South African Business News

The Eyewitness News bulletin with Jane Dutton.

Uruguayan businessmen Gaston Savoi and Fernando Praderi are currently facing graft charges related to the supply of water purification plants and oxygen self-generating units for the KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape Departments of Health.

This is despite the floods being declared national disasters.

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Last week, the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) select committee on health and social services took a decision to adopt the bill without any changes.

He told Parliament while government would like to see changes made to AGOA's graduation policy - it did not want this to delay a decision by the US government to extend the preferential arrangement with African countries for another ten years.

Last week, eight members from the Pinelands sewer depot, attached to the City of Cape Town's Water and Sanitation Department rescued six people, including a baby, from a house fire in Heideveld.

On Monday, a cage carrying 86 mineworkers suffered a mechanical fault in its conveyance system, resulting in it plunging to the bottom of the shaft. Eleven miners were killed.

According to data released by the World Economic Forum South African women earn between 23 and 35% less than men for the same job.

Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga said that when in trouble, road users should rather drive to the nearest petrol station or until they come across law enforcement authorities.

The union will demonstrate in Johannesburg on Wednesday alongside trade union COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions), humanitarian group BDS SA and other political parties.

A cage carrying 86 workers dropped to the bottom of the shaft, instantly killing 11 and injuring 75 others.

The ailing utility says that for the next four days, stage 4 load shedding will continue to be implemented until 8PM in evening, thereafter it's stage 6 until 5AM in morning.

The 41-year-old man was arrested in Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape on Monday, while he was appearing in court for an unrelated matter.

Mdwaba, who owns investment firm Thuja Holdings, has accused three Cabinet ministers and ANC secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, of soliciting a R500 million bribe from him linked to an agreement between his company and the UIF.

Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu said the establishment of the South African National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency through the National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency Bill, also doesn't mean it's doomed to be another corrupt, underperforming SOE.

Eleven miners died at the Impala Platinum mine in Rustenburg. The mineworkers were trapped underground on Monday afternoon following what Implats has described as 'a serious safety incident' at its 11 Shaft operation.

Speaking at a media briefing in Rustenburg on Tuesday afternoon, Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe announced that a commission of inquiry into the accident would be established.

Phindi Mjonondwane said that the NPA played an important role in terms of prosecuting GBV cases and being the voice of vulnerable groups.

As the country marks 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed government's commitment to rooting out patriarchy.

Police said a manhunt is still underway after four members of the Ngidi family were injured by unknown gunmen in Mfume, on the KZN south coast on Monday.

Dr Virginia Wilson contacted Eyewitness News after months of battling the Compensation Fund when she found out her patients weren't receiving their much-needed medication.

A physical fight broke out on Monday over the casual way that the accused were seated during the tea adjournment.

Bafana Makhungela, a 21-year-old Varsity College student, was arrested for the crime on Sunday and made his first appearance in the Alexandra Regional Court on Tuesday when the case was postponed to next week for him to secure legal representation.

Bafana Makhunela, a 21-year-old student, was arrested on Sunday afternoon in connection with Kirsten Kluyts's murder and made a brief court appearance on Tuesday.

On Saturday, a truck was pulled over during a routine stop between Laingsburg and Leeu-Gamka where officers found 40 bags of compressed cannabis while inspecting its two trailers.

The 41-year-old was apprehended in Eastern Cape by Hawks detectives when he appeared in court, in connection with an unrelated matter.

The Master's Office has come under fire recently for its numerous service delivery issues, including its long queues, system problems, documents going missing, poor infrastructure and load shedding - among others.

The spate of robberies on Table Mountain has become a cause for concern ahead of the busy festive season.

The deadly incident involved a winder rope that the company has further explained 'connects the personnel conveyance which hoists employees up and down the shaft'.

US pharmaceutical company Vertex patented the 'miracle' cystic fibrosis treatment in South Africa despite it not being sold in the country, resulting in it being unable to be sold by anyone else, and leaving it out of reach for patients.

Brigadier Bongani Gininda started giving testimony on Monday, where he began detailing how one of the five accused made admissions about his involvement in Meyiwa's murder.

At least 32 undocumented migrants who stayed in the building are detained at the Lindela Repatriation Centre, pending the outcome of a legal battle to stop them from being deported.

The funding scheme says there is an app falsely operating under its name, asking students to submit their personal information, that its teams are working hard to take down.

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The High Court in Johannesburg has given the municipality three months to improve the living conditions of the Marshalltown fire victims.

This after the deceased's husband, Werner de Jager, appeared before the Amanzimtoti Branch Court for the murder on Monday.

A scuffle broke out when a warder flagged the informal manner in which the accused were seated during the tea adjournment.

The Ubuntu Rural Women and Youth Movement's Wendy Pekeur said that the organisation's GBV champions were active on the ground within communities.

Law firm, Norton Rose Fullbright, is challenging the Home Affairs Department's application to have 32 of the survivors deported.

On Sunday, Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa was at pains to stress that the power utility had not implemented stage 8 load shedding and that the power cuts had only reached stage 6.

This follows the muggings of three trail runners during the RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town 160km race on Table Mountain over the weekend.

Despite challenges with the online system in recent years, during the first few days of applications, NSFAS said that this year, things were going well.

Video footage of the brutal stabbing at a student residence went viral on social media earlier in November.

Local Government MEC Anton Bredell said that the provincial government had spent R16 million on firefighter training and new firefighting equipment.

The two separate busts were made on the N2 freeway.

Werner de Jager briefly appeared in court on Monday. He is charged with the 2021 murder which took place in Amanzimtoti, south of Durban.

Over the weekend, three athletes were mugged during the RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town's 160km race. The incident follows the attack on the British trail runner, Tom Evans, who was also a favourite to win the race.

The utility said that there had been an increase in electricity demand which could not be met due to insufficient generating capacity.