Unions divided on approval of SAA business rescue plan . There has been mixed reaction from unions representing employees of South African Airways (SAA) to the approval of the business rescue plan for the financially-embattled State-owned national flag carri...

Trac sees volumes improving after more than 70% drop in traffic . Trans African Concessions (Trac) says traffic volumes are steadily increasing on the N4 between South Africa and Mozambique after South Africa moved from Alert Level 5 to Alert Level 4 and then on to L...

Public Enterprises DG argues saving SAA will be good for the country . The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has released the text of the remarks made at the meeting of the creditors of State-owned national flag carrier South African Airways (SAA) on Tuesday, by its ...

Public Enterprises welcomes yes vote for SAA rescue plan, announces interim CEO . The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) welcomed the outcome of the creditors’ vote on the proposed business rescue plan for State-owned South African Airways (SAA). The financially beleaguered nati...

Evaluation of short-term power bids being hamstrung by Covid-19, Eskom confirms . Progress on Eskom’s proposed Short-Term Power Purchase Programme (STPPP), initiated to help limit load-shedding while the State-owned utility implements a so-called reliability maintenance programme ac...

Dlamini-Zuma elaborates on alcohol ban, family gatherings . Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says government is taking every possible measure that it can to help curb the spread of Covid-19, which has called for som...

Coega Development Corporation to implement Tshwane auto SEZ . The Coega Development Corporation (CDC), the developer and operator of the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ), has been appointed as the implementing agent to develop and operate the Tshwane Automotive ...

Contracted bus sector struggles with high cost of Covid-19 compliance . It costs around R1.3-million a day, or R34-million a month, for the contracted public transport bus sector to adhere to the hygiene and safety protocols implemented under the Covid-19 pandemic, says So...

Majority of IPPs said to agree to refinancing initiative . A representative from the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy's (DMRE's) Independent Power Producer Office (IPPO) has confirmed that 70% of South Africa’s 64 IPPs have indicated they will partic...

ANC suggests pension funds take some Eskom assets . The Economic Transformation Committee of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress suggested that pension funds take over some of the assets of the indebted state power company.

The proposal to...