Moneyweb@Midday

‘Looking at the economics of it all, if you are taking away an industry that basically employs 90 000 direct workers and then you have a multiplier effect also, what are you going to replace it with,’ says independent energy economist, Lungile Mashele.

A roundup of news updates, including a look at the ANC’s failure to maintain independence between party and state.

A look at whether South Africa’s energy transition is just and on World Nature Conservation Day we take a look at the impact of waste management on the environment.

‘It's high on the theft list and we see an increase in these incidents. I don't think it's going to become less; I think it's just going to become more,’ says Wynand van Vuuren, client experience partner at King Price Insurance.

A roundup of news updates, including a look at what's behind the increase in solar panel theft in SA.

City of Tshwane municipal workers continue their fight for higher wages and the impact of truck attacks on the citrus sector.

‘They cannot blacklist, they cannot withhold your driver's licence, vehicle licences, they tried all of those threats, even criminal records. We fought every single one of those and showed the public that they are misleading the public,’ says OUTA CEO, Wayne Duvenage.

A roundup of news updates, including a look at how much longer motorists will have to pay e-tolls despite the ANC announcing they would be scrapped.

‘If he or she breaches that duty of good faith by being dishonest, lying or abusing in some way or other policies and procedures, then that is gross misconduct, which undermines the very underpinnings of an employment relationship, which justifies dismissal,’ says labour lawyer, Patrick Deale.

A roundup of news updates, including what the delays at Koeberg mean for load shedding.

Where labour laws stand around faking sick leave and analysis of government’s parliamentary response to Lady R.

‘These are difficult times, we’ve got to admit it, we're not shooting the lights out here, we're trying to execute a rescue mission, trying to escape the forces of state failure, essentially,’ says Tshwane Mayor, Cilliers Brink.

A look at what it will take to fix the city of Tshwane’s financial challenges, SA MP’s report back on lessons learned from a study tour to the UK parliament.