Tag Archives: Food Crisis

Consumer confidence increases again, but no great outlook for 2023

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 9 December 2022 Consumer confidence increased again for the third quarter after plunging to -25 index points during the second quarter. Read More

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Could SA face years of blackouts? Yes, says Eskom, until 2027

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintUnathi Nkanjeni, Times Live, 8 December 2022 South Africa could have load-shedding until 2027, Eskom predicts. Read More

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Eskom rolling blackouts poses risk to SA’s financial stability: SARB

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintAmina Accram, SABC News, 8 December 2022 The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) says rolling blackouts are posing a risk to the financial stability of the country. Read More

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Load shedding crisis: ‘We have left it for too long and it’s too late’

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintMarizka Coetzer, The Citizen, 8 December 2022 It’s going to be tough for Santa to find his way around South Africa for the foreseeable future as a multitude of factors saw Eskom bump the country back up to stage 6 … Continue reading

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Gordhan orders Eskom to get the country out of stage 6 blackouts

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintRorisang Kgosana, Times Live, 8 December 2022 Minister of public enterprises Pravin Gordhan on Thursday ordered Eskom’s management and board to get the country out of stage 6 load-shedding. Read More

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Fuel increases by 59 cents per litre from Tuesday midnight

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintGlorious Sefako-Musi, SABC News 6 December 2022 The Energy Department has announced that the price of petrol will go up by 59 cents per litre with effect from Tuesday midnight. Read More

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