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Lower international fuel prices and a stronger Rand have both contributed to a drop of 92c/l. in the price of fuel. It is the fourth consecutive month fuel prices have decreased. You will now pay R21,79/l for 93ULP in Gauteng and R21,00/l in the Western Cape. @CapeTalk @Radio702

Congratulations to Mpumelelo Mhlongo for getting @OfficialTeamRSA 's first medal at the Paralympic Games in Paris on Sunday night, winning gold in the men’s T44 100m sprint final in a time of 11.12 seconds. @CapeTalk @Radio702

A national summit will be convened to abolish criminal syndicates has been called by Public Works Minister @DeanMacpherson. The dept will also probe thousands of leases. He confirmed that there are 338 buildings belonging to the state that have been hijacked. @CapeTalk @Radio702.

Only 34 municipalities received a clean audit in 2022/23 (down from 38 the previous year); fruitless and wasteful expenditure went up to R7,4 billion. A bleak picture painted by @AuditorGen_SA during a briefing to Parliament on Tuesday. @CapeTalk @Radio702.

Are we going to enjoy a Summer free of load-shedding? @Eskom_SA says that it will be so if we keep breakdowns below 13,000MW. And in the unlikely event of unplanned [generation] losses rising to 15,000MW we will at most experience stage 2 load-shedding. @CapeTalk @Radio702

Nearly a year after a fire at the Usindiso Building in Johannesburg claimed 76 lives, another fire in the city resulted in four people dead on Sunday. What is the @CityofJoburgZA doing about the abandoned and hijacked buildings? @CapeTalk @Radio702

Will @SAReserveBank ease the repo rate after their next Monetary Policy Committee meeting in September following the news of inflation cooling to its lowest level in three years (4.6% in July, down from 5.1% in June, according to @StatsSA)? @capetalk @Radio702

Domestic workers in South Africa still earn, on average, much lower than the monthly national minimum wages, with female domestic workers at R3,349 per month and male domestic workers at R3,059. This according to the 7th Annual @SweepSouthSA Report on Pay. @CapeTalk @Radio702.

Minister @Kgosientsho_R has withdrawn a determination published in the Government Gazette in January for the country to procure 2,500 MW of nuclear power because @NERSA_ZA mishandled the process to issue a formal concurrence. The process will reopen. @CapeTalk @Radio702

It feels like there has been a shifting of tectonic plates in the political discourse of South Africa following the announced resignations from @EFFSouthAfrica. What will this mean for the red berets? @CapeTalk @Radio702

The official unemployment rate rose by 0.6 percentage points in the second quarter to 33.5%, according to @StatsSA. The quarterly labour force survey showed the number of unemployed rose by 158,000 to 8.4-million. @CapeTalk @Radio702.

Material irregularities of more than R14 billion have been detected in provincial and national governments in the 2022/23 financial year, while material irregularities in municipalities are over R5 billion. This according to @AuditorGen_SA Tsakani Maluleke. @CapeTalk @Radio702

Congratulations to #TeamSA. They return home with one gold, three silver and two bronze medals from the #Paris2024 Summer Games. This places them 42nd on the medals table. Wishing all the best to the athletes competing in the Paralympics. @CapeTalk @Radio702

Congratulations to Kgothatso Montjane of South Africa and her partner Yui Kamiji of Japan for winning the 2024 @Wimbledon ladies’ wheelchair doubles title. This is Montjane’s third overall doubles Grand Slam title and her first Wimbledon title. Halala! @CapeTalk @Radio702

The High Court in Makhanda has dismissed with costs an application by the Eastern Cape transport MEC, @SAPoliceService and the National Commissioner to appeal a high court ruling ordering them to develop an action plan to protect bus drivers and passengers. @CapeTalk @Radio702

15,000 people have been severely impacted by the inclement weather in Western Cape as more than 5,000 homes have suffered damages. @alanwinde announcing that 53 schools will close on Thursday after severe weather made instruction of learning difficult. @CapeTalk @Radio702

7,000 structures in Cape Town and more than 70 neighbourhoods have been affected by the adverse weather conditions. Over 200mm of rain has already been recorded since the storm began, with the @SAWeatherServic forecasting 40-60mm rainfall for Thursday. @CapeTalk @Radio702