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‘Power to the people’: DA set for march against load shedding in Gauteng & CT

Written by on 25 January 2023

DA members in Gauteng will be marching to the ruling party’s Luthuli House headquarters in Johannesburg on Wednesday morning. In Cape Town, they will take their protest to the ANC’s provincial office in Cape Town’s CBD on Wednesday afternoon. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Western Cape and Gauteng is expected to take to the […]

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Student debt is a threat to sustainability of higher education in SA – Nzimande

Written by on 25 January 2023

Blade Nzimande, South Africa’s higher education minister, on Tuesday announced that the current student debt owed to tertiary institutions stood at around R16.5 billion. Minister Blade Nzimande has emphasised that the extent of student debt posed a serious threat to the future sustainability of the country’s higher education institutions. Nzimande, South Africa’s higher education minister, […]

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City of Cape Town now allowed to buy power back from private suppliers

Written by on 25 January 2023

Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis welcomed Treasury’s decision to exempt the city from competitive bidding or tendering to buy power from homes and businesses. Efforts by the City of Cape Town to become the first “load shedding” free metro are gaining traction, as it’s now allowed to buy electricity back from private suppliers. “We have exemption and […]

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DA COUNSEL LIKENS ANC’S CADRE DEPLOYMENT TO CANCER

Written by on 23 January 2023

The official opposition’s legal challenge of the governing party’s cadre deployment and development policy kicked off in the Pretoria High Court on Monday. Counsel for the Democratic Alliance (DA) has compared the African National Congress (ANC)’s cadre deployment and development policy to a “cancer” The official opposition’s legal challenge of the governing party’s cadre deployment […]

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GUPTA DUO’S ABSCENCE FROM NULANE CORRUPTION TRIAL WON’T AFFECT PROCEEDINGS – NPA

Written by on 23 January 2023

The NPA wants to prosecute Atul and Rajesh Gupta for the alleged siphoning off of state funds in a botched R25 million rural development project. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said that the absence of Gupta brothers, Rajesh and Atul, from the start of Nulane corruption trial at the Bloemfontein High Court on Monday morning […]

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OPPOSITION PARTIES REJECT ESKOM’S PLANS FOR INDEFINITE POWER CUTS

Written by on 23 January 2023

They have, once again, called for the head of Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe, whose ministry is expected to take over the political responsibility of Eskom. Opposition political parties rejected Eskom’s apparent plans for indefinite power cuts with “contempt.” Parties, including the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Congress of the People (Cope), again, called for […]

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SAFTU SAYS JUSTICE WON’T BE SERVED FOR ESWATINI ACTIVIST THULANI MASEKO’S DEATH

Written by on 23 January 2023

eSwatini human rights lawyer and activist Thulani Maseko was shot dead on Sunday night at his home in Luyengo by unknown assailants. South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) says the murder of eSwatini human rights lawyer and activist, Thulani Maseko, is a representation of the African Union’s failure to protect civil activists. Maseko was shot […]

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Sorry for load shedding, SA, but we must stick to our energy plan – Ramaphosa

Written by on 23 January 2023

In his first weekly newsletter for 2023, Ramaphosa said the country needed to be realistic about its problems. President Cyril Ramaphosa says load shedding cannot be stopped overnight, but that he understands the frustration the power cuts are causing South Africans. In his first weekly newsletter for 2023, Ramaphosa said the country needed to be […]

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