# The Road Freight Association has welcomed the fuel price decrease for September. Petrol prices will drop by four-cents per litre for both 93 and 95-octane, effective from Wednesday. Diesel prices will also fall, with decreases of 56- to 57-cents per litre depending on the sulphur content. Illuminating paraffin wholesale prices drop by 37-cents per […]
# The Ethiopian capital of Addis-Ababa is hosting the United Nations Climate Week. It brings together government officials, financiers, including development banks, businesses, civil society, and Indigenous Peoples, to help speed up delivery of pledges and climate actions on the ground. UN Climate Change deputy executive secretary, Noura Hamladji, says Climate Weeks aim to connect […]
# eThekwini mayor Cyril Xaba launched the Spring Clean-Up Month programme at Glenugie Park. This marks the start of a series of activities aimed at promoting a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Xaba has called on social partners, including business, civil society, and communities, to play their part, emphasising that keeping the metro clean is […]
# The University of the Witwatersrand’s Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery Institute has been awarded 17.6-million-rand in funding by Google.org. The institute, which was launched in November 2024, is home to some of Africa’s leading fundamental artificial intelligence researchers. It is led by professor Benjamin Rosman, who has been named in the ‘Thinkers’ category of TIME […]
# The City of Cape Town says the Tourism Development Framework, which will be published soon, is the metro’s action plan to grow and strengthen the visitor economy. According to the latest Economic Value of Tourism Report, Cape Town welcomed 2.4-million, overnight visitors in 2024, who spent 24.5-billion-rand directly in the economy, and supported over […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says the City of Tshwane’s proposed policy framework for the remuneration of members of the metro’s Valuation Appeal Board is flawed. The board is tasked with, amongst other things of adjudicating appeals of property valuations by property owners. The FF Plus’ Mark Surgeon says critical aspects, such as the number […]
# Nationwide Shanela operations resulted in the arrest of 14-thousand-773 suspects in the past week. Among those arrested are three-thousand-and-51 wanted individuals who were traced in different parts of the country. These suspects are wanted in cases that include murder, rape, and assault to cause grievous bodily harm. A total of 119 murder suspects were […]
# The University of Pretoria will confer 169 doctoral degrees during its spring graduation ceremonies at the Hillcrest campus this week. In total, more than two-thousand-100 students will be capped and robed. Alongside the doctoral graduates, the university will also award 494 master’s degrees, 460 honours degrees, 392 postgraduate diplomas, 355 bachelor’s degrees, and 237 […]
# The DA says it has asked the chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on Electricity and Energy, Queenie Mvana, for an urgent review of the settlement agreement between Eskom and energy regulator Nersa. Nersa has reached a 54-billion-rand out-of-court settlement with the power utility over tariff calculation errors. The DA’s Kevin Mileham says this incident highlights […]
