Premier Alan Winde says he has written to the Presidency and the office of the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources to raise concerns about what appears to be the increased hoarding of fuel stock by some suppliers. This as reports filter through of some filling stations running dry, and farmers not getting access to adequate diesel stocks. According to a survey conducted by AgriSA and Agbiz, respondents in several rural regions
The South African Police Service in the Western Cape has arrested seven suspects as part of a large investigation into the disruption of long-distance bus services. The arrests took place on Friday and Saturday in Cape Town, Matatiele and Nelspruit. Police say the arrests follow a four-year investigation into alleged organised crime in the transport sector between 2021 and 2023. The suspects are accused of intimidating and extorting long-distance bus companies, forcing
As South Africans are bracing for a massive fuel price shock on 1 April, South Africa’s agricultural sector is raising fresh concerns about fuel availability, warning that emerging supply constraints in rural areas could disrupt farming operations and threaten food production. Industry bodies AgriSA and Agbiz, which represent the full agricultural value chain, have called on the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy to urgently consider a temporary adjustment to the country’s fuel
Five people were killed on the Cape Flats this morning. Police say three people were killed in the one shooting incident in Gugulethu, with the second incident taking place in the Marikana informal settlement in Philippi-East. Both these murders occurred in the early hours of this morning. Colonel Andrè Traut says several other people were wounded in the two incidents. Five people were killed on the Cape Flats Colonel Traut says the first shooting
A minor has sustained fatal injuries after a section of a wall collapsed on him at Lerutle Primary School in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, yesterday. The Gauteng Department of Education’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says a section of the school wall reportedly collapsed during interval, falling onto six learners and leaving them with severe injuries. “Tragically, one of the injured learners, a Grade 3 boy, later succumbed to his injuries while receiving medical attention in
