End of a 60-year era for global oil
The United Arab Emirates will leave OPEC, dealing a blow to the group and its leader, Saudi Arabia, as the global oil industry grapples with the massive supply disruption caused by the Iran war.
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Mbali Shinga thrown lifeline after NFP reverses expulsion decision
Embattled KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Social Development Mbali Shinga has been thrown a lifeline after the National Freedom Party (NFP) made a dramatic U-turn on her expulsion from the party. The NFP’s national executive committee resolved last week to expel Shinga after she refused to support a motion of no confidence against KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli…
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Surprising trend hitting small town on the verge of collapse in South Africa
Property prices have jumped 37% despite the collapse of government services in a small seaside town.
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Axxess acquires Absolute Hosting
Axxess has acquired Johannesburg-based web hosting company Absolute Hosting as part of its plan to grow its hosting business in South Africa.
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R3 petrol price cut extended in South Africa
The government has extended South Africa’s petrol price intervention and announced further relief for motorists with diesel-powered vehicles.
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Diesel price | Energy | Petrol price | relief
Good news about petrol and diesel prices in South Africa
National Treasury and the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources have announced that the fuel tax relief will be extended, with additional relief for diesel.
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R2 per litre pain on the cards for South Africa next week
As South Africa heads to the end of the month, fuel prices are showing steep under-recoveries, with petrol users on the line for a R2 per litre hike.
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Blu Label Unlimited | BluEnergy | Brett Levy | Cell C | Energy | Eskom
New energy company ready to take on Eskom and shake up South Africa’s electricity market
Blu Label Unlimited’s BluEnergy has secured a multi-year energy trading licence from NERSA and is ready to deliver renewable energy solutions in South Africa.
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Abahlali Basemjondolo | ANC | COPE | Durban | Opinion | Thought Leader
ANC and SACP – Political Merry-Go-Round
ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula has given ANC members who also hold SACP membership 10 days to decide which party they will campaign for in the coming local government elections. This is just one development among many as various actors try to realign electoral politics in advance of an election in which the ANC will…
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The friction of dual membership will be tested at the polls
The dual membership between the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) poses a slow -motion constitutional crisis inside the Alliance and it is self -inflicted. The SACP’s move to contest elections independently does not just strain the Tripartite Alliance – it forces a reckoning that has been deferred since 1994….