# Eskom has reported a second consecutive profitable year, with profit after tax more than doubling from 14-billion-rand last year to 30.3-billion-rand this year. CEO Dan Marokane says improved power-station availability, cost discipline and reduced diesel use supported the turnaround. Eskom’s cost optimisation programme delivered 22.4-billion rand in savings and revenue. Marokane emphasises profits will […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Hawks officer Deena Govender has alleged suspended Police minister Senzo Mchunu instructed him to implicate provincial commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi over 172 shootings recorded in the province. Govender told the Madlanga commission he recognised Mchunu’s voice during a phone call and was asked whether he loved the country. He alleges Mchunu then instructed him […]
# A 37-year-old suspect linked to the alleged 635-million-rand looting of Tembisa Hospital has been granted 200-thousand-rand bail in the Gauteng Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Palm Ridge. Stefan Govindraju was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport on Friday after returning from abroad. He faces money laundering, fraud and corruption charges. The Special Investigating Unit […]
# Vrouemaand eindig vandag en Inyathelo vereer die buitengewone vroueleiers, aktiviste en maatskaplike werkers wat die ruggraat van Suid-Afrika se burgerlike samelewing vorm. Suid-Afrika se sektor vir organisasies sonder winsbejag bestaan uit bykans 300-duisend geregistreerde organisasies, met vroue wat na raming tussen 65- en 70-persent van die arbeidsmag vorm. Feryal Domingo van Inyathelo sê die […]
# The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 2026 Business Environment Survey shows that strict labour legislation and regulatory compliance are among the biggest obstacles to economic growth. The survey of 369 businesses indicates that almost 80-percent of large employers, with more than 200 staff, rated labour laws as a serious constrains, highlighting skills shortages […]
# South African motorists are facing more huge fuel-price increases on Wednesday, with petrol and diesel prices rising sharply. Petrol prices will increase by around one-rand-34-cents-per-litre, while diesel prices will increase by between two-rand-93- and three-rand-14-cents-per-litre. The increases are being driven by higher international oil prices and a weaker rand. The latest hikes will add […]
# Forum for South Africa condemns municipalities for charging residents who installed boreholes after it failed to provide reliable water. Spokesperson Tebogo Mashilompane says it is unacceptable to punish residents for finding their own solutions to a basic service failure. He says residents should not pay for drilling, pumps and maintenance only to face an […]
# Fourteen municipalities risk electricity supply interruptions from Eskom if they fail to conclude distribution agreements by tomorrow. The National Treasury says none of the municipalities has signed a Distribution Agency Agreement with Eskom. The municipalities owe Eskom substantial amounts, with total municipal debt reaching 119-billion-rand. The agreements would see Eskom temporarily take over electricity […]
# Oudpresidente Jacob Zuma en Thabo Mbeki het hulle Konstitusionele Hof-aansoek verloor om regter Sisi Khampepe te dwing om te onttrek as voorsitter van die ondersoek na Waarheids- en Versoeningskommissie-sake. Zuma en Mbeki het aangevoer Khampepe se vorige WVK- en vervolgingsrolle maak haar partydig. Die hof het haar besluit bekragtig om nie te onttrek nie, […]
