# The City of Cape Town says its water supply remains stable, but the risk of restrictions has increased due to rising demand and uncertain rainfall. Dam levels were around 76-percent in early July after good rains, but forecasts suggest below-average rainfall ahead. Mayoral committee member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, says the city […]
# The DA says Emfuleni Local Municipality’s debt is putting local businesses under financial pressure, with some facing serious difficulties because they have not been paid on time for services provided. According to the party, the municipality owes creditors more than eleven-billion-rand, including billions owed to Eskom and Rand Water. The DA’s Kingsol Chabalala says […]
# The DA in Limpopo says municipalities are wasting millions on financial consultants while still struggling with poor financial reporting. According to the party, all 27 municipalities spent a combined 236-million-rand on consultants in the 2024/2025 financial year, but 20 municipalities still submitted financial statements with major errors. The DA’s Jacques Smalle says weak financial […]
# The Western Cape government says 82-percent of its livestock herd has been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease. Nearly 480-thousand vaccine doses have been administered to commercial and subsistence livestock across all districts. The response is aimed at protecting farmers, jobs, food security and the province’s agricultural economy. MEC for Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism, Ivan […]
# Government says it will continue working to strengthen food and energy security, create jobs and reduce the cost of living. This follows the latest inflation figures showing a drop in consumer inflation to 4.3-percent last month from five-percent in June. Deputy government spokesperson William Baloyi says the decline provides some relief to households, but […]
# Union federation Cosatu says it fully supports the National Union of Mineworkers’ legal challenge against the Eskom restructuring task team’s phase one report. The federation is opposing any move towards privatisation of the electricity grid and is demanding guarantees that the utility workers will not lose their jobs or bargaining rights. Cosatu’s Zanele Sabela […]
# South Africa’s food inflation has fallen to its lowest level since 2010. Statistics South Africa says food and non-alcoholic beverage inflation dropped to 0.9-percent last month, helped by lower prices for meat and cereal products. Some beef products, maize meal and white bread became cheaper. Spokesperson Patrick Kelly says prices for processed meats, fish, […]
# Energy regulator Nersa has approved a two-year special electricity pricing agreement between Eskom and Manganese Metal Company in Mbombela, Mpumalanga. The agreement, which runs until July 2028, gives the company a special base electricity tariff. Nersa’s Charles Hlebela says the utility will also have to submit regular reports to the regulator on the agreement’s […]
# DebtBusters says South African consumers remain under serious financial pressure, with people applying for debt counselling needing 64-percent of their take-home pay to service debt. Its latest index shows that consumers earning more than 50-thousand-rand a month need 103-percent of their income to cover debt repayments. The average applicant now has 8.7 credit agreements, […]
