# South African motorists could get some relief at the pumps from Wednesday. Based on the latest available projections, petrol is expected to decrease by about 23 cents a litre and diesel by up to one-rand-70-cents. The expected price decreases follow the government’s decision to temporarily reduce the General Fuel Levy as part of measures […]
# Die ANC se nasionale voorsitter, Gwede Mantashe, het president Cyril Ramaphosa geprys vir die wyse waarop hy die party se veldtog vir die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing gelei het. Mantashe het gisteraand die hooftoespraak gelewer op die Siyanqoba-presidensiële fondsinsamelings-galadinee in die Oos-Kaap, voor die party se laaste Siyanqoba-saamtrek vandag. Hy beskryf die veldtog as indrukwekkend en sê […]
# IFP supporters have gathered in Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal, as the party holds its final election rally today. President Velenkosini Hlabisa will address the Siyanqoba Rally at Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Stadium, where he is set to urge South Africans to elect leaders who bring meaningful change. The party’s national spokesperson, Mkhuleko Hlengwa, says the IFP’s five […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, sê bekostigbare elektrisiteit is noodsaaklik vir Afrika se nywerhede en ekonomiese ontwikkeling. Hy het gister gepraat tydens die Kgalema Motlanthe-stigting se jaarlikse Drakensberg-forum. Ramokgopa beskryf elektrisiteit as ‘n openbare bate, nie bloot ‘n manier om wins te maak nie. Hy sê Suid-Afrika kan energie-intensiewe digitale infrastruktuur, […]
# Government Communication and Information System’s acting director-general, Nomonde Mnukwa, has stressed the need to bridge existing gaps and help women advance into leadership positions. She led a panel discussion at the EmpowaHer Leadership Summit 2026 in Randburg, Gauteng, yesterday. South Africa faces high youth unemployment, with young women often experiencing barriers related to skills, […]
# Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the costs of unbundling Eskom’s transmission assets could range between 80-billion-rand and 130-billion-rand. The Eskom Restructuring Task Team’s first phase report has set out a high-level approach to establishing an independent transmission systems operator. Phase two of the task team’s work is currently underway and includes […]
Independent data analyst Michael O’Donovan predicts record-low voter turnout in the local government elections, with fewer than half of registered voters expected to participate. A total of 29 million South Africans are registered to vote in this week’s elections. In an opinion piece, he says choosing a party has become increasingly difficult as traditional voting […]
# Minstens 50 mense is reeds dood in vermoedelik politieke sluipmoorde en gewelddadige voorvalle in die aanloop tot die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing op 4 November. Die syfer is reeds hoër as die algehele aantal gevalle in beide die 2021 munisipale verkiesing en die 2024 nasionale verkiesing. Die meeste voorvalle was in KwaZulu-Natal, gevolg deur Gauteng, die Oos-Kaap, […]
# ANC National Chairperson Gwede Mantashe has praised president Cyril Ramaphosa for leading the party’s local government election campaign from the front. He delivered the keynote address at the ANC Siyanqoba Presidential fundraising Gala Dinner in the Eastern Cape yesterday evening, ahead of the party’s final Siyanqoba rally today. Mantashe described the campaign as formidable […]
