# Eskom is looking for a strategic partner to help develop a 1.5-gigawatt pumped storage scheme near Roossenekal in Limpopo. The Tubatse project is expected to become South Africa’s largest pumped storage facility, with the capacity to store 21 gigawatt-hours of electricity and generate power for up to 14 hours. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says […]
# Mynbouproduksie het volgens Statistiek Suid-Afrika in Augustus met 12,7-persent gedaal. Die afname word hoofsaaklik toegeskryf aan swakker produksie van platinum-groepmetale, steenkool en ystererts. Mineraalverkope was ook onder druk en het met 15,1-persent afgeneem vergeleke met Augustus verlede jaar. Goudverkope het met bykans 49-persent teruggesak. Juan-Pierre Terblanche van Statistiek Suid-Afrika sê mynbouproduksie het in die […]
# Die staat het ‘n beëdigde verklaring ingedien wat beweer die voormalige adjunk-nasionale polisiekommissaris, Shadrack Sibiya, het ‘n man, geïdentifiseer as mnr M, gedreig nadat hy hom daarvan beskuldig het dat hy sy tienerdogter seksueel aangerand het. Die beëdigde verklaring, wat in die Landdroshof in Randburg, Gauteng, voorgelees is, beweer Sibiya het mnr M woedend […]
# Sun International has launched a responsible gambling charter, calling for stronger regulation to protect players. The charter limits gambling adverts, provides player protection tools and introduces artificial intelligence next year to identify at-risk gamblers. The company’s Ulrik Bengtsson says online gambling accounts for customers who declare that they receive South African Social Security Agency […]
# The state has submitted an affidavit alleging former deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya threatened a man identified as Mr M, who accused him of sexually assaulting his teenage daugther. The affidavit read in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Gauteng claims Sibiya called Mr M angrily while a police case was being opened after […]
# Die Jacob Zuma-stigting het berigte ontken dat die oudpresident en leier van die MK-party uit die hospitaal ontslaan is. Die stigting sê Zuma is steeds in die Netcare St Anne’s-hospitaal in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, waar hy volgens sy party vir ‘n roetine-ondersoek opgeneem is. Die party sê hy is in ‘n goeie luim. President Cyril […]
# Statistics South Africa announced that mining production fell by 12.7-percent in August. The decline was mainly driven by lower production of platinum group metals, coal and iron ore. Mineral sales also dropped by 15.1-percent compared with the same month last year, with gold sales falling by nearly 49-percent. Stats SA’s Juan-Pierre Terblanche says mining […]
# Die EFF het aan die Hooggeregshof in Kaapstad gesê die Parlement se Artikel 89-komitee het onregmatig opgetree toe hy Griffiths Madonsela se benoeming as hoofgetuienisleier vir die Phala Phala-ondersoek teruggetrek het. Die party se regsverteenwoordiger, Mfesane Ka-Siboto, voer aan die komitee was van die begin af bewus dat Madonsela met die ANC se studiegroep […]
# The Jacob Zuma Foundation has denied reports the former president and MK Party leader has been discharged from hospital. The foundation says Zuma remains at Netcare St Anne’s Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, which his party describes as a routine check-up, adding he was in good spirits. President Cyril Ramaphosa has also confirmed he has […]
