News in South Africa 12th February: 1. Budget Speech incoming: Budget Speech season is here and based on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s mid-term presentation, we can expect many complex challenges to be unpacked. Godongwana has projected that the government will miss its revenue targets by nearly R57 billion for the 2023/24 tax year, and then […]
News in South Africa 28th February: 1. Plans for stage 16 load shedding: Last week, Eskom System Operator GM Isabel Fick admitted that it is working with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) on preparing schedules beyond Stage 8. This was confirmed later by acting head of generation Thomas Conradie on Saturday, who said guidelines […]
News in South Africa 28th June: 1. Eskom protest progress: Eskom has put its plans in motion to end protests that have disrupted its operations and break the deadlock at its wage talks – however, unions are pushing for intervention from public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan. Historically, an intervention from the minister worked in unions’ […]
News in South Africa 17th November: 1. Sasria to pay our R32b for unrest: The South African Special Risk Insurance Association (Sasria) expects to pay out R32 billion to all claimants affected by the unrest that took place in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng in July. The riots insurer together with its agent companies has […]
News in South Africa 12th November: 1. Budget speech receives mixed reviews: Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Medium-term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) has received mixed reaction, with some opposition parties welcoming his stance on government spending. Tabling his statement, Godongwana said that consolidated government spending was expected to increase over three years. But he announced no […]
News in South Africa 19th August: 1. Covid cases spike in KZN: KwaZulu Natal is experiencing a spike in Covid-19 cases, which experts say comes from super spreader events in the province – more specifically, the unrest and violent riots that took place in July. We can expect a further increase in COVID-19 case numbers […]
News in South Africa 3rd August: 1. Social distance confusion in schools: There is widespread confusion among primary schools over the newly announced social distancing protocols, which suggest that pupils be kept at least 1 metre apart in classrooms, as they return to full-time learning. The protocol was hastily changed over the weekend, as schools […]
News in South Africa 17th June: 1. New Lockdown regulations: President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that South Africa’s lockdown regulations will be tightened as the country grapples with a third Covid-19 wave. In a national address on Tuesday evening (15 June), the president said that the country will move to a level 3 lockdown from […]
