News in South Africa 20th January: 1. Four day work week debate: The four-day workweek, and the flexibility it could provide, is a hot topic at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this year. This comes shortly after the results of a six-month trial on the subject were released. It found participating companies had increased revenue and […]
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 13th December: 1. Flooding disaster: Disaster management teams in KwaZulu-Natal are on high alert as the province continues to experience heavy rains amid fears that the region could face another flood disaster. The province was hit by large floods in April and May with damage to infrastructure worth an estimated R25 billion. […]
News in South Africa 17th October: 1. Transnet strike drags on: Workers from the SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) have rejected the Commission of Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA)’s recommendations to try and solve its wage dispute with Transnet. The CCMA Commissioner proposed a settlement between the two parties on Thursday. Estimates are […]
News in South Africa 10th October: 1. SA on the brink of disaster: Former reconstruction and development minister Jay Naidoo says South Africa is in serious trouble and is showing signs of a failed state. Naidoo is a seasoned politician who was the founding general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu). […]
News in South Africa 6th October: 1. Water restrictions kicking in: Rand Water has urged residents in Gauteng to implement water-saving strategies to avoid necessitating the move to higher stages of restrictions in the province. Large parts of Gauteng, including the major metropolitan municipalities of the City of Joburg, City of Tshwane and the City […]
News in South Africa 4th October: 1. Water levels critical: Johannesburg Water has again shut down the supply to the northern suburbs of Johannesburg. This is the fourth time in less than three weeks. The emergency shutdown of the Bryanston reservoir and tower is to attend to another burst. There is no estimated time for […]
News in South Africa 30th September: 1. Eskom employee wage increase: Eskom, which is under unprecedented financial strain, received another blow on Thursday when the CCMA awarded employees a further 1.5% wage increase, backdated to July 2021. The company is under unprecedented economic strain as it burns millions of litres of diesel a day to […]
News in South Africa 26th September: 1. Schools – load shedding crisis: The National Association of School Governing Bodies warns that the ongoing power cuts will have a devastating impact on the quality of schooling. The country battled Stage 6 power cuts last week. Eskom announced stage 3 load shedding for most of the week, […]
News in South Africa 5th April: 1. State of disaster over: On Monday night, co-operative governance minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma terminated South Africa’s national state of disaster on Covid-19, fulfilling the promise made by President Cyril Ramaphosa in an address to the nation just hours before. In a notice in the Government Gazette, Dlamini Zuma said she […]
