Delivering his closing address at the African National Congress (ANC)’s Free State conference in Mangaung on Sunday, the president said that businesses and households were battling. President Cyril Ramaphosa said that he had asked Eskom not to implement the power tariff increase of 18.65% granted by Nersa earlier this month. He was delivering his closing […]
While Free State came out on top, Gauteng ranked second nationally, with a pass rate of 84.4%. Gauteng MEC for Education Matome Chiloane said that while the COVID-19 pandemic caused irreparable disruptions to the education sector, the provincial department emerged stronger. The matric class of 2022 achieved an overall pass rate of 80.1%. While Free […]
Agri Northern Cape stressed that Eskom’s continuing trend of rolling power cuts was putting severe strain on farmers’ ability to irrigate crops. Agri Northern Cape says farmers desperately need more electricity to stave off a disaster in the region’s agricultural food production. The non-profit organisation stressed that Eskom’s continuing trend of rolling power cuts was […]
Not In My Name International said that power utility Eskom’s recent electricity tariff increase was a way to make South Africans pay for its failures. Civil society organisation, Not In My Name International (Nimni), is urging the government to declare load shedding a national state of disaster. The organisation said that power utility Eskom’s recent […]
The Jacob Zuma Foundation said Ramaphosa should make his case as an accused in a criminal court. Former President Jacob Zuma’s foundation says he is forging ahead with the appeal of a ruling in favour of President Cyril Ramaphosa. It says the President should make his case as an accused in a criminal court. The […]
The postponement is to allow for the conclusion of a Supreme Court of Appeal challenge to overturn a high court ruling. The corruption case against the African National Congress’ (ANC) former secretary-general Ace Magashule and 18 others has been postponed to 5 May. Magashule and his co-accused appeared in the Bloemfontein High Court on Friday, […]