# South Africa’s electricity grid is entering a new era. Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says “Eskom 2.0” must survive without government bailouts. Addressing the media, Ramokgopa said as power generation improves, focus shifts to structural changes, grid expansion, and market competitiveness. Ramokgopa emphasises that repeated fiscal support and double-digit tariff hikes are unsustainable. […]
# Industrial Gas Users Association-South Africa has called for the development of alternative liquified natural gas infrastructure as South Africa is already stepping towards a gas shortage. The association’s CEO Jaco Human warns industrial users could face declining supplies from Mozambique later this decade. More than 300 industrial users in Gauteng and Mpumalanga face a […]
# Die Vryemarkstigting sê Suid-Afrika kan Amerika nie soos ‘n vloerlap behandel terwyl hy hom aktief by Amerikaanse teenstanders skaar nie. Die organisasie het ‘n afvaardiging na Amerika gestuur en verklaar dat hy Amerikaanse ampsgenote wil inlig oor toestande in Suid-Afrika wat steeds die verhoudinge skaad. Amerika het verlede week nuwe visumbeperkings ingestel teen Suid-Afrikaners […]
# The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa has congratulated its president, Simon Hlungwani, on his election as Vice-President of the Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation. Hlungwani was elected at the federation’s 27th Biennial Meeting in New Delhi, India. DENOSA’s spokesperson, Sibongiseni Delihlazo says CNMF is the federation of nurses and midwives associations from the […]
# Die Polisiekommissaris van KwaZulu-Natal, Nhlahla Mkhwanazi, het die polisie se Moord- en Roofeenheid opdrag gegee om ondersoek in te stel na die dood van elf mense wat Dinsdagaand in die Ziko-gebied in KwaMakhutha, Durban, doodgeskiet is. Veertien mense was in ‘n huis toe drie gewapende mans met vuurwapens losgebrand het. Die polisiewoordvoerder Robert Netshiunda […]
# The Free Market Foundation says South Africa cannot treat the US as a doormat while actively aligning with American adversaries. It has sent a delegation to the US, saying it wants to inform American counterparts about the conditions inside South Africa that continue to damage relations. Last week, the US imposed new visa restrictions targeting […]
# Standard Bank sê die Reserwebank se besluit om die rentekoers met 25 basispunte te verhoog, kom op ʼn moeilike tyd vir boere wat reeds deurloop onder hoë brandstof-, kunsmis- en ander insetkoste. Die styging is daarop gemik om inflasie onder beheer te hou. Brendan Jacobs van Standard Bank sê voortslepende onsekerheid in die wêreld […]
# KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlahla Mkhwanazi has tasked the police’s Murder and Robbery Unit to investigate the killing of eleven people who were shot and killed at Ziko area in KwaMakhutha, Durban, on Tuesday night. Fourteen people were inside a house when three armed men opened fire. Police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says ten victims died […]
# Standard Bank says the South African Reserve Bank’s decision to increase interest rates by 25 basis points comes at a difficult time, with farmers already facing higher fuel, fertiliser and other input costs. The rate increase is aimed at keeping inflation under control. Standard Bank’s Brendan Jacobs says continued uncertainty in global oil markets and the […]
