# The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has announced petrol prices will drop by four-cents per litre for both 93 and 95-octane, effective from Wednesday. Diesel prices will also fall, with decreases of 56- to 57-cents per litre depending on the sulphur content. Illuminating paraffin wholesale prices drop by 37-cents per litre, while retail […]
# Member of the steering committee of the Global Sumud Flotilla, Melanie Schweizer says preparations are underway for the largest humanitarian convoy to Gaza since the blockade began. The flotilla unites four grassroots movements, bringing doctors, lawyers, journalists, and activists together to deliver life-saving aid and challenge Israel’s blockade. Organisers stress the mission is peaceful, […]
# The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry says rising global debt and inflation show the need for strong economic policies. Its new report indicates South Africa’s inflation has eased since the pandemic, and fiscal and monetary policies are moving towards stability. The National Treasury and the South African Reserve Bank are reviewing the […]
# The MK Party has strongly condemned the ongoing crisis at state-funded Daybreak Foods, citing alleged mismanagement, worker exploitation, and non-payment of salaries. The party says employees face intimidation, threats, and stagnant provident fund contributions, while management ignores operational responsibilities. Despite 224-million-rand in public funding, workers receive only a one-thousand-500-rand stipend under a contested plan. […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sê Suid-Afrika se uitvoermark bly klein weens sy bek-en-klouseer-status. Steenhuisen het bevestig dat groot voerkrale produksie gestaak het, wat die voorsiening aan supermarkte, restaurante en selfs die leersektor ontwrig het. Steenhuisen het gesê die onvermoë om te slag, beïnvloed ook voedselsekerheid, veral vir armer verbruikers wat staatmaak op […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen says South Africa’s export market remains small due to its foot-and-mouth disease status. Steenhuisen confirmed that major feedlots halted production which disrputed supply to supermarkets, restaurants, and even the leather sector. Steenhuisen said the inability to slaughter also affects food security, particularly poorer consumers relying on affordable products like heads […]
# AfriForum sê slegs een uit elke vyf stortingsterreine in Suid-Afrika voldoen aan die basiese veiligheid- en omgewingstandaarde. Die organisasie se jongste oudit toon 131 uit 169 stortingsterreine wat nagegaan is, het nie daarin geslaag om gemeenskappe en die omgewing te beskerm nie. Gauteng en die Wes-Kaap het die beste gevaar, terwyl die Noord-Kaap die […]
# Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag verwelkom die lewenslange vonnis vir die 25-jarige Mosambiekse burger, Phethe Simiao, vir die verkragting en moord op die sesjarige Amantle Samane in Johannesburg verlede jaar. Haar liggaam is in Simiao se plakkershut in Orlando-Oos onttdek. Die NVG se woordvoerder, Phindi Mjonondwane, sê Simiao het slegs selfbejammering getoon en geen berou nie. […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sê die regering gryp in om die verwoestende bek-en-klouseer-uitbreking te bekamp. Hy het 274 onopgeloste gevalle in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, die Vrystaat, Noordwes en Mpumalanga bevestig. Steenhuisen sê ook die oorblywende 400-duisend entstofdosisse uit Botswana is ontvang, met 50-duisend wat reeds versprei is. Hy sê die oorblywende dosisse is […]
