# Eskom says it continues to take decisive action following the disclosure in its full-year 2024 financial results of a forensic report detailing the breach of its Online Vending System. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says the system was exploited to generate and distribute fraudulent prepaid electricity tokens, revealing critical vulnerabilities in both the physical and […]
# The civic movement Soil of Africa will march to the Home Affairs Department head office in Pretoria today to demand resolution and accountability. Soil of Africa chairperson, Bongani Ramontja, says they are marching to facilitate the blocked identification documents for the affected 75-thousand people living in South Africa without IDs since 2017. He says […]
# Cosatu has presented its submission on the South African Reserve Bank Amendment Bill to Parliament’s Standing Committee for Finance. Spokesperson Matthew Parks says the Bill provides for the state to be the sole shareholder in the SARB and to appoint its directors. He says Cosatu supports the Bill as it seeks to align SARB’s ownership and […]
# A 38-year-old Zimbabwean was arrested on the R572 road near Dongola Ranch in Limpopo and fined one-million-140-thousand-rand for transporting illegal immigrants by bus. Police spokesperson, Malesela Ledwaba says a Zimbabwean-registered bus was stopped along the R521 road, but the driver attempted to flee. The vehicle was successfully intercepted and law enforcement officers found 76 […]
# Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy says South African Airways is pursuing a bold route expansion strategy to strengthen its regional and global footprint. Creecy tabled her budget in Parliament in Cape Town. She says new regional routes from Johannesburg and Cape Town aim to boost intra-African connectivity, supporting tourism and trade. The minister says the airline […]
# Boxing South Africa says the vacant position of chief financial officer has now been filled, after the appointment of a seasoned financial practitioner, Betram Moses. Spokesperson Luthando Zibeko says Moses is a battle bruised financial practitioner with well over three decades of experience in the financial sector, more especially in the private sector. He […]
# Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy says the Airports Company South Africa has allocated 21.7-billion-rand for infrastructure development. She says this will improve facilities for passenger safety and comfort, over the medium term and build a new freight terminal at OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni. The minister says her department is fast tracking projects to […]
# Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy says her department expects 42-million passengers and 1.2-million tons of air-freight to move through the Airports Company South Africa network of airports by the end of this political term. Creecy was speaking on the occasion of the department’s budget vote in Cape Town. The minister says they aim to reduce road […]
# Airports Company South Africa says passenger volumes remain high at the OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng’s central security point. ACSA’s spokesperson, Thea Govindsamy, says queues are moving steadily, and security operations are well-supported with nine screening machines currently in use. She says the disruption, ascribed to operational issues, is isolated to the airport, […]
