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Dear Editor South Africa’s municipalities are in deep trouble, and the latest data from National Treasury confirms it. A shocking 116 municipalities last year submitted unfunded budgets for the 2024/2025 adjustment cycle. This means they’ve planned to spend money they don’t actually have, which is not just irresponsible, it’s illegal. According to Section 18 of …
GOOD Statement by Rosa Louw ,GOOD George Municipality Councillor 30 May 2025 The GOOD Caucus in George voted against the George Municipality’s 2025/26 budget, which totals nearly R5 billion. It is our belief that this budget is bloated, inefficient, and fails to prioritise the real needs and affordability concerns of George’s residents. Instead of offering […]
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Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) presented our progressive Private Members Bill to amend the Prevention of Illegal Eviction Act to the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements on Wednesday. These amendments, if enacted, will play a critical role in saving municipalities from the buckling pressures created by unlawful occupations and land invasions. The Department of …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) supports the proclamation by President Cyril Ramaphosa, establishing a commission of inquiry into alleged attempts to prevent the investigation and prosecution of apartheid-era crimes exposed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). This follows sustained pressure from the DA and civil society for these investigations and prosecutions to be …
Independent power producers (IPPs) have been instrumental in adding more megawatts to South Africa and the Western Cape’s power grids, contributing to collaborative efforts to overcome the country’s crippling energy crisis. On Tuesday, 27 May 2025, Premier Alan Winde hosted Matteo Brambilla, Chief Executive Officer at pioneering Western Cape-based energy company, Red Rocket, at his …
In the most recent episode of Inside Africa, CNN visits the Cape Floristic Region, a global biodiversity hotspot home to around 9,000 plant species. Despite its UNESCO World Heritage status, the Cape Floristic Region faces growing threats; climate change, invasive species, and human expansion are putting its delicate ecosystems at risk. Walker Bay, on the …
Johannesburg, South Africa – 30 May 2025 – As South Africa prepares to mark Youth Month this June, a time to honour the courage and contributions of the 1976 generation, Standard Bank Business and Commercial Banking, in partnership with the GIBS Entrepreneurship Development Academy (EDA), has opened applications for the 2025 Youth Forward Programme. The …
GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 30 May 2025 US President Donald Trump’s spiritual adviser may just have saved South Africa’s faltering relationship with the Western superpower. In a statement published while visiting South Africa, today, Pastor Mark Burns, the televangelist and board member of Pastors for Trump, who is widely described as President Donald […]
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The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) strongly objected to the Tshwane Metro’s Economic Growth Advisory Committee’s proposed 3,9% growth target, labelling it unrealistic and unachievable given South Africa’s projected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of only 1,4% in 2025. The Freedom Front Plus advocates for practical investment incentives and creating a business-friendly environment that genuinely […]
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On Thursday, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) objected to a council decision that now allows individuals who own more than one property to apply for classification as indigent. This provision grants limited free water, electricity and other basic municipal services to such individuals. The amendment is absurd and defies common sense. The purpose of […]
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GOOD Statement by Jonathan Cupido,GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor & Caucus Whip 30 May 2025 The City of Cape Town continues to equate equal distribution with equitable service delivery. Crime in Cape Town is not equally spread. The leafy suburbs, where crime levels are comparatively low, are not in urgent need of the same […]
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The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) rejects the Ekurhuleni Metro’s draft budget for the 2025/26 financial year, viewing it as a declaration of war on taxpayers which offers no growth or stability. The budget reflects financial decline, exorbitant tariff increases and a municipality that has lost control. It merely punishes taxpayers. Under the guise of […]
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Junior Springbok coach Kevin Foote has included three new players in a training squad for the SA U20s’ final preparation camp which starts in Stellenbosch on Monday in the build-up towards the World Rugby Under-20 Championship next month in Italy. Foote has welcomed back a number of familiar faces who are back from injury and …
OUTA’s 2024/25 annual report calls out deep state dysfunction and calls on citizens to push for accountability in the state The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) 2024/25 annual report, released today, reflects on South Africa’s deteriorating governance landscape and the growing role of civil society in holding the state to account. In the annual report, …
The upcoming African Mining Week (AMW) – Africa's premier gathering for mining stakeholders, taking place from October 1-3, 2025, in Cape Town – will feature a dedicated panel exploring investment and growth opportunities within the country's platinum group metals (PGM) market. Titled, South Africa's Strategic Influence in the Global PGM Market, the panel session will spotlight national initiatives designed to strengthen the country's PGM value chain – an industry that already accounts for approximately 80% of global supplies.
As South Africa strengthens its position as the world's leading producer of PGM, the session will foster greater collaboration among industry stakeholders. Speakers are expected to address challenges and opportunities across the value chain, identifying strategies for accelerating production and consolidating the country's position as a major global supplier.
African Mining Week serves as a premier platform for exploring the full spectrum of mining opportunities across Africa. The event is held alongside the African Energy Week: Invest in African Energies 2025 conference from October 1-3 in Cape Town. Sponsors, exhibitors and delegates can learn more by contacting sales@energycapitalpower.com.
South Africa's PGM market offers significant opportunities for mining companies and investors. In May 2025, mining firm Ivanhoe Mines reached a significant milestone by driving underground development into the high-grade platinum, palladium, rhodium, nickel, gold and copper orebody at the Platreef Mine in Mokopane. First production at the project is targeted for Q4, 2025, followed by Phase 2 within two years after first production. The project, containing over 95 million tons of PGMs, aims to produce 450,000 ounces annually in Phase 2.
Meanwhile, Canada-based Platinum Group Metals Ltd. recently announced plans to raise $1.8 billion through a private placement to advance the Waterburg Project in South Africa. The project holds proven and probable reserves of 246.2 million tons of platinum, palladium, rhodium and hold at an average grade of 2.96 grams per ton. With aims to diversify its product portfolio and enhance revenue generation, mining Group Pelagic Resources launched the development of a new PGM concentrator at its Kookfontein Mine in February this year. Designed by exploration company Nuco Chrome in early 2024, the concentrator is currently in an advanced development stage and is expected to be commissioned in the first half of 2025.
Other major PGM developments in South Africa include the 40-million-ounce Bengwenyama Project by Southern Palladium, which completed a pre-feasibility study in October last year, confirming a 14% increase in PGM reserves. Meanwhile, Vanadium Resources Ltd. recently signed an agreement with China Energy Engineering International Group for the provision of engineering, procurement and construction services for the Steelpoortdrift Vanadium Project. The open pit mine and treatment facility will be developed for the exploitation of 680 million tons of vanadium resources in the Bushveld Complex. Additionally, Northam Platinum Holdings is reviving the Eland Mine Complex in the North West Province, with aims to increase PGM production from 100,000 ounces annually in 2025 to 180,000 ounces by 2028.
Amid this growth, AMW will serve as a key platform to unpack these developments and explore new strategies being implemented to attract investment and boost production. The event will bring together South African regulators, mining executives and global partners to shape the future of the country's PGM sector.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Energy Capital & Power.
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Around 30 000 households in Vanderbijlpark were left without power on Wednesday evening after the Town substation caught fire for the third time. With the support of local businesses, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) replaced the roof and walls of the substation in Curry Boulevard in 2018 and again in 2024. The party repeatedly […]
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The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) did not support the Johannesburg Metro’s budget for the 2025/26 financial year due to its utter lack of vision and its detriment to the city’s residents. On 24 April 2025, the party met with the Mayor, Dada Morero, and the Mayoral Committee Member for Finance, Margaret Arnolds, and made […]
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Friday, 23 May 2025 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) rejects, outrightly, the so-called policy direction issued today by Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, which gazettes a backdoor for foreign multinationals like Elon Musk’s Starlink to bypass South Africa’s Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) laws under the guise of “Equity Equivalent Investment […]
GOOD Statement by Suzette Little,GOOD Deputy Secretary-General & City of Cape Town Caucus Chairperson 30 May 2025 On the fifth anniversary of the closure of Cape Town’s controversial Strandfontein “homeless persons camp”. The GOOD party submitted questions to the executive mayor for written response in terms of rules of order 22.1 and 22.5. The camp […]
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Monday, 26 May 2025 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) expresses its deep anger at the tragic killing of three young Black learners in Dalton, KwaZulu-Natal, by a white farmer who allegedly ran them over with his vehicle. Not only is this a criminal act but it is also a true reflection of the deep-rooted, racist […]
Union Against Hunger shines light on the right to food
Tuesday, 27 May 2025 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes the withdrawal, by the Portfolio Committee on Transport, of the agenda item on the repeal of the South African Airways (SAA) Bill on the basis that the SAA-Takatso deal has been terminated. While we commend the cancellation of the tainted deal and subsequent withdrawal […]
New corruption-busting efforts have caused grant money to go unspent