News in South Africa 11th January: 1. Stage 6 returns: Eskom has announced that load-shedding will move to stage 6 at 21:00 on Tuesday, 10 January 2023. It will continue until 05:00 on Wednesday, after which load-shedding will drop to stage 4 until 16:00. “Stage 6 nightly load-shedding will then be implemented at 16:00–05:00 until […]
News in South Africa 10th January: 1. Eskom questioned for solutions: With chronic power cuts continuing to bedevil South Africans, Parliament wants answers from Eskom. Public Enterprises committee chairperson Khaya Magaxa said Eskom management will be called to Parliament even before it officially opens next month. The country experienced unprecedented load shedding last year, including […]
News in South Africa 4th January: 1. Petrol price drop: Motorists can breathe a sigh of relief this week with petrol and diesel prices seeing a substantial drop in the price from Wednesday, 4 January. However, households will remain under pressure due to high food costs, analysts warn. Petrol prices will be coming down by […]
News in South Africa 24th November: 1. SARB rate hike today: The rand firmed overnight to trade below R17 to the US dollar on Thursday morning – its strongest level since late August. The local currency was trading at R16.93 at around 06:00, buoyed by news out of the US that the Federal Reserve may […]
News in South Africa 11th October: 1. R350 grant criteria relaxed: Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has apologised to recipients of the R350 Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant for problems in its administration after the end of the national state of disaster early in April. She was speaking at a media briefing in […]
News in South Africa 15th September: 1. 8.5mil vaccines to be destroyed: The government plans to destroy 8.5 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine produced by pharmaceutical company Pfizer at the end of October. This, some experts said, casted a damning spotlight on how South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccination campaign had missed the mark. The situation […]
News in South Africa 29th August: 1. Good news for petrol and food prices: Consumers are in for a reprieve in the coming months in South Africa as economic indicators point to food price inflation stabilising, while end-month data from the Central Energy Fund shows a likely petrol price cut for September. Stats SA published […]
News in South Africa 5th August: 1. Stage 2 loadshedding continues: A major delay in restarting Eskom’s Koeberg unit 2 is largely to blame for load shedding rearing its ugly head again, just 11 days after it was suspended. Energy expert Chris Yelland notes that the failure to synchronise the unit to the grid is […]
News in South Africa 2nd August: 1. Visa processing delayed: Visa processing delays are frustrating South Africans who are looking to travel abroad, with appointments for interviews with the United States (US) consulate only available from February 2023. “Visa availability continues to be a struggle for travellers,” warned corporate and online travel management company Rennies […]
News in South Africa 25th July: 1. No break for taxpayers: More than 30 tax offices across the country remained closed on Thursday (21 July), with the South African Revenue Service (Sars) acknowledging delays in servicing taxpayers due to the strike by its unionised workers. Despite admitting delays, Sars says it does not envisage changing […]
