
South Africans set to pay billions for Eskom mistake
South Africans are set to pay dearly for a proposed settlement between NERSA and Eskom, which could see consumers pay over 10% more for electricity this year.
MONDAY, 12 JANUARY 2026, 06:08

South Africans are set to pay dearly for a proposed settlement between NERSA and Eskom, which could see consumers pay over 10% more for electricity this year.

South African food producers climbed to an almost eight-year high after JPMorgan Chase recommended buying the stock, citing robust prospects.
South Africa’s white and yellow maize futures have slid to four-year lows as a stronger rand, global oversupply and La Niña rains collide. Cheaper maize should cool food inflation and feed costs, easing pressure on consumers and cattle farmers. But for grain producers, lower prices squeeze already thin, capital-intensive margins.
The Foodie’s Wife, who is not easily impressed, pronounced this ‘brilliant’. If that isn’t a recommendation, I don’t know what is.

Parents have become more vocal about how exclusive contracts increase costs, writes Siya Makunga.

Afrika Mayibuye Movement leader Floyd Shivambu celebrated his 43rd birthday by donating 105 pairs of school shoes to disadvantaged pupils at Winnie Mandela Primary School in Thembisa, Ekurhuleni.
South Africa’s municipal electricity debt crisis is often reduced to a familiar story: failing councils, weak billing systems, political interference and a culture of non-payment. There is truth in that, but it is incomplete.

Public policy represents the norms of society through whose expression we collectively say that certain contracts or clauses are undesirable and therefore invalid.
Nearly 900,000 Grade 12s who wrote the 2025 NSC exams are on the edge of their seats. Minister Siviwe Gwarube will announce the results on 12 January 2026, with individual access from 13 January. Whether you pass, need a re-mark or hope to explore alternatives, here’s everything you need to know.

While South Africa has a highly unsustainable debt pile, the country has managed to avoid one common pitfall among emerging market economies.

The SACP has rejected the ANC’s appeals not to contest the upcoming local government elections, signaling a dramatic break with its Tripartite Alliance partner and setting up a battle for the same voter base.
With Knysna’s main dam hovering at critically low levels, residents of the popular tourist town in the Western Cape have been warned that water rationing could soon become unavoidable, as authorities scramble to avert a full-blown water crisis.

While it’s unclear if the man claiming to be Anthony Joshua’s uncle told the truth that his nephew is done with boxing, there is another Nigerian-born fighter to look out for.

Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Ricardo Goss believes that the reason for their disappointing Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) run in Morocco is that their opponents did their homework on them.
Landowners around Stanford in the Western Cape have been warned to “prepare for any eventuality” and be ready for active firefighting, as a wildfire blazes across the area.
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said Aidarous al-Zubaidi, the head of a group of southern separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates, fled Yemen by boat before boarding an aircraft to Mogadishu that landed at a military airport in Abu Dhabi.

South African manufacturers’ sentiment soured to a near six-year low in December, deteriorating further into contraction territory amid sluggish domestic demand and concerns about job growth.
Two people were killed and several injured in a shooting outside a funeral at a church in the Utah capital of Salt Lake City, police said on Wednesday.
Johannesburg Metro Police Department officials have cleared a hijacked property in Bryanston, Johannesburg, of wendy houses and shacks, and have arrested the alleged hijacker.
NASA is considering a rare early return of an astronaut and its crew from the International Space Station (ISS) over an unspecified medical issue, hours after cancelling a planned spacewalk that had been scheduled for Thursday, the agency said.

WeBuyCars has responded to the approval of its settlement agreement with the NCC, emphasising that the affected cases are a tiny fraction of its sales.