With the latest announcement that Eskom is again unable to generate sufficient electricity to meet demand, the consumers’ patience is once again being tested out. Eskom says phase 2 load shedding will be implemented today from 08:00 to 23:00 due to a shortage of capacity. The power provider introduced phase 1 load shedding on Wednesday..
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Bankrupt Eskom ruins cash-strapped SA – Phase 2 #rollingblackouts implemented – National power provider controlled by ANC- regime has once again been unable to generate enough electricity to supply in demand
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With power stations that explode and load shedding that has been initiated again will put David Mabuza’s urgent plan-of-action on Eskom in jeopardy
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Mabuza broke down the government’s plan to save a sinking Eskom. As Eskom continues to warn consumers of rotational load shedding, Deputy President David Mabuza has told Members of Parliament that the power utility has developed a detailed turnaround plan to address its challenges. “…Eskom has developed a detailed turnaround plan to address its structural,..
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Imagine a road made out of plastic, well SA will need this, maybe there will be an end to potholes … Now it’s happening in SA
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What can you do with an old plastic carrier bag? You could toss it in the bin – or you could help fight the global plastic pollution crisis and contribute towards fixing the roads in your area. The Kouga Municipality will be doing just that by rolling out in Jeffreys Bay what is believed to..
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Unions in SA threatens total Eskom shutdown, get your candles, oil lamps ready and get those gas stove working
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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says that its members will down tools as it continues to face an impasse with Eskom. In a statement on Tuesday (12 March), the union said that it was concerned about the potential unbundling of the power utility into three separate entities. “The shop stewards are very angry towards..
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BREAKING NEWS:- 44 Companies with more whites workforce facing fine of R1.5m by Department of Labour
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Severe Sanctions will be initiated against companies that are too white in South Africa and defaulters dealt with. The Department of Labour has started to fine companies which are “too white” according to the Employment Equity Act (EEA). Affirmative Action, which falls under the EEA, aims to ensure that qualified designated groups – black people,..
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ESKOM gives a US company a blank cheque, and they are cashing it in for a whooping R13bn
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The US company that designed the extremely flawed Kusile Power Station in Mpumalanga was given a blank cheque by Eskom, which it cashed in to score R12 billion. Despite the fact that the engineering consulting firm Black & Veatch, which is situated in Kansas in the US, delivered shoddy work that continues to hobble Kusile’s..
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The corrupt ANC government plans ‘could collapse pension funds, with pensioners dying poor’
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The party’s manifesto hints at targeting pensions through prescribed investments, ‘which will see half the population’s money used to bail out failing entities like Eskom’. The prescribed investments for pension funds hinted by the ANC in its 2019 election manifesto could lead to the collapse of South Africa’s pension funds and pensioners dying poor. Explaining..
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Natasha Mazzone (DA) fears Eskom could plunge SA into a “Chinese debt trap”, China is already taking countries for bad debts
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The revelations about Eskom are pouring in from the state capture inquiry. Natasha Mazzone believes their secret deals with China are “risky business”. We’ve experienced a shuddering last few days at the state capture inquiry. Former Eskom executives who were present when the rot of corruption set in have lifted the lid on some pretty..
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Cyril Ramaphosa expected to sign controversial Aarto Bill (Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences) into law
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Stricter measures on the road will be introduced if this Bill is singed into law. The National Assembly has done its bit. Now it is up to President Cyril Ramaphosa to sign the controversial Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Bill into law. As reported by Business Tech, both Houses were in agreement that..
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SA’s largest township owes Eskom R17 billion – Soweto residents respond: Hell no, we won’t pay for electricity!
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City Press visits Soweto and asks residents why they don’t pay for their electricity and how they could help Eskom to recoup the R17 billion owed by the people who live in SA’s largest township. On Wednesday morning, as load shedding hit the township of 1.3 million residents, small businesses were losing money, and children..
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E-tolls shocking news: Here are the 12 most expensive gates currently in operation
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We’re naming and shaming the priciest e-tolls in SA: Some road users are having to pay nearly R25 to get through a single gate in Gauteng.
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IMPORTANT UPDATE:- Land expropriation in 2019: What’s next for South Africa?
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With parliamentary processes ready to resume in 2019, the issue of land expropriation in South Africa enters its final Constitutional hurdle.
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To start the new year ESKOM appointed new senior management staff, but is the load-shedding holiday over?
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Eskom intensified its plant maintenance and fast-tracked the recovery of stock levels from December 13 to January 13, when there was a low demand for electricity.
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Price shock beckons if Nersa authorize Eskom’s request- National power provider demands 45% increase in tariffs – Now taxpayers have to pay for state institution’s incompetence
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National power provider, Eskom’s application to Nersa will be heard in Cape Town next week. Nersa has already approved a 4.41% increase, but now Eskom is demanding 15% annually over the next three years, which is three times the official inflation figure. Energy expert Ted Blom says the application should be scrapped until the forensic..
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Cyber Crime – Banks warn clients about unauthorised debit deductions on accounts
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The Payments Association of SA (PASA) advised consumers to check their bank accounts regularly. Criminal elements set debit deductions on clients’ accounts, and in most cases the amounts are less than R100. Banks first notify clients when amounts over R100 are recovered from their accounts. Cyber crimes are increasingly occurring and hackers are making millions..
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