# The South African Independent Power Producer Association will meet with Eskom later this month to discuss concerns that planned renewable projects may bypass existing grid-access rules applied to independent producers. The association has also alerted the Competition Commission of potential market-dominance risks. Chairperson Leoné Human says Eskom must compete on equal terms, warning that […]
# Die UDM se jeugorganisasie eis dat die regering ‘n plan moet skep om die voortdurende toename in tiener- en kinderswangerskappe in Suid-Afrika aan te pak. Die woordvoerder, Zintombi Sododile sê volgens onlangse verslae het 31-duisend meisies tussen 10- en 19-jaar-oud die afgelope jaar in KwaZulu-Natal geboorte gegee en meer as 23-duisend tienerswangerskappe is in […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson and UK minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade, Chris Bryant, signed a Memorandum of Understanding in London to strengthen South Africa’s infrastructure delivery. The partnership provides ten- million-rand in technical expertise for Project Capstone, Project Speed, and Infrastructure South Africa’s Adopt-a-Municipality programme. Macpherson says the […]
# Statistics South Africa says mining production fell slightly by 0.2-percent in August. The biggest declines were seen in platinum group metals, gold, and manganese ore, while coal was the only major positive performer, rising by just over four-percent. Stats SA’s Juan-Pierre Terblanche says despite lower output, mineral sales surged by 23-percent year-on-year, driven mainly […]
# The Kroonstad Regional Court in the Free State has sentenced Mandau Sejani and Daniel Mosiuwa Motaung, to life imprisonment for the murder of farmer Eric David Wessels. The men attacked Wessels on 24 October 2020, suffocating him with a plastic bag and stealing property. The NPA’s Mojalefa Senokoatsane, hailed the ruling as a firm […]
# Suspended National Deputy Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya says political killings in South Africa have declined due to the Political Killings Task Team’s efforts. Speaking under oath, Sibiya argued its expertise will now be absorbed into the Murder and Robbery Unit for nationwide deployment. Sibiya emphasised resources should target broader serious and violent crimes, ensuring […]
# Lede van die parlementêre ad hoc-komitee het die geskorste nasionale adjunkkommissaris van polisie, Shadrack Sibiya, in-diepte ondervra oor sy verhouding met die omstrede sakeman, Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala. Sibiya het sy optrede verdedig en gesê dit was logies dat Matlala die nasionale kommissaris sou nader nadat hy ‘n polisietender bekom het. Hy het ook informele […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kamer van Handel en Nywerheid sê sakesentiment het in September 2025 versterk. Die SACCI Handelsvertroue-indeks het maand-tot-maand met 1,1-punte gestyg en jaar-tot-jaar met 10,9-punte tot 121,1. Die uitvoerende hoof van die Kamer, Alan Mukoki sê winste is gedryf deur hoër toeriste-aankomste, stygende goud- en platinumpryse, verhoogde voertuigverkope en die groei van aandele […]
# Getuie X het aan die Madlanga-kommissie in Pretoria beweerde korrupsie en geheime bande tussen senior polisiebeamptes en sakefigure onthul. Getuie X het aanlyn getuig en omvattende WhatsApp-boodskappe verskaf wat op noue bande dui tussen die sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala en die KwaZulu-Natalse Valke-hoof, generaal Lesetja Senona, sowel as sy seun, Thato Senona. Die tussenganger, […]
