# Sustained Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries have severely disrupted domestic fuel production, causing widespread fuel shortages at pumps across the capital of Moscow. The crisis, which peaked late last month, has slashed Russian gasoline production to levels well below national consumption. The impact is visible nationwide, stretching from major hubs like Moscow […]
# Civil rights and social justice movement, NotInMyName International, is calling on the Southern African Development Community to address what it describes as a regional migration crisis. The organisation’s Themba Masango says South Africa cannot carry the burden of irregular migration alone. He has urged SADC to develop a coordinated framework to strengthen border management […]
# Die Konstitusionele Hof het die Mededingingskommissie se appèl teen die meeste van die 28 banke wat beskuldig is dat hulle saamgesweer het om die rand te manipuleer, van die hand gewys. Dit onthef banke soos Standard Bank, Nedbank, FirstRand en Bank of America van blaam. Die hof het bevind die kommissie se vervolging van […]
# The Constitutional Court has dismissed the Competition Commission’s appeal against most of the 28 banks it had accused of colluding to manipulate the rand. This effectively clears the likes of Standard Bank, Nedbank, FirstRand, and Bank of America. The court ruled that the commission’s prosecution against the banks was based on flawed factual assumptions. […]
# Die DA in Gauteng sê die provinsie se omgewingsbegroting van 646-miljoen-rand vir 2026/2027 is nie genoeg om die toenemende besoedeling en ‘n omgewingskrisis te behartig nie. Die party het teen die begroting gestem en gesê inwoners word daagliks geraak deur swak luggehaltemonitering, rioolbesoedeling in riviere en swak beplanning vir klimaatsverandering. Leanne de Jager van […]
# The DA in Gauteng says the province’s 2026/2027 environment budget of 646-million-rand is not enough to deal with worsening pollution and an environmental crisis. The party voted against the budget, citing residents are being affected daily by poor air quality monitoring, sewage pollution in rivers, and weak climate change planning. The DA’s Leanne de […]
# Union federation Cosatu says the sharp drop in fuel prices, including reductions of over two-rand per litre for petrol, around three-rand for diesel, and more than five-rand for paraffin, will bring relief to commuters and help ease cost-of-living pressures. However, the union warns that fuel prices remain high and vulnerable to global oil market […]
# # Die vakbondfederasie Cosatu sê die skerp daling in brandstofpryse, wat verlagings insluit van meer as twee-rand per liter vir petrol, ongeveer drie-rand vir diesel en meer as vyf-rand vir paraffien, sal verligting vir pendelaars bring en help om die druk van lewenskoste te verlig. Die vakbond waarsku egter brandstofpryse bly hoog en is […]
# Nigerië het ‘n groot nuwe neerslag van kritieke minerale aangekondig, wat litium, goud, koper, nikkel, platinumgroepmetale en seldsame aardmetale bevat. Die aankondiging van die minerale wat in die noordwestelike provinsie Kaduna ontdek is, is by die African Natural Resources and Energy-beleggingsberaad in Abuja gemaak, waar amptenare gesê het dit kan een van die land […]
