President Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected calls from the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Western Cape government to "devolve" policing powers from the South African Police Service to provincial police authorities.
The South African municipality that includes the port city of Durban, eThekwini, has laid out plans to attract R324 billion ($18 billion) in power plant investments by 2035 amid the country’s worst-ever electricity outages.
The Shoprite Group says its delivery service Sixty60 continues to grow exponentially, having rolled out to more areas over the past financial year ended 3 July 2022.
Power utility Eskom says that a total collapse of the national grid would be an unforeseen event, and its system operator would not be able to give advance warning should it occur.
The Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA) said that severe market volatility and a steep increase in the cost of living for consumers had tested consumer financial resilience resulting in them getting rid of certain monthly premiums.
The national power utility announced that its new procurement programmes would focus on generators capable of supplying more than one megawatt to the grid.
While load shedding has long been the clearest evidence that South Africa is in the midst of an energy crisis, there is more to that crisis than just uncertainty of electricity supply, warns financial services company FNB.
Load shedding causing damage to water infrastructure in Joburg; Nersa says end-users shouldn't have to foot the bill for Eskom's mess-ups; unions try once again to mobilise to protest working and living conditions; and ANC faces three-way split in lead...
The Cape Town Central City Improvement District has published its latest State of Cape Town Central City report, highlighting strong investment growth into new and future developments in the Mother City.
South Africa's major banks have successfully navigated complex economic terrain over the first part of 2022 but the outlook for the rest of the year remains uncertain.
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