Catch up on the biggest stories this Tuesday, 31 March 2026, in our simple daily news update.
Motorists waits for their turn to fill up their tanks at Shell Garage near Kgosi Mampuru Prison in Pretoria, 31 March 2026, ahead of fuel price increase. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The Citizen
News today includes South African motorists have been dealt a massive blow and will have to fork out more for petrol and diesel at the pumps from Wednesday.
Meanwhile, nearly half of South Africa’s wastewater treatment systems have reached critical failure, a damning new government report has revealed.
Furthermore, the Johannesburg municipality has rushed to fix a giant hole just days after being highlighted by a prominent mayoral candidate.
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Petrol price shock hits at midnight: Here’s what you’ll pay
South African motorists have been dealt a massive blow and will have to fork out more for petrol and diesel at the pumps from Wednesday.
The United States and Israel’s war in Iran has ignited global panic, with the conflict spiking fuel prices to record highs.
Earlier this month, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) insisted the country’s fuel supply remains stable in the immediate term, despite extreme volatility in global energy markets triggered by escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
CONTINUE READING: Petrol price shock hits at midnight: Here’s what you’ll pay
Godongwana confirms fuel levy cut to ease petrol price increase
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has confirmed a R3 fuel levy cut for April to ease the hefty increase set to hit motorists at midnight.
This, as petrol increases by R3.06 and diesel by between R7.37 and R7.51.
Godongwana previously announced a fuel levy increase during his Budget Speech in late February.
CONTINUE READING: Godongwana confirms fuel levy cut to ease petrol price increase
What’s really in your water? Damning report highlights how South Africa is failing
Nearly half of South Africa’s wastewater treatment systems have reached critical failure, a damning new government report has revealed.
When a wastewater treatment system fails, the sewage has to go somewhere.
In South Africa, it is increasingly going into the country’s rivers, wetlands and groundwater.
CONTINUE READING: What’s really in your water? Damning report highlights how South Africa is failing
Court dismisses legal bid to overturn Andy Mothibi as NDPP
A bid to overturn the appointment of Andy Mothibi as National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) has been dismissed.
The ruling was handed down in the Gauteng High Court on Tuesday.
Barnabas Xulu and Partners approached the Gauteng High Court, arguing that the advisory panel appointed to select candidates was unconstitutional.
CONTINUE READING: Court dismisses legal bid to overturn Andy Mothibi as NDPP
Municipality covers three-year-old hole just three days after Zille’s snorkeling video [VIDEO]
The Johannesburg municipality has rushed to fix a giant hole just days after being highlighted by a prominent mayoral candidate.
Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero was in Douglasdale on Tuesday to elaborate on a burst pipe that was earlier publicised by the DA’s Helen Zille.
Zille donned a wetsuit, goggles and a snorkel on Saturday and treated the excavation as an impromptu pond.
CONTINUE READING: Municipality covers three-year-old hole just three days after Zille’s snorkeling video [VIDEO]
Yesterday’s News recap
READ HERE: Calls to deport ‘Nigerian king’ | Few Gauteng teachers screened | Economist warns on fuel hikes
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