# Eskom says 504-thousand-977 smart meters have been installed on load-reduction feeders country-wide, reaching 87.4-percent of its target in high-priority areas. The utility says 565 feeders have been removed from load reduction. An estimated 1.2 million customers are no longer affected, representing 70.8-percent of those targeted. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says illegal connections, electricity theft […]
# National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has referred an ANC communication on the recommended appointment of Advocate Thandazani Madonsela as evidence leader to the Section 89 Impeachment Committee. ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula disclosed that Madonsela had previously provided legal advice to the ANC on Section 89 rules and processes. Parliament spokesperson Moloto Mothapo says the […]
# Die adjunkminister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Andries Nel, sê die beëindiging van geslagsgeweld vereis dat die beleid in praktiese stappe omgesit word en tot verantwoordbaarheid lei. Nel het tydens die Suid-Afrikaanse afdeling van die Internasionale Vereniging van Vroue-Regters se jaarlikse algemene konferensie in Bloemfontein die belangrikheid van beleid vir beskerming beklemtoon wat verantwoordbaarheid, […]
# Eskom has welcomed the convictions of former contractor Michael Lomas and businessman Hudson Kgomoeswana over procurement irregularities and corruption in the past linked to the Kusile Power Station project. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says the convictions mark another milestone in efforts to hold accountable those accused of misusing public funds. She says the utility […]
# Die regering het die moord op twee lede van die Teen-bende-eenheid in Reiger Park veroordeel. Hulle is na bewering in ‘n lokval gelei en doodgeskiet. Die adjunk-regeringswoordvoerder William Baloyi sê wetstoepassingsagentskappe het hulpbronne ontplooi om die skuldiges op te spoor. Hy sê optredes soos Operasie Shanela is gemik op misdaadbrandpunte, gesoekte verdagtes en misdaadnetwerke, […]
# Die DA-leier Geordin Hill-Lewis het gebrekkige munisipaliteite gekritiseer en gesê Suid-Afrikaners verdien plaaslike regerings wat basiese dienste lewer. Met die bekendstelling van die party se manifes in Johannesburg het Hill-Lewis drie sleutelbeloftes gemaak, insluitend die aanstelling van gekwalifiseerde en eerlike mense in munisipale poste, die beskerming van water- en elektrisiteitsinkomste en die versekering dat […]
# Die polisie- en gevangenisdiensvakbond, POPCRU, het ‘n beroep gedoen op gekoördineerde en meetbare nasionale programme om aanvalle op wetstoepassingsbeamptes te voorkom en intelligensie-gedrewe polisiëring te verbeter. Dit volg op die moord op twee beamptes van die Teen-bende-eenheid in Reiger Park, Ekurhuleni. Die vakbond sê die maatreëls is om te verseker dat aanvalle op polisiepersoneel […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union have called for coordinated and measurable national programmes to prevent attacks on law-enforcement officers, and improve intelligence-led policing. This follows the killing of two Anti-Gang Unit officers in Reiger Park, Ekurhuleni. The union says the measures are to ensure that attacks on police personnel receive immediate and […]
# DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has criticised dysfunctional municipalities, saying South Africans deserve local governments that deliver basic services. Launching the party’s manifesto in Johannesburg, Hill-Lewis made three key promises including appointing qualified and honest people to municipal positions, protecting water and electricity revenue for those services, and enforcing consequences for corruption and wasteful spending. […]
