# COSATU has welcomed the extension of Eskom Board Chairperson Mteto Nyati’s contract. The federation credits Nyati, the previous board, CEO Dan Marokane and Eskom workers for what it calls a massive achievement in defeating load shedding. COSATU’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks says it remains opposed to Eskom’s unbundling, warning it could undermine the utility’s progress, […]
# The National Task Team on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Expression and Sex Characteristics is calling for a stronger and coordinated criminal justice response to gender-based violence and femicide. This follows the discovery of nine bodies of women in Kempton Park and surrounding areas in Ekurhuleni over period of two months. The NTT says the […]
# The Border Management Authority and the South African Revenue Service say more than one-thousand-800 trucks were processed in a single day at the Lebombo Port of Entry in Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, amid ongoing congestion. BMA spokesperson Mmemme Mogotsi says authorities are working with Mozambican counterparts and other stakeholders to improve the movement of traffic while […]
# Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has conducted an oversight visit to Ekurhuleni to assess police readiness and capacity at station level. The visit included Kempton Park and Tembisa police stations, with a focus on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide and support for victims. The ministry’s spokesperson, Kamogelo Mogotsi says Cachalia inspected the GBV desks and […]
# Eskom has recorded a 70.4-percent Energy Availability Factor for a second consecutive week, its highest level in six years. The improvement comes as South Africa marks 498 consecutive days without load-shedding, with the last planned outages recorded in May last year. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says the utility is strengthening the country’s energy security […]
# The National Council of the SPCA is investigating the death of SAPS service dog Sky at the Roodeplaat facility, in Pretoria. The Council has inspected the facility but says it is still waiting for vital information and supporting documents before the investigation can be concluded. Meanwhile, the chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police, […]
# Parliament’s Portfolio Committees on Electricity and Energy, Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, and Water and Sanitation have raised concerns over continued groundwater contamination linked to pollution sources at Eskom’s Kusile Power Station. The committees cited recurring poor water quality, siltation of pollution-control dams, damaged dam liners and weaknesses in the station’s closed-loop water-management system. […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to immediately lift the precautionary suspension of National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. The charges against Masemola over the SAPS Medicare24 tender were withdrawn in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, after the National Director of Public Prosecutions found there were no […]
# The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa has congratulated its president, Simon Hlungwani, on his election as Vice-President of the Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation. Hlungwani was elected at the federation’s 27th Biennial Meeting in New Delhi, India. DENOSA’s spokesperson, Sibongiseni Delihlazo says CNMF is the federation of nurses and midwives associations from the […]
