# Agricultural organisation TLU SA says Grain SA’s legal challenge against the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s soybean pricing decision is necessary to protect farmers. Grain SA has asked the High Court in Johannesburg to review the JSE’s July decision to use one geographical reference point in the country to determine soybean futures prices. It argues the […]
# ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa says the National Water Crisis Committee will address the Bronkhorstspruit water crisis in Tshwane, where tap water has been declared unsafe to drink following an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness. Speaking during an ANC door-to-door campaign in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, Ramaphosa apologised for the illnesses, citing poor water treatment must not put […]
# The EFF calls for Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya to resign over the water crisis in Bronkhorstspruit, which has reportedly left 408 people ill. The party alleges that water from the Bronkhorstspruit Treatment Works went without chlorination for three weeks, putting residents at risk. It has also laid criminal charges against the mayor and city […]
# The National Consumer Commission has announced a safety recall of 253 Hyundai Tucson NX4 vehicles made available for sale across South Africa last year. The recall follows concerns that some vehicles may have been fitted with side-impact airbag sensors that do not meet the correct specifications. The commission’s Phetho Ntaba says Hyundai will use […]
# Former acting Crime Intelligence head Major-General Mulangi Mphego has been granted five-thousand-rand bail in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. He faces a charge of illegally possessing more than 100 rounds of police-issued ammunition. He may not contact witnesses but does not have to report to police. The ammunition was allegedly found during a search at […]
# Union federation Cosatu says urgent, long-term interventions are needed to save poultry producer Daybreak Foods and protect workers’ jobs, despite progress in stabilising the company. The federation’s Matthew Parks says current and retrenched workers are owed 170-million-rand in unpaid wages and severance payments. Parks calls for the money to be paid in full, a […]
# Die EFF eis die burgemeester van Tshwane, Nasiphi Moya, moet bedank weens die waterkrisis in Bronkhorstspruit, wat na bewering 408 mense siek gemaak het. Die party beweer water uit die Bronkhorstspruit-waterbehandelingsaanleg is vir drie weke sonder chloor voorsien, wat inwoners gevaar gestel het. Hulle het ook strafregtelike klagte teen die burgemeester en die stadbestuurder […]
# Die SA Suikerrietkwekersvereniging doen ‘n beroep op die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, om die suikerbelasting in môre se mediumtermyn-begrotingsrede te skrap, aangesien dit die druk op plaaslike suikerprodusente verhoog. Higgins Mdluli van die organisasie sê produsente sukkel met swaar gesubsidieerde suikerinvoere en onsekerheid rondom Tongaat Hulett. Mdluli waarsku die heffing het bygedra tot […]
# Die president van die ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa, sê die Nasionale Waterkrisis-komitee sal aandag gee aan die waterkrisis in Bronkhorstspruit, Tshwane, waar kraanwater as onveilig vir menslike gebruik verklaar is ná ‘n uitbraak van maagdermsiektes. Tydens ‘n ANC deur-tot-deur-veldtog in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, het Ramaphosa om verskoning gevra vir die siektes en beklemtoon swak waterbehandeling mag […]
