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Cyril Ramaphosa elected ANC President

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Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected as the new President of the governing African National Congress (ANC) during the party’s 54th elective conference, which is underway in Nasrec, south of Johannesburg.

Eskom reacts to 5.23% tariff hike

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Eskom has expressed disappointment at the National Energy Regulator of South Africa's (Nersa) decision to only grant it a 5.23% tariff hike instead of the 19.9% increase it had asked for.

Free higher education for poor, working class students

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President Jacob Zuma has announced that government will introduce fully subsidised free higher education and training for poor and working class South African undergraduate students, starting in 2018 with students in their first year of study at public universities.

Nersa grants Eskom 5.23% tariff increase

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The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has granted power parastatal Eskom an average percentage price increase of 5.23% for the 2018/19 financial year.