Ehlanzeni District Municipality residents living in constant danger, after building dwellings on top of the Sasol gas pipeline

Electricity and Energy minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa  says there will be no extension for prepaid electricity consumers to re-code their meter should they fail to do it by the 24th of November. Ramokgopa was briefing the media on the pre-paid meter re-coding and the Integrated Resource Plan earli…

Economists welcome latest consumer price inflation decrease

Economists have welcomed the latest drop in consumer price inflation which is a a four year low from three-point-eight percent in September to two-point-eight in October 2024. The CPI now stands at its lowest since June 2020 during the COVID 19 pandemic when the rate was two-point-two percent. Fall…

Ehlazeni District Municipality residents living in constant danger after building dwellings on top of the Sasol gas pipeline

Some residents in Low's Creek have built their structures on top of the Sasol gas pipeline from Mozambique putting their lives at risks. The local authorities have engaged with the households instructing them to vacate the place since it is dangerous to have structures built on top of the pipeline.…

"In 2021, (the bodies of ) 18 ghost (miners) surfaced. They were neatly wrapped-up like Christmas presents" - Bench Marks Foundation says mining companies turn blind eye to illegal operations underground.

Police say the illegal miners in Stilfontein, in the North West, are not trapped underground by are rather trying to avoid arrest from the police. The police insist that they will not tolerate criminality while the miners continue to beg for food and water to be let into he mine. The standoff betwe…

South Africa makes history as first African country to take over the presidency of the G20 group of nations

South Africa will take over the presidency of the G20 group. This will be the first time an African country is leading this group of powerful nations. Today in Rio de Janerio, Brazil, the Brazilian President Lula da Silva will officially handover to President Cyril Ramaphosa. The president has prom…

Authorities say the illegal miners currently underground in Stilfontein, in the North West province, are not trapped, rather, they remain underground in an effort to avoid being arrested by police.

Police say the illegal miners in Stilfontein, in the North West, are not trapped underground by are rather trying to avoid arrest from the police. The police insist that they will not tolerate criminality while the miners continue to beg for food and water to be let into he mine. The standoff betwe…

North Gauteng High Court orders authorities to unblock North West's Stilfontein mine for emergency personnel & for miners to exit Shaft 11

A task team established last year to deal with illegal mining, Operation Vala uMgodi, has identified 12 non-operational mines in the Greater Giyani and Malamulele areas as hotspots for illegal mining activities. The mines ceased their gold mining operations over 30 years ago during the Gazankulu ho…

Operation Dudula members block foreign spaza shop owners  from registering their spaza shops

Soweto residents and Operation Dudula members are blocking foreign spaza shop owners  from registering their spaza shops in Jabulani municipal offices in Soweto. This follows President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement that all spaza shops must register with their municipalities within 21 days. The gr…

President Cyril Ramaphosa expected to deliver statement at the G20 leaders summit in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Brazil is hosting the G20 summit from today and tomorrow. President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to deliver the country's statement at the G20 leaders summit in Rio De Janeiro. Ramaphosa will focus on fighting hunger and poverty and the reform of the institutions of global governance. Brazil which i…

As tensions between tripartite alliance over GNU intensify, SACP vows to use its December Conference to review its decades-long partnership with the ANC

The South African Communist Party (SACP) will use its December conference to review its decades-long relationship with the ANC over concerns that the partnership has undermined its political independence and diluted its influence. The party will gather for its fifth special national congress in Eku…