# Eskom says it is planning to return a total of three-thousand-603-megawatts of generation capacity to service ahead of this evening peak, and throughout the week. This is in a bid to further strengthen the country’s electricity grid stability. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, says year-to-date, planned maintenance has averaged five-thousand- 240-megawatts, accounting for 11.17-percent of total generation capacity:
# Eskom sê hy is vasberade om ladingvermindering teen Maart met 15- tot 20-persent te verminder en dit binne twee jaar uit te skakel. Die kragvoorsiener stel hierdie week ladingvermindering in dele van Gauteng in. Gebiede wat soggens minder krag sal ontvang, sluit in Naledi, Dobsonville, Mabopane, Winterveldt en Jabulani. Saans sal ladingvermindering geld in […]
# French media giant Canal Plus (pronounce: Canal Ploes) says it had taken effective control of South African television and streaming company MultiChoice, creating a group present in nearly 70 countries in Africa, Europe and Asia. The companies said in a joint statement that the combined group will have a workforce of 17-thousand employees and […]
# Eskom says it is committed to reducing load reduction by 15-to-20-percent by March 2026 and eliminating it within two years. The power utility is implementing load reduction in parts of Gauteng this week. Areas experiencing morning load reduction include Naledi, Dobsonville, Mabopane, Winterveldt and Jabulani. Evening load reduction impacts regions including Kagiso, Meadowlands, Cosmo City, Riverside, […]
# Die DA verwelkom die Konstruksie-ontwikkelingsraad se besluit om sedert Junie 2024 40 kontrakteurs op die swartlys te plaas. Sedert 2002 is slegs een maatskappy op die swartlys geplaas. Hierdie kontrakteurs mag nie op tenders bie of werk vir die Departement van Openbare Werke of sy instellings doen nie. Bonginkosi Madikizela van die DA sê […]
# The DA has welcomed the Construction Industry Development Board’s decision to blacklist 40 contractors since June 2024. This compares to only one company blacklisted since 2002. The blacklisted contractors are now prohibited from bidding for tenders or being awarded work by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure and its entities. The DA’s Bonginkosi […]
# Die parlementêre gekose komitee oor Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Handel vra die regering om dringend ʼn nasionale krisisberaad oor werksverliese te hou. Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa is die jongste maatskappy wat afleggings aangekondig het en beplan om 680 mense af te lê en aanlegte in Bloemfontein in die Vrystaat en Oos-Londen in die Oos-Kaap te […]
# Solidariteit sê hy het ʼn voorgestelde handelsraamwerk tussen Suid-Afrika en Amerika bekendgemaak. Die vakbond beskryf sy besoek aan Amerika as ʼn uitgebreide gemeenskaps-diplomatieke besoek. Connie Mulder van Solidariteit sê die raamwerk fokus veral op die beskerming van eiendomsregte en dat Amerikaanse maatskappye van swart ekonomiese bemagtiging uitgesluit word. Hy sê die raamwerk stel voor […]
# Parliament’s Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade has called on the government to urgently convene a national crisis summit on job losses. Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa is the latest company to announce retrenchments, as it plans to cut 680 jobs and close plants in Bloemfontein, Free State, and East London, Eastern Cape. Tyre […]
