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, […]
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 […]
Eskom board chairperson Mpho Makwana said that those who wanted to generate power and add to the constrained grid no longer had regulatory obstacles and were welcome to actively participate. Eskom board chairperson Mpho Makwana said that it was not up to Eskom alone to add new generation capacity to the grid to help end […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Residents of China’s Wuhan said Monday they were hopeful for the future and no longer afraid of COVID-19, three years after the city was locked down over what was then a mysterious virus. Residents of China’s Wuhan said Monday they were hopeful for the future and no longer afraid of COVID-19, three years after the […]
Eighteen-year-old Wakeel Dreyer was killed last Thursday afternoon, just hours before he was due to receive his matric results. A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Mitchells Plain teenager. Eighteen-year-old Wakeel Dreyer was killed last Thursday afternoon, just hours before he was due to receive his matric results. Gunmen fired […]