Despite multiple trips of units at three power stations stress-testing the power system, Eskom managed to avoid load shedding on Tuesday. The multiple trips of units resulted in a loss of 3,5GW and, in an effort to stabilise the power grid, Eskom used five diesel generators
Making tertiary education free would reduce the quality of education and graduates, Allan Gray Orbis Foundation CEO Anthony Farr said on Tuesday. “Ultimately, if fees are free, it has an impact of reducing the quantity that we need and ultimately, I would argue, it would reduce
The South African Police Service has warned against a cellphone scam in which users receive a text message saying a case has been opened against them by the police. According to spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi, people
The Gauteng ANC’s provincial executive committee has resolved that President Jacob Zuma should step down, a source has told News24. The PEC met on Tuesday where the decision was taken. This has not been officially confirmed by the party in the province, but a
South Africa’s consumer confidence remains depressed as the economy remains in the grip of “stagflation”, the latest FNB/BER Consumer Confidence Index revealed on Tuesday
The City of Cape Town is rolling out fibre broadband access to all buildings in the central business district as part of its investment into a municipal broadband network project. The city announced on Tuesday that it had connected an additional
There was fear and uncertainty among staff at Gupta-owned broadcaster ANN7 after they were told that they might not be getting their salaries. An employee at ANN7, who asked not named, said that staff were frightened and had been job hunting without any luck
The Guptas and Duduzane Zuma resigned from Oakbay Investments and Oakbay Resources and Energy on Friday to facilitate the sale of the Optimum coal mine from Glencore to Oakbay, the Democratic Alliance claimed. Their resignation “is an insult
Eskom is ramping up efforts to improve its finances, with new agreements with defaulting municipalities and improved revenue collection from prepaid meters in Soweto. It’s been a year since Eskom started its tough stance against municipalities that
The Democratic Alliance has digitised its local government election campaign with the launch of the “Activist App” on Monday. The app went live on Monday and is an online tool that seeks to “empower” DA members and activists on the ground to
