# Small Business Development minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, says last Friday’s deadline does not mean that the problems and challenges of compliance by spaza shops and food handling outlets are over. Sunday marked exactly 107 days since president Cyril Ramaphosa announced the registration of all spaza shops and food-handling outlets following deaths related to foodborne illnesses. […]
# Small Business Development minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, says a 500-million-rand Spaza Shop Support Fund will start being rolled out within two weeks. The fund aims to enhance market competitiveness to help spaza shops and food handling outlets compete with larger retailers. The minister says other businesses will still benefit from existing departmental funds and programmes, […]
# Eskom says year-to-date diesel savings have reached R16.69-billion-rand, which is 55.7-percent less than the 29.98-billion-rand spent during the same period last year. Eskom’s Daphne Mokwena says a total of three-thousand-610-megawatts will be returned to service before the evening peak on Monday to further stabilise the grid. She says last week, average unplanned outages increased to 14-thousand-50-megawatts, showing a slight […]
# Eskom sê sy jaar-tot-datum dieselbesparing het 16,69-miljard-rand bereik, wat 55,7-persent minder is as die 29,98-miljard-rand van dieselfde tydperk verlede jaar. Daphne Mokwena van Eskom sê altesaam drie-duisend-610-megawatt sal Maandag voor die aand-piektyd weer ingevoer word om die netwerk te stabiliseer. Sy sê die gemiddelde onbeplande onderbrekings verlede week het toegeneem tot 14-duisend-en-50-megawatt, wat ‘n effense verbetering […]
# Eskom sê beurtkrag is steeds opgeskort, gesteun deur ‘n bestendige kragstelsel en noodreserwes. Die woordvoerder Daphne Mokwena sê die nutsmaatskappy hou ook by met die aanvul van noodreserwes ter voorbereiding vir die volgende sakeweek. Sy sê egter die opwekkingskapasiteit in die stelsel bly beperk terwyl Eskom steeds volhou met hoë vlakke van onderhoud, wat […]
# Eskom says load-shedding remains suspended, supported by a stable power system and emergency reserves. Spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says the power utility is also on track to replenish the emergency reserves in preparation for the next business week. However, she says the generation capacity in the system remains constrained as Eskom continues to maintain high levels […]
# The South African Spaza and Tuck Shop Association has raised concerns about the no extension of the registration of spaza shops. This comes as hundreds of spaza shop and food handling outlets failed to meet yesterday’s deadline due to various challenges including the struggle to obtain required documents from Home Affairs, municipalities, and SARS. […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Spaza en Snoepwinkelvereniging is besorg omdat daar geen verlenging is vir die registrasie van spazawinkels nie. Dit volg nadat honderde spazawinkels en afsetpunte vir voedselhantering weens verskeie uitdagings nie gister se sperdatum kon haal nie, insluitend die stryd om betyds die vereiste dokumente van Binnelandse Sake, munisipaliteite en die SAID te bekom. […]
# Parliament Portfolio Committee for Communications and Digital Technologies chairperson Khusela Diko, says the 150-million-rand fund allocated to the South African Post Office is insufficient in addressing financial and operational challenges. The post office has been in business rescue since July 2023. The entity needs 3.8-billion-rand bailout to avoid liquidation. Diko acknowledges that SAPO remains in […]
