The entity is on a three-day disconnection drive of defaulting businesses and illegally connected homes in Alexandra. Johannesburg City Power warned defaulting customers in the city that their electricity supply would be disconnected if they did not pay. The entity is on a three-day disconnection drive of defaulting businesses and illegally connected homes in Alexandra. […]
The overall pass rate is slightly up from the 98.39% achieved by the class of 2021. Independent schools have achieved a matric pass rate of 98.42%. Of the pupils who passed, 89.32% received entry to study a degree. The overall pass rate is slightly up from the 98.39% achieved by the class of 2021. A […]
The search continues for a tiger that escaped from a camp at Walker’s Fruit Farms in the Sedibeng municipality on Saturday. Police in Midvaal say despite a number of sightings of a tiger that escaped in the area, the animal still has not been found. It is understood that the female tiger escaped from a […]
Solidarity joined opposition political parties and organisations in threatening to take Eskom to court over the crippling impact of the rolling power cuts. Eskom’s inability to alleviate the country’s power crisis meant that South Africa needed to urgently head towards private generation supply, trade union Solidarity has said. Indefinite stage 6 power cuts were implemented […]
Ndavi Nokeri was named by several pageant polls as one of the front runners to win the title. Miss South Africa Ndavi Nokeri flew the country’s flag high on Sunday when she competed at the 71st Miss Universe pageant in New Orleans. She then made it to the top 16 of the competition. The 23-year-old […]
The judgment means that President Cyril Ramaphosa will not have to stand in the dock this week as an accused. The Johannesburg High Court has granted President Cyril Ramaphosa an interim interdict against the private prosecution brought against him by former President Jacob Zuma. Ramaphosa approached the courts for relief from Zuma’s private prosecution of […]
There have been concerns about the increased loans, with opposition parties arguing that the money will need to be paid back but government says that it is necessary and the interest rates are low. Despite President Cyril Ramaphosa deciding not to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland due to the electricity […]
Ramaphosa had already met with the leadership of Eskom and the national energy crisis committee. President Cyril Ramaphosa will hold a series of emergency meetings this week in a bid to resolve the country’s worsening energy crisis, his office said. Ramaphosa cancelled his trip to Switzerland, where he was meant to lead the South African […]
Among the issues to be addressed is the cheating scandal in Mpumalanga, and pupils being given early access to matric exam papers. Education quality assurance body, Umalusi, has confirmed that the matric results will be released on Thursday, with pupils able to receive their marks at schools on Friday. This comes after reports that Umalusi […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s latest apology about the endless blackouts, evidenced by failing electricity supplier Eskom introducing daily stage 6 load shedding, has been received with a pinch of salt. Dr Pali Lehohla, former Statistician General of South Africa, told a broadcaster that there had been a trend of making State entities fail, setting them up […]