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Oil and gas firms ‘harassed’ out of South Africa, Gwede Mantashe says

Minister tells African Energy Indaba country ‘wants to be island of angels in sea of poverty’

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
Pillaged: Workers clean up the Shoprite supermarket at the Naledi Mall in Vosloorus, Gauteng, after looters emptied the shelves. The mall was set on fire after shops had been emptied and vandalised . (Andy Mkosi)
ZUMAUNREST

Destruction hits business confidence

An already low sentiment will be set back by the Covid-19 pandemic, thin reforms and this week’s violence

  • Sarah Smit
7 min read
Hundreds of cars queue to fill petrol at a local feul station in central Durban stoking a fear of fuel shortages in Durban on July 14, 2021 as several shops, businesses and infrastructure are damaged in the city, following five nights of continued violence and looting sparked by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma. – So far, 72 people have died and more than 1,200 people arrested, since former president Jacob Zuma began a 15-month jail term for contempt, sparking protests that swiftly turned violent. The violence, targeting malls and other economic hotspots has seen shops and infrastructure destroyed. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)
ZUMAUNREST

Government bans mass petrol and diesel purchases

Restrictions are likely to affect people who consume fuel for uses such as running generators to power medical equipment, says the Automobile Association

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
Motorists can expect relief at the fuel pumps in October, with the price of all grades of petrol and diesel set to decrease from Wednesday
ZUMAUNREST

Fuel shortages loom as unrest forces SA’s largest refinery to shut

Sapref declares force majeure, shutting down 35% of SA’s fuel supply

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read
AUGUSTA DORNING

Durban counts cost of devastating floods

Durban’s disaster-management team and city officials are busy calculating the cost of damage caused during a heavy downpour on Tuesday night that continued into the early hours…

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
AUGUSTA DORNING

Twenty rescued in Durban flash-floods

Search-and-rescue workers saved 20 people trapped in cars and homes by rising water in a heavy overnight downpour in Durban. ”We used a police boat to move many people away from…

  • Miranda Andrew
5 min read