# Energy regulator, Nersa, has extended the public consultation period on its draft market inquiry into fixed and generation capacity charges levied by electricity distributors. The deadline for written submissions has been moved from 27 July to 8 September to give stakeholders more time to provide detailed feedback. Nersa’s Charles Hlebela encourages electricity customers, municipalities, […]
# The EFF is officially launching its 2026 Local Government Elections manifesto in Limpopo this weekend. Secretary-general Marshall Dlamini told the SABC that they have identified strategic municipalities with the aim to secure victories. He says the party will also unveil mayoral candidates in key areas:
# The United Africans Transformation says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s interim court victory does not absolve him from accountability over the Phala Phala matter. UAT spokesperson Mighty Mabule says the Western Cape High Court’s decision to temporarily halt Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment process is a procedural ruling and not an acquittal. Mabule argues that Ramaphosa must […]
# Build One South Africa says Parliament should urgently appeal the ruling by the High Court in the Western Cape that temporarily halted the section 89 impeachment process against president Cyril Ramaphosa. The party says the decision delays accountability over the Phala Phala scandal. BOSA’s Graham Charters has called on the National Assembly to defend […]
# ActionSA has reaffirmed its support for the full insourcing of security guards in the City of Johannesburg. The party says some guards, insourced under former mayor Herman Mashaba’s administration, are being underpaid despite working 12-hour shifts. ActionSA’s Nandi Ndaba says insourcing has already improved salaries and employment benefits while reducing reliance on labour brokers. […]
# Die Gautengse metro Ekurhuleni sê sy algehele uitstaande krediteure-balans was einde Mei sowat agt-miljard-rand. Ongeveer 50-persent het verband gehou met fakture wat nog nie hul betaaldatum bereik het nie. Die metro het egter slegs twee-miljard-rand in sy bankrekening. Ekurhuleni skuld Eskom 5,7-miljard-rand, Rand Water 555-miljoen-rand, provinsiale regeringsdepartemente 293-miljoen-rand en kontrakteurs 669-miljoen-rand. Die stad sê […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê te veel munisipaliteite, gemeenskappe en sake-ondernemings kan nie meer staatmaak op veilige, betroubare waterdienste nie en dit bedreig openbare gesondheid, ekonomiese bedrywighede en maatskaplike bestendigheid. Hy het die Nasionale Water-aksieplan bekendgestel om betroubare watervoorsiening te verseker en mislukte munisipaliteite, korrupsie en infrastruktuur-agterstande te hanteer. Ramaphosa sê die omvang van die […]
# Rugby: Die afrigter van die Junior Springbok-vroue, Hayden Groepes, het verskeie veranderinge aangebring aan die span wat vandag in Stellenbosch teen Amerika se onder-20s speel in die laaste van twee wedstryde. Die Amerikaners het die eerste kragmeting 47-12 gewen. Beserings het Groepes genoop om veranderinge aan te bring, insluitend ses aan sy agterspelers. Keira […]
# The City of Ekurhuleni says that at the end of May this year, its total outstanding creditor balance was approximately eight-billion-rand. About 50-percent of this amount related to current invoices that had not yet reached their payment due dates. However, the metro only has two-billion-rand in its bank account. Ekurhuleni owes Eskom 5.7-billion-rand, Rand […]
