South Africa could face a complete blackout, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) warned on Wednesday in response to a court interdict against a strike at Eskom. The union would embark on an unprotected strike if Eskom did not meet its demand of at least a double-digit increase, Numsa
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The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) on Friday welcomed an announcement by Gauteng premier David Makhura to commission a panel to assess the impact of e-tolling in Gauteng. “It is, however, very important that this does not simply become another co-option tactic that degenerates into
New government ministries will not cost R40m as claimed, acting government spokesman Phumla Williams said on Friday. President Jacob Zuma’s cabinet now includes ministries of water and sanitation, telecommunications and postal services, and small business development. Three departments
The SABC on Thursday rubbished claims it is preparing to “dump” almost all its Afrikaans language shows on SABC2 and move the language’s programming to SABC3. This was after a blog titled “TV with Thinus”, reportedly written by a Thinus Ferreira, was published on Thursday claiming that Afrikaans was getting
City Power announced on Thursday that it would increase its tariffs by an average of 7% from 1 July after the National Electricity Regulator of South Africa approved hikes. Nersa approved City Power’s tariff increase application across different consumer segments
The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday called for a specialised copper theft unit, following three consecutive months of theft increases. “Although the South African Police Service has done excellent work with practical legislative initiatives to curb copper theft thus
A team of South African astronomers have discovered a triple super-massive black hole system, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in South Africa said on Wednesday. “The discovery demonstrates that South Africa has the scientific and technical expertise to be a world leader in radio astronomy,” project director
Comedy Central has canned former radio host Gareth Cliff’s television show, the “Gareth Cliff Show”, a month and a half after it was launched on the channel, according to the Channel24 website on Wednesday. The show, an Internet radio programme shown on TV, reportedly failed to attract enough
Girls account for fewer than 10% of the participants in the International Mathematics Olympiad taking place in Cape Town next month, the organisers said on Tuesday. All six South African contestants in the event are boys, with five from affluent schools in the Western Cape and one from Durban’s Star College. Basic education minister
The SABC has been instructed to appoint a new CEO within the next three months, communications minister Faith Muthambi said on Tuesday. “The entities reporting to the ministry have a clear directive from me to stabilise their leadership,” Muthambi told a media briefing at parliament. “To this end I have recently