# Eskom has reported a second consecutive profitable year, with profit after tax more than doubling from 14-billion-rand last year to 30.3-billion-rand this year. CEO Dan Marokane says improved power-station availability, cost discipline and reduced diesel use supported the turnaround. Eskom’s cost optimisation programme delivered 22.4-billion rand in savings and revenue. Marokane emphasises profits will […]
# A 37-year-old suspect linked to the alleged 635-million-rand looting of Tembisa Hospital has been granted 200-thousand-rand bail in the Gauteng Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Palm Ridge. Stefan Govindraju was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport on Friday after returning from abroad. He faces money laundering, fraud and corruption charges. The Special Investigating Unit […]
# The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 2026 Business Environment Survey shows that strict labour legislation and regulatory compliance are among the biggest obstacles to economic growth. The survey of 369 businesses indicates that almost 80-percent of large employers, with more than 200 staff, rated labour laws as a serious constrains, highlighting skills shortages […]
# South African motorists are facing more huge fuel-price increases on Wednesday, with petrol and diesel prices rising sharply. Petrol prices will increase by around one-rand-34-cents-per-litre, while diesel prices will increase by between two-rand-93- and three-rand-14-cents-per-litre. The increases are being driven by higher international oil prices and a weaker rand. The latest hikes will add […]
# Forum for South Africa condemns municipalities for charging residents who installed boreholes after it failed to provide reliable water. Spokesperson Tebogo Mashilompane says it is unacceptable to punish residents for finding their own solutions to a basic service failure. He says residents should not pay for drilling, pumps and maintenance only to face an […]
# Fourteen municipalities risk electricity supply interruptions from Eskom if they fail to conclude distribution agreements by tomorrow. The National Treasury says none of the municipalities has signed a Distribution Agency Agreement with Eskom. The municipalities owe Eskom substantial amounts, with total municipal debt reaching 119-billion-rand. The agreements would see Eskom temporarily take over electricity […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa en die voorsitter van Eskom se raad, Mteto Nyati, het vergader om Suid-Afrika se verbintenis tot energiehervorming te herbevestig. Hervormings is noodsaaklik om bekostigbare, betroubare en volhoubare elektrisiteitsvoorsiening te verseker. Nyati het vroeër gewaarsku regeringsplanne oor eienaarskap van Eskom kan die onderneming se finansies benadeel en beleggers afskrik. Woordvoerder Vincent Magwenya […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa met with Eskom board chairperson Mteto Nyati to reaffirm South Africa’s energy reform path as imperative to achieve an affordable, reliable, and sustainable electricity supply. Nyati had warned government’s ownership plans for the power utility would undermine Eskom’s finances and unsettle investors. Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, says the establishment of a […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap sê die suksesvolle inperking van die bek-en-klouseer-uitbreking in die provinsie bewys hoe ‘n benadering wat die hele samelewing betrek, biosekerheids-bedreigings vinnig kan stop en die landbou-ekonomie kan beskerm. Die provinsie het nou 82-persent van sy beeskudde van byna ‘n half-miljoen primêre en versterkingsdosisse toegedien. Privaat veeartse het 75,8-persent van […]
