# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says illegal connections and electricity theft remain major obstacles to a stable grid. Despite sufficient generation capacity, these issues strain the distribution network, causing overloads and forcing load reduction measures that affect over one-million customers. Ramokgopa says tackling theft and unauthorised connections is critical to ensuring a reliable […]
# Indië het ‘n 121-miljard-rand bestelling vir 97 plaaslik vervaardigde vegvliegtuie onderteken terwyl hulle lugmag sy Russiese MiG-21 vliegtuie na dekades van gebruik uit diens stel. Die eerste “Tejas” vleigtuie – wat “briljantheid” in Hindi beteken – is in 2016 deur die lugmag in gebruik geneem. Die jongste bestelling is vir die vierde generasie van […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says a three-pronged strategy will end load reduction by 2027. The plan includes full coverage of free basic electricity for indigent households, a mass rollout of smart meters, and the deployment of distributed energy resources. Ramokgopa told the media currently, over one-million customers are affected, mainly in Limpopo, […]
# The DA is opposing the City of Tshwane’s expansion of its city cleansing levy to sectional title property owners, despite courts declaring the levy illegal. DA mayoral candidate Cilliers Brink says residents are being double-billed for waste removal, paying both through their body corporate and the City. He says the DA is demanding the […]
# India signed a 121-billion-rand order for 97 domestically designed and built fighter jets as its air force retires its outgoing Russian MiG-21 jets after decades of use. The first Tejas jets, meaning “brilliance” in Hindi, were commissioned into the airforce in 2016, with the latest commission for the fourth-generation version of the fighter. India, […]
# Die uitvoerende hoof van die Vryemarkstigting, David Ansara, sê Suid-Afrika se plek op die ekonomiese vryheidsranglys is teleurstellend, maar nie verbasend nie. Hy sê volgens die stigting en die Fraser Instituut van Kanada se 2025 jaarverslag, beklee Suid-Afrika die 83ste plek uit 165 lande en gebiede. Ansara sê mense wat in lande met hoë […]
# FNB chief economist Mamello Matikinca-Ngwenya says the FNB/BER consumer confidence index retreated from negative-ten to negative-13 in the third quarter of this year. She says the decline in the overall index to negative-13 means that consumer sentiment moved even further south of the average index reading of negative-one since 1994. Matikinca-Ngwenya says this is […]
# Free Market Foundation CEO, David Ansara says South Africa’s economic freedom ranking is disappointing, but not surprising. He says according to the foundation and Canada’s Fraser Institute 2025 annual report, South Africa ranks 83rd out of 165 countries and territories. Ansara says people living in countries with high levels of economic freedom enjoy greater prosperity, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê hy is optimisties dat Suid-Afrika ʼn voordelige handelsooreenkoms met Amerika sal bereik. President Donald Trump het verlede maand ʼn tarief van 30-persent op Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoere ingestel nadat Pretoria versuim het om voor die sperdatum op 1 Augustus ʼn ooreenkoms met Amerika te bereik. Die regering het sedertdien ʼn voorstel vir […]
