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  1. SANRAL says toll tariffs on national roads will increase by 3-point-12 percent from the first of march

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    SANRAL says toll tariffs on national roads will increase by 3-point-12 percent from the first of march

    The South African National Roads Agency, SANRAL says toll tariffs on national roads will increase by 3-point-12 percent from the first of march. SANRAL ties the annual adjustment to the consumer price index from Stats SA. The figure, confirmed in the government gazette earlier this month, comes in below last year's 4.85 percent rise. For reaction we're joined by Gavin Kelly, Road Freight Association Chief Executive Officer

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  2. The son of the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and another man to appear in court

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    The son of the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and another man to appear in court

    Two men will appear before the Alexandra Magistrate's Court on charges of attempted murder. One of the suspects is the son of the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe. They face attempted murder charges for allegedly shooting a gardener in Hyde Park, north of Johannesburg. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe's ruling party, ZANU‑PF, says they "abhors violence in any form" and that late party President Mugabe had been clear on this. Farai Marapira, is the Zanu PF Spokesperson...

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  3. PSA to embark on a protest against increased GEMS contributions

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    PSA to embark on a protest against increased GEMS contributions

    The Public Servants Association will embark on a major protest this Saturday against steep contribution increases to the Government Employees Medical Scheme, GEMS. More than 5,000 PSA members are set to gather at the GEMS head office in Pretoria, with simultaneous demonstrations planned across all nine provinces. For the latest we're joined by Claude Naiker, Acting Deputy General Manager for the Public Servants Association, PSA.

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  4. 117 strikes took place across South Africa in 2025

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    117 strikes took place across South Africa in 2025

    The Casual Workers Advice Office has published its 2025 Strike Barometer and the numbers show a clear uptick in labour unrest last year. 117 strikes took place across South Africa in 2025. That's a sharp rise from the 87 recorded in 2024 and edges above the pre-pandemic figures of 116 in 2018 and 102 in 2019. For more on this we are joined on the line by Sydney Moshoaliba, Casual Workers' Advice Office (CWAO) Researcher...

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  5. African Unite Borders Bus Trucks Association claims to be devastated and worried about ongoing cross border bus accidents

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    African Unite Borders Bus Trucks Association claims to be devastated and worried about ongoing cross border bus accidents

    The African Unite Borders Bus Trucks Association is calling for the immediate resignation of the head of law enforcement at the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency. AUBBTA chairperson Phumudzo Mukhwathi says the group is devastated after yet another crash yesterday at the same treacherous Tshambudzi mountain curve near Makhado on the N1 - the very spot where 43 people died in a bus plunge back in October last year. Reports say the latest Zimbabwe-bound bus veered off the road and into a ditch in the early hours, with several feared dead and injured. Rescue teams are still at the scene. Mukhwathi blames ongoing illegal cross-border bus operations for the surge in accidents. AUBBTA chairperson Phumudzo Mukhwathi...

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  6. AFRICA BRIEF: Stories making business headlines across the continent

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    AFRICA BRIEF: Stories making business headlines across the continent

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  7. SAPU to hold national dialogue to declare GBV / Femicide National Moral Disaster

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    SAPU to hold national dialogue to declare GBV / Femicide National Moral Disaster

    The South African Policing Union, SAPU, together with philosopher Professor Motsamai Molefe, will today hold a national dialogue in Pretoria to declare gender-based violence and femicide a National Moral Disaster. The event builds on President Ramaphosa's previous call to treat GBV and femicide as a national disaster. Organisers are now going further, issuing a clear five-point demand: stop GBV, stop femicide, stop rape, stop murder and stop the killing of police officers. Elvis Presslin spoke to Lesiba Thobakgale, Spokesperson of the South African Policing Union, SAPU

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  8. 4 of the 19 trapped in Russia arrives back in South Africa

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    4 of the 19 trapped in Russia arrives back in South Africa

    Four of the 19 men who were trapped in Russia have arrived back in South Africa. In November last year, the government received distress calls from 17 of the men, who were believed to have been lured to Russia with promises of lucrative jobs before reportedly being placed in a military‑training programme. Jabulani Khumalo, who is assisting the families of the South African men still stranded in Ukraine, spoke to Elvis Presslin

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