# South African motorists are facing record fuel prices from Wednesday, with 95 octane petrol’s price expected to rise by more than three-rand a litre and pass the 30-rand mark for the first time. The latest Central Energy Fund figures put the projected increase at 3-rand-21-cents, taking the inland price to about 30-rand-13-cents a litre. […]
# Statistiek Suid-Afrika sê die aantal likwidasies het in Augustus met 15,3-persent afgeneem, vanaf 268 tot 227. Twee-en-dertig ondernemings het gelikwideer en likwidasies van beslote korporasies het met nege afgeneem. Woordvoerder Onica Mushwana sê likwidasies was 13,7-persent minder in die drie maande tot Augustus, en 6,4-persent in die eerste agt maande vanjaar, vergeleke met dieselfde […]
# Die afgetrede Konstitusionele Hof-regter Mbuyiseli Madlanga het universiteite geprys vir hul rol in die vorming van toekomstige leiers en die bevordering van openbare diens. Hy het tydens die Universiteit van Fort Hare se lentegradeplegtigheid in Alice in die Oos-Kaap gepraat, waar ‘n eredoktorsgraad in die regte aan hom toegeken is. Madlanga het die erkenning […]
# Retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga has hailed universities’ role in shaping future leaders and promoting public service. He was speaking at the University of Fort Hare’s spring graduation ceremony in Alice in the Eastern Cape, where he was honoured with an honorary Doctorate of Laws. Madlanga described the recognition as a privilege accepted […]
# Statistics South Africa says electricity generation fell by 7.1-percent in August. Electricity consumption also declined by 1.1- percent compared with August last year. Monthly, seasonally adjusted electricity generation fell by 0.2-percent, while electricity consumption increased by 0.3-percent. Stats SA’s Tsholofelo Ditinti says generation decreased by 0.9-percent in the three months to August, while electricity […]
# Thembisile Xulu is die Departement van Gesondheid se nuwe direkteur-generaal. Sy het die pos amptelik aanvaar nadat die kabinet haar in Augustus aangestel het. Die departement se woordvoerder, Foster Mohale, sê Xulu is ‘n gekwalifiseerde dokter en het voorheen as uitvoerende hoof van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Vigsraad gedien. Hy sê sy was langer as […]
# Die Onafhanklike Kommunikasie-owerheid het sy beplande markondersoek na Netflix en WhatsApp teruggetrek. Dit was bedoel om hul uitwerking op telekommunikasie- en uitsaainetwerke te evalueer, insluitend voorstelle dat groot platforms tot netwerk-infrastruktuurkoste bydra. OKOSA het ‘n proses in vier fases beplan wat voorleggings deur die bedryf, openbare kommentaar en verhore sou insluit. Die reguleerder sê […]
# Statistics South Africa says the number of liquidations fell by 15.3-percent in August, from 268 to 227. Company liquidations dropped by 32 cases, while close corporation liquidations fell by nine. Stats SA’s Onica Mushwana says liquidations were also down 13.7-percent in the three months to August, and by 6.4-percent in the first eight months […]
# Water and Sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina says significant progress has been made on the construction of the Ntabelanga Dam in the Eastern Cape. The dam forms part of the multi-billion-rand Umzimvubu Water Project, alongside Laleni and Mbokazi dams. Majodina says government could initially afford about nine-billion-rand, requiring a redesign of the project. She says […]
