# South Africa has gone 376 consecutive days without load-shedding and expects no power cuts during the winter period. Eskom confirmed that plant performance and reliability continuing to improve as the power system remains stable amid winter demand increases. The utility reports an Energy Availability Factor of 62.59-percent, up from 57.43-percent a year ago, while […]
# Constitutional Court deputy president Justice Dunstan Mlambo has praised outgoing Constitutional Court Justice Zukisa Tshiqi for her dedication and contribution to South Africa’s judiciary and Constitution for the past 21 years. Tshiqi began her legal career in the late 1980s, joined the Johannesburg High Court in 2005, later the Supreme Court of Appeal, and […]
# The ANC Women’s League Special National Executive Committee is holding an urgent meeting in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, today on its leadership future. The meeting comes after the departure of its former president Sisisi Tolashe, who resigned from her positions as ANC Member of Parliament and league president following mounting allegations including diverting vehicles donated for […]
# The KwaZulu-Natal Transport Department has urged motorists to use alternative routes as protests by the All Truck Drivers Forum and Allied South Africa disrupt major freight corridors, including the N2 and N3. Protesters are calling for the removal of foreign truck drivers, a 15-percent wage increase, and the scrapping of the Administrative Adjudication of […]
# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has urged veterans of the African National Congress to stop criticising the party publicly. This follows criticism by former president Thabo Mbeki over the ANC’s stance on the Constitutional Court ruling related to Parliament’s handling of the Phala Phala matter involving president Cyril Ramaphosa. Addressing the ANC Veterans League, he […]
# The City of Tshwane Utility Services mayoral committee member, Frans Boshielo has reiterated calls to its residents to use water sparingly as major maintenance by Rand Water and Eskom continues until June 2. The work will affect 69 reservoirs, causing low water pressure and intermittent supply interruptions. He confirmed that an Emergency Shutdown Operations […]
# The South African Bureau of Standards has accepted findings of a forensic investigation confirming serious governance, procurement and labour irregularities flagged by whistleblowers in 2024. The probe uncovered evidence of irregular expenditure, undeclared conflicts of interest, flawed recruitment processes and procurement breaches. SABS board chairperson, Mzubanzi Bismark Tyobeka, says interventions including disciplinary proceedings, are […]
# A new report on South Africa’s just energy transition warns that thousands of jobs linked to Sasol could be at risk without urgent planning. Chemical engineer Bruce Young says about 27-thousand direct and 425-thousand indirect jobs depend on Sasol’s operations. Ageing infrastructure, declining coal quality, gas shortages and global pressure to cut emissions are […]
# Acting Provincial Commissioner Phumelele Makoba has warned that any violent action linked to a protest by the All Truck Drivers Forum South Africa on the N2 and N3 highway today will be met with decisive law enforcement. Makoba say surveillance and deployment plans are in place as they monitor the situation and maintain law […]
