# Union federation Cosatu has expressed concern at the rise in consumer inflation, saying this will affect workers who are already drowning in debt. South Africa’s consumer inflation rate rose to 4.5-percent in May this year, up from 4.0-percent in April, marking the highest annual rate recorded since July 2024, when inflation stood at 4.6-percent. […]
# The City of Tshwane says technicians are conducting investigations on the ongoing water supply challenges experienced by consumers in Zwavelpoort, who are mostly located in the high-laying areas. The metro’s spokesperson, Lindela Mashigo, says reduced residual pressure at higher elevations has resulted in low pressure and intermittent water outages affecting some residents over the […]
# The DA says it will investigate how the Public Investment Corporation has lost billions set aside for government pensions and other public purposes, through reckless investments in its Isibaya Fund. The fund invested approximately 4.45-billion-rand in 15 companies and projects that have recorded an Internal Rate of Return of minus-100-percent, meaning that every cent […]
# Die minister van Water en Sanitasie, Pemmy Majodina, sê die regering verskerp pogings om die land se water- en sanitasie-probleme aan te spreek. Die regering het in die huidige boekjaar 12,3-miljard-rand se infrastruktuur-toelaes aan munisipaliteite toegeken. Die doel is om watersekerheid te verbeter, verouderde infrastruktuur op te gradeer en toegang tot betroubare dienste in alle […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile will respond to questions in the National Council of Provinces today. In his capacity as the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cabinet Committee chairperson and leader of Government Business in Parliament, he will outline measures to detect and prevent corruption in the police. He will also highlight corrective actions by […]
# Die munisipaliteit van eThekwini en regeringsdepartemente, insluitend Binnelandse Sake, het op ‘n 72-uur plan ooreengekom om die prosessering en repatriasie van buitelanders sonder dokumente te bespoedig. Duisende Malawiërs het te midde van betogings teen onwettige immigrante by Sherwood Hall in Durban gekamp terwyl hulle gewag het om na hul tuisland teruggestuur te word. Die […]
# US Federal Reserve Chair, Kevin Warsh, says he is launching a reform agenda to reshape how the central bank conducts and communicates monetary policy. Fed governors have voted to hold interest rates steady for the fourth consecutive meeting, leaving their benchmark lending rate at a range of 3.5-percent to 3.75-percent. Warsh, who has replaced Jerome […]
# Eskom het die openbare konsultasieproses oor die moontlike beperking van elektrisiteitsvoorsiening aan die Stad Johannesburg en City Power met nog 30 dae verleng. Teen die einde van Mei het die metro en City Power die kragverskaffer 5,26-miljard-rand geskuld. Dit sluit nie die lopende rekening van 1,58-miljard-rand in wat op 5 Junie verskuldig was nie. […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging verwelkom die ooreenkoms wat bereik is sodat Tongaat Hulett sakeredding kan verlaat en sy werksaamhede voortsit. Onder die voorwaardes van die ooreenkoms sal die Industriële Ontwikkelingskorporasie sy finansiële ondersteuning verleng sodat Tongaat Hulett kan voortgaan om handel te dryf terwyl die transaksie afgehandel word. Dit vorm […]
