# Airlines are making contingency plans after an outage at Sasol’s Natref refinery disrupted jet fuel supplies to OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, Gauteng. Airlines are considering tankering fuel from other airports, which would increase operating costs because aircraft carrying extra fuel burn more fuel. News24 reports FlySafair and Airlink said their operations […]
# Illovo sê vertragings met die instel van ‘n hersiene dollar-gebaseerde verwysingsprys vir ingevoerde suiker plaas toenemende druk op die plaaslike suikerbedryf. Die voorgestelde verwysingsprys sal van tien-duisend-838-rand tot 14-duisend-425-rand per ton verhoog word. Illovo sê die toename in suikerinvoere benadeel plaaslike suikerrietprodusente en suikermeulens, en bedreig werksgeleenthede en landelike gemeenskappe. Die onderneming vra die […]
# Illovo Sugar South Africa says delays in implementing a revised Dollar-Based Reference Price for imported sugar are placing the local industry under growing pressure. The proposed reference price would increase from ten-thousand-838 to 14-thousand-425 a tonne. Illovo says rising imports have hurt growers and millers, while threatening jobs and rural livelihoods. The company is […]
# The Reserve Bank has launched two commemorative circulation coins to celebrate the legacy of Charlotte Maxeke and the 1956 women’s march to the Union Buildings. The first two-rand coin marks 125-years since Maxeke became the first black South African woman to obtain a university degree. The second commemorates 70 years since the historic march […]
# Die land vier Elektrisiteit-veiligheidsmaand en Eskom moedig Suid-Afrikaners aan om onwettige elektrisiteitsverbindings, oop drade, beskadigde elektrisiteit-infrastruktuur en ander gevare onmiddellik aan te meld. Die kragverskaffer het ongeveer 200 voorvalle aangeteken wat met openbare veiligheid verband hou. Eskom-woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, sê onwettige verbindings en ontblote drade is nie net onwettig nie; dit kan mense skok, […]
# As the country marks Electricity Safety Month, Eskom is urging South Africans to immediately report illegal electricity connections, exposed wires, damaged electrical infrastructure and other hazards. The power utility has recorded around 200 public safety impacts linked to electricity-related incidents. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, says illegal connections and exposed wires are not only unlawful; they […]
# Build One South Africa gaan in die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing van 4 November meeding om setels in 24 munisipaliteite in vyf provinsies met 794 kandidate. Woordvoerder Graham Charter sê dit sluit die munisipaliteite van Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Kaapstad en Mangaung in, wat altesaam sowat 25-miljoen inwoners verteenwoordig. Hy sê 37-persent van die kandidate is onder […]
# Kommissaris Sesi Baloyi van die Madlanga-kommissie het die sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala gewaarsku sy herhaalde weiering om vrae te beantwoord kan ernstige gevolge inhou. Matlala het geweier om vrae te beantwoord oor die voormalige hoof van die Valke in KwaZulu-Natal, Lesetja Senona. Baloyi sê getuies mag slegs weier om vrae te beantwoord as die […]
# Madlanga commission commissioner Sesi Baloyi has warned businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala that repeatedly refusing to answer questions could have serious consequences. Matlala declined to respond to questions concerning former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Lesetja Senona. Baloyi says witnesses may lawfully refuse to answer only where information is protected by legal privilege or where answering could […]
