# Electricity and Energy deputy minister, Samantha Graham-Maré, says electricity has been fully restored in Ceres and the Witzenberg area after severe storm damage in May. Winds of up to 160-kilometres-an-hour destroyed twelve 132-kilovolt pylons, disrupting Eskom’s network. Graham-Maré thanked residents for their patience and praised Eskom teams, local businesses, farmers and government partners for […]
# Die adjunkminister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Samantha Graham-Maré, sê elektrisiteit is ten volle herstel in Ceres en die Witzenberg-gebied na ernstige stormskade in Mei. Wind van tot 160 kilometer per uur het twaalf 132-kilovolt-kragmaste vernietig en Eskom se netwerk ontwrig. Graham-Maré het inwoners bedank vir hul geduld en Eskom-spanne, plaaslike besighede, boere en regeringsvennote […]
# Investigating and research non-profit organisation, Open Secrets, has revealed that a small group of private institutions controls about six-trillion-rand in pension assets, contributing to inequality and the neglect of social priorities. The organisation argues that economic ownership in South Africa remains highly concentrated among a few major corporate players. According to the Head of […]
# Johannesburg civil group Joburg Crisis Alliance says the city has entered a state of governance failure and is calling for national government intervention. The group cites reports that the National Treasury may withhold funding after the city adopted an unfunded budget. It also points to claims that the Johannesburg Roads Agency has grounded parts […]
# Agri SA has welcomed the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s draft market inquiry report into fixed charges and Eskom’s retail tariff reforms. The organisation says the findings confirm long-standing concerns that recent tariff changes have excessively increased electricity costs for agriculture, especially irrigation-dependent farms with limited ability to shift demand. Agri SA says […]
# Agri SA het die Nasionale Energiereguleerder van Suid-Afrika se konsep-markondersoekverslag oor vaste tariewe en Eskom se kleinhandel-tariefhervormings verwelkom. Die organisasie sê die bevindinge bevestig voortgesette kommer dat onlangse tariefveranderinge elektrisiteitskoste vir landbou buitensporig verhoog het, veral op besproeiingsafhanklike plase met beperkte vermoë om aanvraag te skuif. Agri SA sê elektrisiteit het ‘n belangrike insetkoste […]
# Die Johannesburgse burgerlike groep Joburg Crisis Alliance sê die stad is in ‘n staat van regeringsmislukking en vra ingryping deur die nasionale regering. Die groep verwys na berigte dat Nasionale Tesourie dalk befondsing mag terughou nadat die stad ‘n onbefondsde begroting aanvaar het. Die groep lig ook bewerings uit dat die Johannesburgse Padagentskap dele […]
# Eskom sê die nasionale kragstelsel bly bestendig en kan in die stygende winter-elektrisiteitsaanvraag voorsien, danksy deur verbeterde opwekkingsprestasie en minder onbeplande onderbrekings. Die kragvoorsiener se woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, het bevestig dat krag na meer as 964-duisend huishoudings herstel is deur sy program om lasvermindering uit te skakel. Sy sê dieselbesteding het met meer as […]
# Business Against Crime South Africa sê meer as 500 van sy lidmaatskappye lewer uitgebreide hulpbronne ter ondersteuning van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens voor die beplande betogings op 30 Junie. Dit sluit in helikopters, hommeltuie, geslotekring-televisienetwerke, gewapende reaksievoertuie, ambulanse en mediese spanne om die SAPD se operasionele kapasiteit te versterk. Die organisasie sê die inisiatief is […]
