June 13
South Africa: Johannesburg's Indigent Households Set to Be Hammered With Massive Electricity Price Increases
Major structural changes in prepaid meter electricity tariffs and tariff rates have been approved by the council of the Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and submitted to… Read more »
South Africa: Transnet Could Stage One of the Greatest Turnarounds in Business History
There are early indications that state-owned transport group Transnet might report a turnaround in the performance of its freight rail and port operations. It could reverse its… Read more »
June 12
South Africa: Transnet Says World Bank Report Giving South Africa Abysmal Ports Ranking Marred By 'Factual Errors'
State-run logistics company Transnet has come out swinging after a World Bank report ranked the South African ports it runs the worst-performing in the world. Read more »
June 11
Malawi: Malawian Soldiers Search Forest for Missing Aircraft Carrying Vice-President Saulos Chilima
President Chakwera was clinging to the hope of finding survivors after a plane carrying 10 people went missing during bad weather. Read more »
South Africa: While Politicians Edge Towards a Power-Sharing Deal, Mining Activists Demand a Voice
In the wake of post-election negotiations for a government of national unity, civil society groups are asserting their right to be heard. 'Nothing about us without us,' declared a… Read more »
Eswatini: Mining With Royal Approval Causes Devastating Damage to Fragile Eswatini Nature Reserve
The mine has the king's blessing but no environmental authorisation. Read more »
June 10
South Africa: Abysmal Ranking of Transnet Ports Underscores Long Haul to Fix Key Logistics Operations and Infrastructure
The ports in Cape Town and Ngqura (in the Eastern Cape) were the world's worst performing and least competitive in 2023, ranking 405th and 404th, respectively. A total of 405 ports… Read more »
South Africa: Load Reduction Hits Joburg to Prevent 'Total Grid Collapse'
It's not load shedding, but it has the same effect. Load reduction is back in Johannesburg, with City Power saying it's critical to prevent dire consequences for its power systems… Read more »
June 09
Africa: GNU Negotiations - SA's Constitution Provides a Framework for Political, Economic and Social Policies
If President Ramaphosa's requirements for the establishment of a government of national unity are taken seriously, the Constitution must be the starting point for a consensus… Read more »
June 06
South Africa: Richards Bay Minerals' $460m Expansion Project Revived As Security Improves
Richards Bay Minerals, which mines the key industrial mineral titanium from mineral sands, said on Thursday that its long-delayed $460m Zuthi South expansion project was being… Read more »
June 04
South Africa: More Than 450 Employees At Sibanye's Kroondal Pgm Mine On Second Day of Wildcat Underground Strike
More than 450 employees at Sibanye-Stillwater's Kroondal platinum mine in North West embarked on a wildcat strike on Monday, with more than 200 underground at the Kwezi shaft and… Read more »
South Africa: Fast-Tracking Clean Technologies Lowers Energy Prices - International Energy Agency
A new analysis by the International Energy Agency has dispelled as a misconception that an accelerated energy transition will make energy more expensive. It has found affordable… Read more »
South Africa: Fuel Price Decrease Comes Just in Time for School Holidays
Petrol, diesel, paraffin and LP gas are all cheaper this month as winter sets in. Read more »
June 03
South Africa: Deciphering the Rosetta Stone of World Finance - It's About to Become a Lot More Disorderly
What will happen if the current-account-surplus runners of the world collectively lose faith in the US bond market? Worst case would be a grand dislocation of the world's current… Read more »
South Africa: Shell's Wild Coast Exploration Appeal Dismissed, but Rights Renewal Still Feasible
Organisations opposing Shell's oil and gas exploration off the Wild Coast were partly disappointed by a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling on Monday. It upheld the urgent interdict… Read more »
South Africa: After the Bell - the Rand Has Been Relatively Stable This Year, but Post-Election Horse-Trading Looms
The rand's ultimate course for the rest of 2024 will largely hinge on the government that emerges from the horse-trading that takes place in the coming days. Read more »
South Africa: Eskom's Barring of White 'African' Jobseeker Is Unfair Discrimination
The Labour Court has found that Eskom's not shortlisting a white candidate did not qualify as an affirmative action measure under the Employment Equity Act. Read more »
South Africa: Business Urges Cool Heads and Pro-Reform Attitude As South Africa Embraces New Era of Coalitions
Over the coming days, political parties will negotiate to form a coalition government. Business leaders have urged politicians to prioritise the 'interests of the entire country… Read more »
May 29
South Africa: South Africa Must Mitigate Both High Debt and Low Growth Risks
South Africa has both a rapidly rising sovereign debt and near-zero GDP growth compounded by the limited fiscal space to deal with both. Read more »
South Africa: Thrice-Thwarted BHP Throws in the Towel On Anglo Bid, Capping a Month of High Drama
Thwarted thrice by Anglo American in what ended up as a $49bn all-share bid for the rival mining group, BHP said on Wednesday it would not make a revised firm offer after the… Read more »
South Africa: Angie Motshekga Offers Condolences After 10 Teachers Die in Head-On Collision
The crash, which claimed 13 lives, occurred in misty conditions on the R521 between Polokwane and Dendron early on Tuesday morning. Read more »
May 28
South Africa: Budget Blues - Beleaguered Eastern Cape Health Department Staff Asked to Donate to CFO's Farewell
The Eastern Cape Department of Health's chief financial officer resigned and will leave the Department on Friday. But in a heartfelt memorandum, his staff members have asked… Read more »
South Africa: Coal Mining Company Sends Bulldozers Into KZN Village Before Impact Studies Are Finalised
Residents of a village in northern KwaZulu-Natal fear being permanently removed from their homes and ancestral land as the mining company Tendele has already started laying the… Read more »
South Africa: No Jobs and No Services in Former Mining Towns of Springs and Carletonville
Daily Maverick visited two once-thriving mining towns in Gauteng -- Carletonville and Springs -- to get a perspective of how people are making ends meet amid the decline of mining… Read more »
May 27
South Africa: Future Looks Sunny for Expanding Renewable Energy Sector in South Africa
The passing of the Electricity Regulation Amendment Bill by Parliament earlier this month takes the energy sector a step closer towards the unbundling of Eskom and a more… Read more »