Mon 11 August 2025:
Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:
◼️ US tariffs to have minimal impact: South Africa’s central bank believes the US tariffs will only have a modest impact on the country’s economic growth while leaving its inflation levels broadly unchanged.
https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2025/south-africas-central-bank-sees-only-modest-impact-from-us-tariffs/
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◼️ Global treaty to tackle plastic pollution: In response, South Africa has moved to ban plastic microbeads. Draft regulations have been signed and are set to be published for public comment. These regulations aim to prohibit the manufacture, import, export, sale and distribution of microbeads and products containing them.
https://independentpress.cc/sa-reaffirms-support-for-global-treaty-to-tackle-plastic-pollution/2025/08/11/
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◼️ Eskom burns nearly R6 billion on diesel: Eskom insists that its expenditure on diesel is within budget despite burning nearly R6 billion in fuel to run its open cycle gas turbines (OCGT) in the first four months of the financial year. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena said between 1 April and 1 August, it spent R5.84bn on fuel for its OCGT plant.
https://www.citizen.co.za/news/eskom-burns-nearly-r6-billion-diesel-during-winter/
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◼️ Big storm brewing over new laws: The DA, and other critics of the BELA laws, opposed these sections on the basis that they centralised control within government, and took away the power of communities and school governing bodies (SGBs) to set the terms for who they admitted into a school and what language they used for teaching.
https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/834562/big-storm-brewing-over-new-school-laws-for-south-africa/
◼️ Driving licence fail: Three and a half years after its launch, the National Administration Traffic Information System (Natis) online portal only supports motorists’ booking driving licence appointments in two of nine provinces.
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/motoring/605459-bad-news-for-south-african-motorists-in-seven-provinces.html
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