Moneyweb@Midday

[TOP STORY] Eskom defends Koeberg safety after four contamination events

‘Such activities, we plan for them appropriately, and we have diverse mitigations that we put in place to ensure that we manage the airborne radioactivity properly,’ says Eskom’s chief nuclear officer, Velaphi Ntuli.

21 Jul 8AM 7 min

What SA’s new township economy policy gets right and wrong

Koeberg contamination, should we be worried about nuclear safety? Why the Tafelberg judgment could deepen SA's housing crisis. And how the Fifa World Cup brand value tripled since South Africa hosted the tournament in 2010.

21 Jul 6AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] Aucamp opens door to private foot-and-mouth vaccinations

‘I think that is the main shift is we've looked at provisions that will allow farmers to become authorised people and then apply the vaccinations themselves,’ says Minister of Agriculture Willie Aucamp.

20 Jul 8AM 9 min

PanSALB condemns linguistic profiling during immigration protests

New agriculture minister Willie Aucamp on politics, vaccines and the mood on the farms. Will SA create innovators, or import them? Why science is the new economic battleground. And no immediate copyright changes despite landmark court ruling.

20 Jul 6AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] When retirement savings can legally be withheld

‘It is allowed for someone who has a claim against you, such as your employer, to pursue recovery from your pension for damage they may have suffered as a result of your conduct,’ says the Pension Funds Adjudicator, Lebogang Mogashoa.

17 Jul 7AM 8 min

What’s driving teachers out of public schools – and what will it cost SA?

Résumé fraud lands former CFO in pension battle. What the Competition Commission’s franchise inquiry could mean for franchisees, lenders and franchisors. And why you always leave the supermarket with more than you planned.

17 Jul 6AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] Power restoration racket preys on desperate Joburg residents

‘The people are desperate and these contractors or fake City Power officials are capitalising on that and asking residents for up to R1500 to restore power,’ says Anna Cox, investigative journalist at the Daily Maverick.

16 Jul 7AM 6 min

Smarter skies for 10bn travellers, without building more airports

Public works and infrastructure minister speaks on government’s war on construction mafia. How criminal syndicates are cashing in on Joburg's electricity crisis. And why climate funding means little without green skills.

16 Jul 6AM 31 min

[TOP STORY] What police can and cannot do in immigration cases

‘If somebody is found not to be entitled to be in the Republic, then the role falls squarely upon immigration then to process somebody for the purposes of deportation,’ says James Chapman of the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town.

15 Jul 8AM 7 min

Venetia shutdown signals trouble for SA's diamond sector

Immigration enforcement and the rule of law: Separating fact from fiction. Israeli oil deal sparks fresh scrutiny over South Africa's ICJ stance. And how bad waste data can sink ESG credibility.

15 Jul 6AM 34 min

[TOP STORY] Local government failure is now systemic, engineers warn

‘As much as these are technical failures from an infrastructure perspective, it's also a governance architecture that ensures that these technical failures keep happening,’ says Sekadi Phayane-Shakhane, CEO of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering.

14 Jul 8AM 9 min

Winter favourite hits a border block. The oxtail import bottleneck explained

Election promises won't fix broken pipes, but engineering might. Top insurance risks shaping 2026 and how to prepare for what’s next. And a new premium aerodrome gives Cape Town's aviation sector room to grow.

14 Jul 6AM 35 min

[TOP STORY] Joburg's cash crisis threatens essential services

‘City Power is at absolute breaking point, they have a massive overdraft, we're talking R22 million… Eskom is threatening to shut off the whole city unless we make serious payments,’ says Julia Fish, executive director of JoburgCAN.

13 Jul 8AM 8 min

Why iconic brands become targets for counterfeiters

Joburg's budget battle is far from over. Private vaccine deal gives South Africa's FMD fight a major boost. And why the new space race is about water, weather and saving lives.

13 Jul 6AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] What every motorist should know about Aarto demerit points

‘The more infringements you commit on the road, the more demerit points are going to be allocated to you,’ says Monde Mkalipi, spokesperson for the Road Traffic Infringement Agency

10 Jul 7AM 8 min

Ports clean-up gathers pace as TPT blacklists corrupt suppliers

New demerit rules: Could someone else cost you your licence? Healthcare leaders push for a practical path to universal coverage. Independent probe sought into South Africa's GBV command centre.

10 Jul 6AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] Funded budget masks Joburg's deeper financial problems

‘This is a long-term situation in which Johannesburg finds itself and it's going to take serious work to get it back into a fiscally healthy position,’ says Chris Hattingh, executive director at the Centre for Risk Analysis.

9 Jul 8AM 7 min

Fresh Iran conflict fuels oil price spike

Joburg gets a lifeline, but Treasury's warning couldn't be clearer. Concerns raised over the governance of the UIF. And should investors reduce offshore exposure as South Africa improves?

9 Jul 6AM 34 min

[TOP STORY] Can SA businesses afford a R20 000 living wage?

‘We do have, according to our estimations, more than 25 organisations that are already a living wage employer. So those who can, should, and it's a good thing and the right thing to do,’ says Dr Mark Bussin of the Living Wage South Africa Network.

8 Jul 8AM 8 min

Empty seats, big questions: The economics of Springbok rugby

Could a R20 000 living wage help tackle poverty in SA? The financial pressures facing the ‘messy middle’. And why mediation can be the lifeline for our clogged courts.

8 Jul 6AM 33 min