Government still fighting for power to ban cigarettes…

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has been granted leave to appeal the Western Cape High Court’s ruling that the lockdown ban on tobacco sales was unconstitutional and invalid. Leave to appeal…

Ford South Africa Announces Billion Dollar Investment in…

Ford Motor Company this morning announced an investment of $1.05 billion (R15.8 billion) in its South African manufacturing operations. This marks the biggest investment in Ford’s 97-year history in South Africa, the company said. The…

Greyhound closes operations in South Africa after 37…

Transport group Greyhound has announced that its Greyhound and Citiliner bus operations will close in February 2021. In a statement published on its website and social media platforms, Greyhound said that its services will run…

Court cases mount against South Africa’s lockdown rules

The South African government is facing mounting legal challenges to its lockdown regulations as businesses, civil society groups and opposition parties target issues from the prohibition on the sale of alcohol to the planned rollout…

Warning over plan to use South Africa’s Covid-19…

Trade union Solidarity has written to the World Health Organisation raising concerns around the South African government’s plans to promote black empowerment through the rollout of vaccines. This comes after Afrikaans newspaper Rapport reported that…