The utility’s Group Chief Executive, Phakamani Hadebe, said the multi-tranche loan facility will contribute to Eskom’s plans to strengthen and refurbish the transmission infrastructure.
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More borrowing, Eskom secures R1.5 billion loan from French Development Agency, they are so deep in trouble, how on earth will they pay it back?
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Durban beachfront still in disrepair ahead of holiday rush
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With Durban preparing to receive millions of visitors over the festive season, many of its beachfront showers are not working.
Njabulo Zondi, who works along the promenade as a sand sculptor, said they had not been operational for a few months.
“It’s the festive now and these showers must be working,” he said.
Zondi said he went to the beach at least three times a week and used water from the showers for his sculptures and after taking a swim.
Pensioner Robert Sinner, who also frequents the beachfront, said of the two sets of showers at North Beach, only two showers from one set were working.
“Those showers haven’t been working for nine months, and three months ago they started leaking water. When I enquire, I am told the spares to fix them are imported from overseas,” Sinner said, adding that the beachfront was in a bad state.
“At least three times this year salt water made its way into the freshwater taps. Local clubs had to buy bottle
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Exclusive auction – Anger as Durban car auction reserved for township blacks only
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Durban – ETHEKWINI Municipality’s attempts to improve the spending power of Africans – under the age of 35 – by excluding Indians and coloureds from an official car auction drew widespread criticism this week.
The event was officially dubbed a radical economic transformation (RET) auction. It involved the selling off of various used municipal vehicles from the city fleet site and was advertised in a newspaper which stipulated that it would only allow the participation of young people from townships as well as military veterans.
The event stemmed from a promise made during a conference on RET earlier this year, where the eThekwini Municipality said it would – through business associations – accelerate interventions to achieve “economic emancipation and equality” for previously marginalised businesses.
As a result, only those registered on the National Military Veterans’ database, and those under the age of 35 who lived in townships or communities under
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Victim of armed robbery and hijacking fights back, shoots and kills suspected robber
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A Durban driver, who was being robbed with a knife to his throat, fought back and killed one of his assailants, police said on Monday.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane said the driver was accosted in Pinetown, just before 07:00, on the corner of Anderson and Josiah Gumede roads.
“It is alleged that one [suspect] switched off the engine and the other put a knife against the neck of the driver, demanding money and a cellphone.
“The driver pulled out a firearm and fired two shots at the suspects. One died a few metres away from the scene.”
Zwane said that, while the other robber was wounded, he had managed to escape.
“Police are still looking for him,” Zwane added.
By: News24
This report does not necessarily reflects the opinion of SA-news.
Durban beach-front degeneration exposé – “Guess Carte Blanche’s camera footage is blowing it out of proportion then” is the typical response from ANC Mayor’s office!
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Durban – The city’s Golden Mile – stretching 6km along the beachfront from Blue Lagoon to uShaka – came under the spotlight this week in a Carte Blanche exposé showing how drug addicts and vagrants have hijacked some of the city’s most valuable sites.
With about 1million visitors expected to descend on the city this festive season, it is expecting to receive at least a R2.4billion cash injection over December and January.
However, the investigative journalism TV series reported that robberies, stabbings, drug dealings and pollution threaten to scare away visitors.
The programme’s recent feature showed how heroin needles and shards of broken glass from bottles smashed to make crack pipes can be found on the sandy shores, alleys between hotels and street corners meters away from the Golden Mile.
But the city says that it is making a concerted effort to ensure that beaches are properly maintained, and that it is speaking to NGOs about ways to deal with th
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This is what the ANC-government did to SA’s health care! – Cancer patients in KZN must wait up to six months for mammogram screening
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Health MEC Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo is on record calling for people to get screened for early detection of cancers.
And late last month, the national and provincial health departments launched a cancer campaign to educate people that many cancers were preventable or could be “successfully” treated through early detection and timeous treatment.
However, more concerns about the KwaZulu-Natal oncology crisis have been raised by advocacy groups after revelations that the waiting period for a mammogram screening is currently more than six months.
At least four women have told the Daily News that they will undergo screening between May 9 and 16 next year. Three said they had gone to uMlazi’s Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital “some months ago” concerned about lumps in their breasts, and to their shock were told to return in May next year for mammograms.
The fourth woman had since been told at Port Shepstone Regional Hospital that she had cancer.
Mammogra
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Lack of empathy causes disturbed patient being burned after being locked up in solitary confinement at Wentworth Hospital
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A mentally disturbed patient was found with burns after being locked alone in a ward in the Wentworth Hospital in Durban, said the IVP.
Ncamisile Nkwanyana, the IVP’s health spokeswoman in KwaZulu-Natal, said urgent action should be taken against medical staff who neglect mental-disturbed patients in health care institutions.
“The neglect of such patients is a serious concern. Misconduct, incompetence and negligence do not belong in our healthcare system and there must be drastic action against anyone convicted of it. ”
Nkwanyana believes the nurses concerned should be suspended and their actions are being investigated, and if found guilty, they must be fired because “a lack of empathy may not be tolerated in our healthcare system”.
She says the IFP is concerned about the absence of professionalism in health care institutions and observes a collapse of the professional healthcare sector, especially in public institutions.
The IFP considers it important t
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ANC Regime and Big Business Ignore Major Environmental Concerns Raised for Ocean Exploration and Drilling off the East Coast of SA
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In a letter to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for Ocean Exploration and Drilling off the East Coast of South Africa, proposed by the Italian Petroleum Company ENI, SAFFR has raised some serious Environmental Concerns which seem to be ignored. The concerns which were sent to various interested parties including, SASOL, Italian Minister for the Environment, SA..
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This is totally the most sickest, most psychotic thing any person could do – South-African man Arrested For Having Sex With Cat: Buffelsdraai – KZN
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Members of Reaction Unit South Africa have arrested an indian male for Bestiality after he was found having sex with a female cat in Buffelsdraai near Verulam in KwaZulu-Natal. The RUSA Operations Center received a call from a female at approx 14:10 (Friday) who informed the Controller on Duty that her nieghbour was having sex..
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KwaZulu-Natal landowners do not seek land but money – no wonder prosperous farms are ruined as soon as land is transferred to black beneficiaries
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Land allocated to local communities after land claim is now the focus of a dispute between the owners, the state and the Ingonyama Trust of Zwelithini. After several lands claim has been granted, the 30 owners of 11,000 hectares of land, worth R3 billion, want to sell it to the ANC-government for R760 million. This..
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KwaZulu-Natal grondeisers soek nie grond maar eerder geld- geen wonder welvarende plase gaan tot niet sodra grond oorgedra word aan swart begunstigdes
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Grond wat aan plaaslike gemeenskappe toegeken is na ‘n grond-eis is nou die fokus van ‘n twis tussen die eienaars, die staat en die Ingonyama Trust van Zwelithini.
Na die grondeis toegestaan is wil die 30 eienaars van 11,000 hektaar grond, ter waarde van R3 miljard, dit verkoop aan die regering vir R760 miljoen.
Dit staaf die feit dat “die mense” nie grond soek nie, maar eerder geld, en dit word gesien waar eens welvarende plase tot niet gaan sodra die grond oorgedra word aan swart begunstigdes.
Wat die saak verder interessant maak is dat Zwelithini nou die grond opeis as deel van grond beskou wat aan die Zoeloe-nasie behoort aangesien die eienaars onderdane van die Zoeloe koning is.
Waarnemers meen egter die 2,8 miljoen hektaar in sy besit is reeds genoeg en hy behoort nie nog grond te ontvang nie, maar wys ook daarop dat dit alles deel van n magspel is.
Deur: Die Vryburger
How on earth did one of Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini’s 27 children scored a low cost government house?
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How the Zulu king’s daughter qualified for low cost government housing is currently under scrutiny. The building was reportedly meant as a “show” house for a R64 million project that will see 1,000 poor people benefit from accommodation equipped with two bedrooms, an open-plan lounge and kitchen, a bathroom and an outside water tank.
Two senior sources involved in the housing scheme told Sunday Times that 28-year-old princess Nqobangothando Zulu has become the project’s first beneficiary after receiving one of the houses, each of which costs almost R130,000.
This has led to questions, as the houses are meant for married people or people with dependants, and the princess herself is still a dependant.
Royal spokesperson Thulani Zulu claims he has not heard of the princess receiving the house.
He said the building was on the palace grounds so that the king could keep an eye on the quality of the project, which he hoped would be of better quality than m
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Bergville farm attack: 6 heavily armed attackers dressed in police uniform
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A farm attack has taken place in Bergville, KZN Province on 9 October 2018. Six men wearing police uniforms who were heavily armed entered the farm giving a false reason to farmer for their visit. They then stole firearms and demanded money and fled in a silver jeep and toyota. It has been reported that..
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Zulu king wants assurance from Cyril that Ingonyama Trust land won’t be used for land reform
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King Goodwill Zwelithini wants President Ramaphosa to guarantee that no Zulu land will be used for land reform.
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Spooragentskap Prasa het alle spoor bedrywighede in Natal gestop alvorens veiligheid van personeel en passasiers nie gewaarborg kan word nie
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Die spooragentskap Prasa het alle spoor bedrywighede in Natal gestaak na vandalisme en meer as R8 miljoen se skade by die Umlazi stasie deur meer as 1 000 oproermakers, terwyl vier voertuie in Durban aan die brand gesteek is.
Volgens plaaslike regering woordvoerders is daar ‘n element van misdaad, vandalisme, diefstal, trein kapings en aanranding van personeel in Natal.
Alvorens die veiligheid van personeel en passasiers nie gewaarborg kan word nie, sal daar geen spoor bedrywighede in Natal wees nie.
Deur: Die Vryburger