Eskom has implemented power cuts in parts of the country due to its constrained power grid. “Due to the severely constrained power system, Eskom started implementing rotational load reduction from 5.12pm this afternoon,” it said in a statement. “We anticipate that we
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Traditional Venda chiefs have given SABC acting chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng a wife, a cow and a calf, the Sowetan reported on Friday. Women were lined up in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, on Wednesday for Motsoeneng to choose one. He and other SABC executives were
Power cuts are unlikely over the weekend, Eskom said on Friday. Spokesman Andrew Etzinger said deliberate power cuts became necessary on Thursday evening due to constraints on the power system. Load shedding on Friday and over the weekend, however, appeared
Installing Wi-Fi access points in taxis and taxi ranks would change people’s perception of the taxi industry, Gauteng transport MEC Ismail Vadi said on Thursday. “Man, I tell you, I would not have thought of an idea of getting Internet into a taxi. It is a novel move,” he said at the launch of the South African National Taxi
Germany has announced it will withdraw from the Square Kilometre Array organisation (SKA) in June next year, the science & technology ministry has said. “According to the SKA website, Germany informed the SKA on Thursday about its intention to leave the organisation,” spokesman Lunga Ngqengelele said
South Africa’s power system will remain in peril during winter, acting Eskom CEO Collin Matjila said on Thursday. “The country still remains vulnerable and it will be the same during winter,” Matjila told reporters in Johannesburg. “While we continue with maintenance as part of our strategy to have remaining
President Jacob Zuma has appointed National Freedom Party leader Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi as deputy science & technology minister, the presidency announced on Thursday. KaMagwaza-Msibi, 52, would take her oath of office at a swearing-in ceremony at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Friday
Eskom executives are to forgo their annual bonuses this year in light of the parastatal’s R255 billion revenue shortfall, interim CEO Collin Matjila said on Wednesday. “They acknowledged the financial constraints by agreeing to forgo their annual performance bonuses this year as one of the efforts to
Science and maths education is progressively improving in South Africa, science & technology minister Naledi Pandor said on Wednesday. “To say we are at the bottom of a whole host of countries, based on perception, is a bit of a difficult one for me,” she told reporters in Pretoria. “The WEF report
Roads agency Sanral on Wednesday defended the accuracy of figures in advertisements it has been ordered to withdraw. “Based on the feedback of the independent auditors, Sanral maintains that the figures used were correct,” Sanral spokesman Vusi Mona said. “We trust that the new facts provided