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Category Archives: Food Security
Load shedding costs SA’s economy R1bn per day, says Mantashe
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintKevin Brandt, Eyewitness News, 6 February 2023 The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, highlighted the severe impact of load shedding saying it cost the country’s economy R1 billion per day. Read More
Shoprite staring down a R1bn-plus annual diesel bill
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintThe Citizen, 6 February 2023 Between July and December last year, the Shoprite Group spent an “additional” R560 million on diesel for generators, it says, “in order to trade uninterrupted during load shedding stages five and six”. Read More
Cosatu joins calls to scrap VAT from chicken
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintMpho Sibanyoni, Sowetan Live, 3 February 2023 Cosatu has joined growing calls for government to zero-rate chicken products, saying this will cushion the poor. Read More
Petrol goes up by 28c in February
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintStaff Reporter, Sowetan Live, 31 January 2023 Expect a last-minute rush to fill petrol tanks today after the department of mineral resources and energy announced a 28c/l increase on the retail prices of 93 and 95 grades at midnight on … Continue reading
Electricity crisis continues to undermine economic growth: Ramaphosa
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintRisha Maduray, SABC News, 29 January 2023 ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa says the rolling blackouts have a negative economic impact on businesses and society. Read More
Rolling blackouts could cost cane farmers millions
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSABC News, 29 January 2023 The South African Canegrowers Association has raised concerns that Eskom’s continuous implementation of rolling blackouts could cost the industry over R723 million this year. Read More
