# The National Energy Regulator says it does not issue confirmations, licences, exemptions or any other form of correspondence to wholesale licence applicants who do not own petroleum storage facilities regulated under the Petroleum Pipelines Act. NERSA has received numerous requests from various entities seeking confirmation of storage licences. Spokesperson Charles Hlebela says the regulator will only consider applications […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions has not held any formal meeting with the South African Communist Party leadership regarding participation in the proposed Conference of the Left. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says no constitutional structure of the federation has discussed, debated, or resolved whether the federation will participate in or associate itself with […]
# 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 […]
# Home Affairs minister, Leon Schreiber is inviting members of the public to submit their written comments on the digital identity draft regulations by 6 June, before the regulations are finalised for promulgation. He says the draft regulations are designed to create the required regulatory framework for the introduction of a cutting-edge Digital Identity system in […]
# 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 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 […]
