# Energy regulator NERSA has approved Sasol Gas’ application for maximum gas prices covering the next two financial years. The approved maximum gas price for end-user customers is 97-rand-31-cents per gigajoule for the first quarter of 2026/27, while traders and resellers will pay a maximum of 92-rand-44-cents. Spokesperson Charles Hlebela says a quarterly price adjustment […]
# EFF-leier Julius Malema het ingestem om Appèlhof-regter Keoagile Matojane in die Parlement verskoning te vra. Die parlementêre Etiekkomitee het bevind hy het die Etiese Gedragskode oortree toe hy die regter oor ʼn persoonlike saak by die Regterlike Dienskommissie bevraagteken het. Tydens die Regterlike Dienskommissie se onderhoude in 2021 vir aanstellings in die Appèlhof, het […]
# AfriForum sê die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, se erkenning dat gemeenskappe ‘n onontbeerlike rol speel in die bekamping van misdaad, moet nou omskep word in ‘n formele vennootskap tussen die SAPD en buurtwagte. Die jongste misdaadstatistiek toon dat hoewel die moordsyfer in die eerste kwartaal van die 2026/2027 finansiële jaar met 5,9-persent […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die motorbedryf is noodsaaklik vir die regering se pogings om die ekonomie te laat groei, meer uit te voer, beleggings te lok en werk te skep. Hy het gisteraand die hoofrede gelewer by die Volkswagen Groep in Afrika se 75ste Gala-dinee in Kariega in die Oos-Kaap. Volkswagen se aanleg in […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Leonard Lekgetho as the new head of the Special Investigating Unit with effect from today. He succeeds Advocate Andy Mothibi, who left the position in February to become the National Director of Public Prosecutions. Lekgetho has 19 years of experience at the SIU, during which he has served in […]
# The ANC Parliamentary Caucus has described Eskom’s latest financial results as a significant milestone in the turnaround of South Africa’s electricity sector. The power utility posted a profit after tax of 30.3-billion-rand for the year ended March 2026, up sharply from 14-billion-rand a year earlier. Eskom says the result was driven largely by improved power […]
The headlines of the leading newspapers on 01 September 2026: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Reports South Africa’s trade surplus rose to 20.1-billion-rand in July. The paper writes the trade surplus with Africa increased sharply while deficits with Asia and the Americas continue to grow. # And the Netwerk24 website: Reports the bodies of an elderly […]
Die hooftrekke uit die belangrikste nuusblaaie soos op 01 September 2026: NASIONAAL: # Business Day: Berig Suid-Afrika se handelsoorskot het in Julie tot 20,1-miljard-rand gestyg. Die koerant skryf die handelsoorskot met Afrika het skerp gestyg terwyl tekorte met Asië en die Amerikas steeds toeneem. # En die Netwerk24-webblad: Berig ‘n bejaarde egpaar wat na bewering […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema has agreed to apologise to Supreme Court of Appeal judge Keoagile Matojane in Parliament. Parliament’s Ethics Committee found his questioning of the judge on a personal case at the Judicial Service Commission breached the Code of Ethical Conduct. In JSC interviews in 2021, when Matojane was contesting for appointment in […]
