News in South Africa 29th January: 1. SA risks losing out on new ‘gold rush’: The world’s need to decarbonise should benefit South Africa’s mining sector – but government inefficiencies are pushing the industry off the rails. Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busiswe Mavuso said the rapid deterioration of Transnet’s ability to move resources across […]
News in South Africa 19th May: 1. Price of water has tripled in the past decade: While most of the attention has been on the skyrocketing cost of electricity, especially as load shedding has become a near-permanent feature of daily life, the price households are paying for water has increased by significantly more in the […]
News in South Africa 10th May: 1. Good news for food prices: South Africans can breathe a sigh of relief as experts predict that food inflation is set to decelerate this year. Consumers have been facing a tough economic climate, with inflation, interest rate hikes, and load shedding all taking their toll. According to Stats SA, […]
News in South Africa 15th March: 1. Big risks ahead for businesses: Risks to business in South Africa are changing rapidly, and it’s keeping insurers awake at night, says Lizo Mnguni, spokesperson for Old Mutual Insure. Such risks are likely to impact the insured during 2023 and significantly affect those that do not have any […]
News in South Africa 20th February: 1. Stage 8 incoming: Experts, analysts and even Eskom itself are warning South Africans to brace for higher stages of load shedding. The embattled power utility announced on Sunday night (19 Febraury) that further breakdowns at its power stations have necessitated continuous stage 6 load shedding to be in […]
News in South Africa 5th July: 1. Planned petrol price changes: Director of fuel pricing mechanism at the Department of Energy, Robert Maake, says the government is working on several regulatory changes to address South Africa’s high petrol price. Speaking to radio station 702, Maake said this includes: The possible introduction of a price cap; A […]
News in South Africa 29th March: 1. Moving away from Eskom: The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has awarded a private electricity trading licence for the first time in over 12 years, as the country looks to move away from Eskom’s power monopoly. The license enables Enpower Trading to source competitively-priced, predominantly renewable power […]
News in South Africa 23rd February: 1. Lessons learned from second wave: We’re past the worst of our second COVID wave, but experts warn that South Africa will almost certainly be facing a third and fourth wave — possibly with more infections and deaths than in previous waves. A third wave could be only three months […]
News in South Africa 19th February: 1. Third Covid wave coming: As South Africa settles down from the second wave of Covid-19, government officials and health experts are all expecting a third wave to hit the country in winter. “There is no question that the second wave caught much of the world and certainly South […]
News in South Africa 9th February: 1. Updated academic calendar released for schools: The Department of Basic Education has published the updated academic calendar for schools in South Africa for 2021. The amended calendar comes after the return of public schools was delayed by several weeks until 15 February, due to the impact of a […]
