President Cyril Ramaphosa says he isn’t going anywhere “You’re stuck with me.” Those were the words of Cyril Ramaphosa at an ANC briefing in Johannesburg as he has no intention of resigning from the presidency following his re-election as ANC president in December. Ramaphosa was considering resigning late last November amid a report, which found …
Good morning. Back in 2012, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) was founded by Wayne Duvenage as a non-profit with the sole mandate of litigating the end of the controversial e-toll system in Gauteng. In 2022, OUTA won the battle after the government decided to scrap the e-toll scheme. But for Duvenage the end of …
Good morning. Yet another breakdown at Eskom saw the power utility switch to Stage 3 load-shedding on Wednesday afternoon until further notice. Eskom says two generating units have broken down while there is a delay in returning three generating units back to service following scheduled maintenance. Dire consequences for SA if Eskom does not clean …
Good morning. If you’ve been travelling this festive season and used OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, you may have encountered a delay with your flight after the airport suffered refuelling issues that began on December 28. Many domestic and international travellers were left stranded at the airport with 41 flights affected by the refuelling …
Good morning. If the past year was a tough economic battle, then we better strap in and buckle up for the year ahead. The International Monetary Fund has warned that the world faces “a tough year, tougher than the year we leave behind.” The United Nations’ financial agency expects a third of the global economy …
Good morning. We have a special edition of the Morning Brief as we bid farewell to 2022 and look forward to a (hopefully) fantastic 2023. South Africans are a resilient bunch of people. We don’t have to convince you of this because the evidence is so obvious when you consider all that we must put …
Good morning. This year has already been the worst on record for load-shedding with more than half of the calendar day affected by rolling blackouts. The situation is so dire that rolling blackouts may become a permanent fixture in 2023. The load-shedding outlook for 2023 is extremely bad Eskom’s outlook for load-shedding in 2023 is …
Good morning. While ordinary South Africans struggle to maintain their lifestyles amid a cost-of-living crisis, stagnant wages and ever-increasing fuel, electricity, and food prices – the elite are paying over R1 million to attend a gala dinner where they can sit at the same table as President Cyril Ramaphosa. To rub shoulders with Ramaphosa costs …
Good morning. The newly elected 80-member national executive committee (NEC) of the ANC is a lot closer aligned to President Cyril Ramaphosa than the previous NEC. The president surely has no excuse to not push through his reform agenda and remove the bad apples in government now that he has heightened political capital. 70% of …
Good morning. After running a full day behind schedule for the entire ANC national elective conference, President Cyril Ramaphosa gave his closing remarks on Tuesday as the conference adjourned without adopting any policy positions for the next five years. ANC national elective conference adjourns to January 5 After running behind schedule since the first day …
