The water crisis which hit sections of the Pretoria has been resolved. The City of Tshwane said on Thusrday it had completed the repairs to the Salvokop pipeline in the Fountains vicinity which burst a week ago. The burst pipe left residents,...
This week Stellenbosch officially opened a new Stellenbosch Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW). Mayor Gesie van Deventer was joined by members of the Executive Mayoral Committee, officials and citizens. The brand new facility is the single biggest...
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula announced on Thursday that Cape Town’s central commuter rail line would be fully suspended and R1.4 billion spent on restoring it. The aim is to have it fully operational again by April 2021. Mbalula also...
Elderly residents of QwaQwa in the Free State say they’ve been let down by government. They’re pleading with President Cyril Ramaphosa to assist them in getting water in their taps. Many say they find it difficult to get to the water pump,...
The Gauteng Executive Council has placed the City of Tshwane under provincial administration following current uncertainty and instability within the municipality. Making the announcement on Thursday, Gauteng Premier David Makhura said the decision...
As South Africans settle into the routine and inconvenience of load shedding and planning their activities around shifting electricity supply, it is businesses that are taking the biggest hit through the loss of operational capabilities,...
This is a press release by Gerhard Papenfus, Chief Executive of the National Employers’ Association of South Africa (NEASA) During the SONA as well as the 2020 Budget Speech, Government’s support of Treasury’s ‘Economic transformation, inclusive...
Standard Bank of South Africa Limited (“SBSA”) has issued its first ever green bond, via private placement with IFC, a development finance institution focused on the private sector, part of the World Bank Group. It is a 10-year facility with the...
South Africans breathed a collective sigh of relief last week when Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced that the tax threshold of income earners has been lowered and when nothing came of the dreaded VAT increase during the 2020 Budget Speech....
The plastic bag levy on shopping bags at South African retailers will increase from 12 cents to 25 cents at the beginning of April, finance minister Tito Mboweni revealed in his Budget speech. While progress has been made to reduce plastic...
