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The wage increases workers in South Africa can expect in 2022
South African private-sector workers are set to receive an average pay rise of 5.5% in 2022, which is a cautious improvement over the 4.7%...
Councils want surcharge on Eskom direct sales
Municipalities countrywide hope to get the green light from the courts to add a surcharge to electricity tariffs paid by clients who buy directly...
Consumers must tighten belts now in wake of devastating fuel price increases
The latest expected petrol price increase is a catastrophic blow for already-stretched consumers, and the knock-on effects will be felt long after Christmas -...
Nersa’s plan would see households pay much more, says Eskom
Energy regulator’s proposals met with ‘confusion and even bewilderment’.
Salga says a pricing method cannot solve the dilemma of rising costs. Image: Shutterstock
Eskom has warned...
Coffee bean prices have doubled in the past year and may double again –...
International Coffee Day feels very different this year. Introduced by the International Coffee Organization (ICO) on 1 October 2015 to raise awareness of the product and...
Glimmer of hope at Trans Hex group?
PAROW-based diamond mining group Trans Hex looked dead and buried in 2019 after its subsidiary West Coast Resources (the old Namqualand mines bought from...
Eskom reveals an R18.9 billion net loss
The power utility Eskom has released its annual report, and it doesn’t look good as they suffered a great loss resulting from the COVID-19...
Cost of living rises as fuel prices climb by over 20% since January. Dramatic...
The fuel price has a considerable knock-on effect on the cost of living as so much depends on fuel, not least the transportation of...
Municipal unions may regret striking for more pay
Strike action by trade unions is a solemn right in all democratic countries apart from those that describe themselves as democratic socialist republics like North Korea. South...
Rising petrol prices put pressure on fuel retail sector volumes
INCREASING fuel prices were exerting pressure on already compromised volumes in the fuel retail sector, the Fuel Retailers Association of Southern Africa (FRA) said.
The...
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