South African News
Solidarity warns of jobs bloodbath as AMSA starts longs business wind-down
By: Sabrina Jardim 1st September 2025 Trade union Solidarity has noted that steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has informed its employees that the company is preparing to... →
DA demands accountability from Nersa over tariff error 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 1st September 2025 The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) chairperson Thembani Bukula demanding public... →
Mavuso slams Eskom’s tariff system as ‘farcical’, calls for urgent electricity sector reform
By: Darren Parker 1st September 2025 There is no greater sign of the urgent need for reform of the electricity sector than the way State-owned utility Eskom’s electricity tariffs are... →
DA requests SANDF security plan, following most recent army base robbery
By: Thabi Shomolekae 1st September 2025 The Democratic Alliance has requested that Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans chairperson Dakota Legoete summon Minister of... →
Public hearings to be held on NTCSA’s application for electricity market operator licence
By: Terence Creamer 1st September 2025 A public hearing into the National Transmission Company South Africa’s (NTCSA’s) application for a market operator licence will be hosted by the... →
NEASA, Sakeliga approach Constitutional Court in pushback against ‘deeply flawed’ new employment equity regulations
By: Darren Parker 1st September 2025 Nonprofit organisations Sakeliga and the National Employer’s Association of South Africa (NEASA) have announced that they will appeal directly to... →
Announcement on inflation target to be made ‘as soon as is practical’
By: Terence Creamer 1st September 2025 The National Treasury and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) have issued a rare joint statement to provide an update regarding the progress... →
South Africa streaks ahead with exceptionally pure rare earth optimised in Joburg lab
By: Martin Creamer 1st September 2025 South Africa has delivered what is described as “an exceptionally pure rare earth product”, which has been optimised in a Johannesburg laboratory.... →
