image: Transnet by Kelebogile Matlou The South African government has given Transnet an extra R48.6 billion to help it pay off its debts and keep running smoothly over the next five years. This decision was made on Friday as part of efforts to fix Transnet’s financial problems. Earlier in May, the government had already given…
Picture from Reuters by Kelebogile Matlou Top economic officials from the United States and China will meet in Stockholm on Monday to resume talks aimed at easing long-standing trade tensions. The negotiations seek to extend a three-month truce in the ongoing trade war between the world’s two largest economies, and to avoid the return of…
Image: Polokwane Municipality Facebook account Polokwane Mayor sparks uproar denies corruption admits to tender with Zim national Mathipa Phishego Under intensifying scrutiny and growing public criticism, Executive Mayor of Polokwane Municipality, Makoro John Mpe, held a media briefing on Thursday at the New Peter Mokaba Stadium to address multi-million rand corruption allegations leveled against him…
Corruption, cronies & chaos a R227 Million tender scandal implodes under Mayor Mpe’s watch Mathipa Phishego The Polokwane Municipality is engulfed in a corruption firestorm, as damning revelations suggest brazen double-dealings and tender manipulation to the tune of R227 million all under the nose, if not the blessing, of Executive Mayor John Mpe. At the…
image: pexels by Kelebogile Matlou Eskom has admitted to overstating its diesel spending in its weekly Power Alert dated 18 July 2025. The utility claimed it spent R5.897 billion on diesel from 1 April to 17 July 2025 to produce 49 GWh of electricity, but SABC News discovered the amount was incorrectly calculated. After reviewing…
image: Business Tech/page by Kelebogile Matlou French media company Canal+ has received official permission to buy South African broadcaster MultiChoice. The deal is worth about R53 billion. The South African Competition Tribunal has approved the deal, but with certain conditions. These include promises to support businesses owned bypreviously disadvantaged people and small companies in the…
image: Sanral/page by Kelebogile Matlou South Africa’s National Roads Agency (SANRAL) is close to securing a R7 billion loan from the New Development Bank (NDB), with the funds earmarked for major upgrades to transportation routes. Sanral CEO Reginald Demana confirmed during the signing of the loan agreement in Johannesburg onTuesday, the process now awaits a…
image: Evolutionary designs by Kelebogile Matlou South Africa’s inflation ticked up in June, hitting the lower end of the centralbank’s 3%-6% target range, but economists believe the door remains open forfurther interest rate cuts as economic growth continues to falter. Headlineconsumer inflation rose to 3.0% year-on-year, up from 2.8% in May, accordingto Statistics South Africa….
Mathipa Phishego A major corruption scandal has erupted in the Polokwane Municipality, casting a dark shadow over the Limpopo political landscape. Executive Mayor John Mpe and Municipal Manager Thuso Nemungumoni are at the centre of a storm. Following allegations that they improperly awarded a R56.3 million tender to a company linked to Nemungumoni’s romantic partner,…
By Kelebogile Matlou FlySafair has rescheduled several flights for the coming week as pilots are expected to go on strike over a wage dispute. Selected flights from Tuesday, 22 July to Monday, 28 July 2025 may be moved after the airline failed to reach an agreement with trade union Solidarity. Solidarity announced that its members…
