana to scrap the sugar tax in tomorrow’s medium-term budget policy statement, which is adding to pressure on local sugar producers. The organisation’s Higgins Mdluli says growers are struggling with heavily subsidised sugar imports and uncertainty surrounding Tongaat Hulett. Mdluli warns the levy has contributed to job losses […]
# The Freedom Front Plus calls for urgent action to stop rising livestock theft in the Free State, as police warnings are not enough. According to the party, more than one-thousand-600 cattle and 730 sheep, worth an estimated eight-million-rand, were stolen in the province over the past month. The FF Plus’s Jan van Niekerk says […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA says Grain SA’s legal challenge against the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s soybean pricing decision is necessary to protect farmers. Grain SA has asked the High Court in Johannesburg to review the JSE’s July decision to use one geographical reference point in the country to determine soybean futures prices. It argues the […]
# ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa says the National Water Crisis Committee will address the Bronkhorstspruit water crisis in Tshwane, where tap water has been declared unsafe to drink following an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness. Speaking during an ANC door-to-door campaign in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, Ramaphosa apologised for the illnesses, citing poor water treatment must not put […]
# The EFF calls for Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya to resign over the water crisis in Bronkhorstspruit, which has reportedly left 408 people ill. The party alleges that water from the Bronkhorstspruit Treatment Works went without chlorination for three weeks, putting residents at risk. It has also laid criminal charges against the mayor and city […]
# The National Consumer Commission has announced a safety recall of 253 Hyundai Tucson NX4 vehicles made available for sale across South Africa last year. The recall follows concerns that some vehicles may have been fitted with side-impact airbag sensors that do not meet the correct specifications. The commission’s Phetho Ntaba says Hyundai will use […]
# Former acting Crime Intelligence head Major-General Mulangi Mphego has been granted five-thousand-rand bail in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. He faces a charge of illegally possessing more than 100 rounds of police-issued ammunition. He may not contact witnesses but does not have to report to police. The ammunition was allegedly found during a search at […]
# The Western Cape Department of Infrastructure says work is progressing on the 797-million-rand N7 upgrade north of Cape Town, with completion expected in March next year. The project includes five kilometres of new road and six bridges to improve road safety and traffic flow, while bringing the route up to freeway standards. So far, […]
