Thursday, December 07, 2023
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Thursday, December 07, 2023
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5 important things happening in South Africa today

5 important things happening in South Africa today

Below’s what is taking place in as well as affecting South Africa today:

No future Eskom COO: Eskom board participant Mteto Nyati states Jan Oberholzer will not be changed as COO after he retires, with the position being junked ahead of the brewing unbundling of the embattled power utility. Additionally, a company that was designated to locate a substitute for outbound CEO Andre De Ruyter will provide a lengthy list of candidates to the board within the following two weeks.

Concerns over Spurs deal: SA Tourism’s acting Principal Financial Police officer, Johan van der Walt, has confessed to having connections to an agency managing the questionable R1 billion Tottenham Hotspur sponsorship offer. Company records show that van Der Walt has company passions with the firm’s chief executive officer. A SA Tourist PowerPoint discussion revealed that the company should be paid over R31 million)to start the sponsorship offer.

De Ruyter backs renewables: Andre De Ruyter has safeguarded Eskom’s relocation away from coal-fired power plant in action to criticism from coal manufacturers over the utility’s transition strategy. De Ruyter claimed that Eskom is not anti-coal, however developing new coal-fired power stations would be slow-moving, not practical and tough to fund. He claimed that renewable energy paired with intermittency services, such as pumped storage space as well as gas, might satisfy South Africa’s electrical energy demand.

ANC loses court case: The DA states the court’s choice to allow records linked to the ANC’s staff deployment policy be launched to the general public is a historic victory. The court stated that it was illegal and void for the ANC to reject to make public its documents related to its staff release policy. The DA’s Leon Schreiber suggested that the cadre implementation plan contributed in corruption and also state capture. The ANC is appealing the judgment.

Markets: The South African rand held consistent on Thursday after rising a day earlier when the US Federal Reserve indicated it had transformed an edge in the battle versus rising cost of living. Neighborhood investors will want to the acquiring supervisors’ index survey for January by S&P Global for ideas on the health of the economic situation. On Friday (3 January), the rand is trading at R17.04/$, R18.64/ EUR, and also R20.89/ ₤. Brent crude is trading at $82.00 a barrel.

Last Updated:  03 February 2023

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