South African News
Growth target of 3% set for 2025 as business and government relaunch partnership under GNU
By: Terence Creamer 1st October 2024 A second phase of the partnership launched between government and business to tackle South Africa’s electricity, logistics and crime crises has... →
Battery manganese project begins in Mpumalanga, orders placed for long-lead items
By: Martin Creamer 1st October 2024 Manganese Metal Company (MMC) of Mbombela is on its way to becoming a Western world beater in the supply of high-purity manganese sulphate... →
South Africa courts UK investors to fund infrastructure plans
By: Bloomberg 1st October 2024 South Africa’s infrastructure development agency has restructured its pipeline of planned projects to make them more attractive to the private... →
Ramokgopa confident he can head off Eskom’s ‘untenable’ tariff hike with policy adjustments
By: Darren Parker 1st October 2024 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is confident that State-owned utility Eskom’s proposed tariff increase for direct... →
DA files complaint against Housing Finance Corp for financial mismanagement
By: Thabi Shomolekae 1st October 2024 The Democratic Alliance on Tuesday filed a formal complaint with the Public Service Commission, calling for an urgent investigation into the... →
Sanral probing historic GFIP e-toll debt options
By: Natasha Odendaal 1st October 2024 While the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) on Tuesday welcomed the first instalment by the Gauteng provincial government of its... →
DWS launches Vaal anti-pollution forum
By: Natasha Odendaal 1st October 2024 The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is preparing to launch a new forum aimed at mitigating the years-long pollution impacting the Vaal... →
DA wants urgent meeting after PP report blames DCS for Bester escape
1st October 2024 The Democratic Alliance says a “comprehensive change” in management of South Africa’s correctional facilities is needed, following the damning... →