# Eskom has announced that average unplanned outages declined last week to eleven-thousand-593-megawatts. Spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says this is a reduction of 964-megawatts compared to the 12-thousand-556-megawatts recorded over the same period last year, contributing to a less constrained power grid. She says over the same period, the Unplanned Capacity Loss Factor was 24.18-percent, representing a […]
# The DA in Gauteng says premier Panyaza Lesufi’s is not the right person to fix the financial sustainability of all municipalities in the province. The party’s Solly Msimanga says this comes after the provincial MEC for Finance, Nkululeko Dunga, announced that he spoke to Finance minister Enoch Godongwana about the City of Johannesburg financial crisis. […]
# ActionSA has welcomed the ruling of the Constitutional Court on Phala Phala matter. The party’s chairperson, Michael Beaumont says this ruling has determined that the rule used by the National Assembly to deny the investigation report into Phala Phala being referred to the Impeachment Committee was invalid and thus the vote must be deemed invalid. He […]
# Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber says over 100-thousand Smart ID cards were processed within two months since launching the expanded digital partnership between the Department and commercial banks across the country. He says this initiative aims to eliminate long queues by bringing services to 110 bank branches nationwide, aiming for one-thousand with a five-minute, paperless, and biometric-based application […]
# The African Christian Democratic Party in Ekurhuleni is calling for the precautionary suspension of City Manager Kagiso Lerutla, pending the outcome of the investigation of the charges against him. The ACDP’s Palesa Yates says Lerutla is out on bail and facing Schedule 5 offences of the Criminal Procedure Act. She says the party excepts that […]
# The South African Local Government Association is calling on the public to actively participate in the process of redefining the next phase of local governance, by submitting inputs into the reviewed draft White Paper on local government. This call follows the publishing of the draft document for public comment by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister […]
# The South African National Christian Forum says the ANC must offer an unreserved, public apology to the people of South Africa. Forum leader, Marothi Mashashane says this apology should specifically name the error, namely the misuse of a Parliamentary majority to block accountability in the Phala Phala matter. He says by admitting that the […]
# The South African National Christian Forum urges National Assembly speaker, Thoko Didiza to facilitate the work of Parliament Impeachment Committee with absolute transparency. Forum leader Marothi Mashashane says the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the Phala Phala matter has cleared the path for the revival of the impeachment inquiry. He says when the Court found […]
# The DA has welcomed the latest announcement of a 5.8-billion-rand loan agreement between the French Development Agency and Transnet to reduce the carbon emissions of the entity’s rail and port operations. The party’s Andrew de Blocq says France is South Africa’s largest foreign investor. He says these funds will be used in transitioning to a low-carbon operating […]
