# Liam Jacobs is set to return to the DA less than a year after leaving the party for the Patriotic Alliance. DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis reportedly supported Jacobs’ return during an online meeting yesterday. Hill-Lewis says Jacobs left the DA in June last year, previously stating he was “finally free” and “finally home.” He […]
# The Public Servants Association Has expressed concern over reports that more than 165-thousand student certificates are being withheld by higher education institutions, due to a 59-billion-rand student debt crisis. The PSA’s Claude Naicker says the situation disproportionately affects poor and working-class students, limiting access to jobs and professional opportunities. The union calls for urgent […]
# The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources has announced new fuel prices effective from Wednesday. Petrol prices will increase by 1.43-rand-per-litre, while diesel prices will drop by between 2.62- and 3.25-rand-per-litre. The adjustments follow stable global oil prices and a stronger rand, which initially supported fuel over-recoveries. National Treasury’s partial reinstatement of fuel levies […]
# Moody’s Ratings has affirmed Eskom’s B2 long-term Corporate Family Rating, maintaining a stable outlook, citing improved operational performance, stronger cash flow generation and enhanced liquidity. The agency says government debt relief measures have contributed to Eskom’s financial recovery, but challenges remain. These include rising municipal debt, tariff regulations and capital expenditure demands. Eskom CEO […]
# Die Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture het sy beplande afleggings gestaak nadat die energiereguleerder, NERSA, ‘n elektrisiteitstarief-afslag van 62-sent-per-kilowatt-uur goedgekeur het. Dit is daarop gemik om sukkelende ferrochroom-smeltoonde te ondersteun wat worstel met hoë energiekoste. NERSA het ooreenkomste vir Glencore-Merafe en Samancor Chrome goedgekeur, terwyl voorwaardes gereelde vorderings-verslagdoening vereis en dat inkomsteverliese nie aan ander verbruikers […]
# Die Madlanga-kommissie het die getuienis van ‘n sakeman van Noordwes, Suliman Carrim, tot 25 Junie uitgestel weens gesondheidsredes. Hy sou na verwagting vandag getuig nadat ‘n vorige verskyning in April weens ‘n beweerde hartaanval uitgestel is. Carrim se prokureur, Kameel Premhid, het ‘n mediese sertifikaat ingedien om die versoek te staaf. Carrim word verdink […]
# Die geskorste hoof van die KwaZulu-Natalse Valke, Lesetja Senona, sal Vrydag sy getuienis voor die Madlanga-kommissie hervat. Hy sou vandag verskyn, maar sy regspan het bykomende tyd versoek om sy verklaring voor te berei. Senona word betrek by die diefstal van 541-kilogram kokaïen uit ‘n pakkamer van die Valke in Port Shepstone in 2021. […]
# Suspended KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Lesetja Senona will resume his testimony before the Madlanga commission on Friday. He was scheduled to appear today, but his legal team requested additional time to prepare his statement. Senona has been implicated in the 2021 theft of 541-kilograms of cocaine from a Hawks storage facility in Port Shepstone. Commission […]
# Soccer: The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has announced an additional 18 South African football supporters will through the “Mzansi to the World Cup Luck Fans” competition get the chance to support Bafana Bafana at their third FIFA World Cup 2026 group-stage fixture on 24th of this month in Monterrey. This has been made possible […]
