# Die Stad Tshwane het ‘n strategiese gebiedsplan vir die Tshwane Varsproduktemark en omliggende woonbuurte in Pretoria goedgekeur. Die plan is daarop gemik om die binnestad te laat herleef, ekonomiese groei te bevorder en meer as sewe-duisend-200 behuisingsgeleenthede te skep. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid Sarah Mabotsa sê gebiede word aangewys vir ontwikkelings, strate en oop ruimtes. Mabotsa […]
# Tax Justice SA het die regering versoek om onwettige handel tot ‘n nasionale noodtoestand te verklaar nadat ‘n nuwe verslag van die Afrika-Unie onthul het dat Suid-Afrika daagliks meer as 250-miljoen-rand aan misdaadsindikate verloor. Onwettige sigarette kos jaarliks 28-miljard-rand, terwyl onwettige alkohol 16,5-miljard-rand dreineer. Stigter Yusuf Abramjee het gewaarsku dat die krisis burgers beroof […]
# Tax Justice SA has urged the government to declare illicit trade a national emergency after a new African Union report revealed South Africa loses over 250-million-rand daily to criminal syndicates. Illicit cigarettes cost 28-billion-rand annually, while illegal alcohol drains 16.5-billion-rand. Founder Yusuf Abramjee warned the crisis robs citizens of schools, hospitals, and homes, blaming […]
# Motorists are set for some relief as the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy prepares to announce September fuel price adjustments next week. Preliminary data from the Central Energy Fund points to a four-cent drop for 95-grade petrol and a 12-cent decrease for 93-grade. Diesel is expected to fall by 55-cents a litre, while […]
# South Africa has experienced 105 consecutive days without load-shedding with the Energy Availability Factor ranging between 64-percent and 75-percent. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokoena says this milestone builds on 352 load-shedding-free days in 2025. The utility attributes this to sustained improvements in its generation fleet, lower unplanned outages, and stable grid performance. She emphasised that […]
# Suid-Afrika het vir 105 agtereenvolgende dae nie beurtkrag gehad nie, met die Energie Beskikbaarheidsfaktor wat tussen 64-persent en 75-persent wissel. Eskom-woordvoerder Daphne Mokoena sê hierdie mylpaal bou voort op 352 beurtkragvrye dae in 2025. Die nutsmaatskappy skryf dit toe aan volgehoue verbeterings in sy opwekkingsnetwerk, laer onbeplande onderbrekings en bestendige netwerkprestasie. Sy beklemtoon Eskom […]
# Western Cape MEC for Mobility Isaac Sileku has called on stakeholders to work together to restore stability in the taxi sector. This follows deadly attacks in Philippi East, Khayelitsha, and Macassar, leaving five dead and nine injured. Rival associations CATA and CODETA have been summoned by the Provincial Taxi Registrar to explain code of […]
# The South African Local Government Association has expressed concern over the NERSA-Eskom settlement, which will see electricity tariffs rise by 8.76-percent in 2026/27 and 8.83-percent in 2027/28, costing consumers an additional 54-billion-rand. SALGA warns these increases deepen household poverty, strain municipal finances, and risk service delivery. In a statement, Salga President Bheke Stofile called […]
# The South African Post Office has suspended all outbound parcel services to the United States with immediate effect. This follows new US regulations removing the 14-thousand-rand duty-free allowance. Parcels at the Germiston international mail centre that don’t comply will be returned to senders. The suspension will remain until a new parcel management system is […]
