Author: Tshegofatso Letsie
The Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan has announced that the department will be submitting an urgent appeal against the judgement handed down by the North Gauteng High Court last Friday on power cuts exemptions. “The department has studied the ruling and has determined through legal advice that the prudent step to take is to lodge an appeal to set aside the ruling and allow for the ongoing efforts to end loadshedding to proceed without putting undue risk on the country’s grid infrastructure’’ he said. South Africans will this week get plunged into more darkness as Eskom ramped up blackouts…
As the convicted Facebook rapist and murderer, Thabo Bester’s escape mystery continues to untangle, actress “Simz”, full name Simphiwe Ngema finally broke her silence on the matter. In a statement published on her Instagram on Wednesday morning, Ngema admitted to being the celeb that visited Bester at the Mangaung Correctional Facility. “Thabo Bester was working in the entertainment industry and introduced himself as TK Motsepe, that’s how we made contact. He seemed well connected and was able to organise meetings and big events which I and many other public figures were booked for ” said Ngema in the statement. Reports…
South Africa’s energy battle went beyond that of electricity, after TV and radio host Sibusiso Leope, affectionately known as ‘DJ Sbu’ took jabs at the new sports drink, Prime. ‘’It’s nothing special. It’s not like it’s a drink you will drink that will drive your car or give you the Lotto numbers. It’s not gonna make you good at what you do’’, he said on his YouTube channel. His remarks come after the drink created a frenzy here and reportedly sold out in most outlets across the world. Owned by popular Youtubers, KSI and Logan Paul, reports suggest that…
In an interview with 702, Minister of Mineral and Energy Resources, Gwede Mantashe cited lack of investments in new power stations by the private sector as a cause for South Africa’s energy disaster. “When the Eskom board said to the state there will be the end of the electricity surplus by 2007, please start the build programme, they delayed it because they banked on the private sector taking an interest. No private sector took an interest’’, he said. However, the DA has shot back and accused Mantashe for using the private sector as a scapegoat for his failure to…
In his first parliamentary questions and answer session, Deputy President Paul Mashatile dismissed suggestions that president Cyril Ramaphosa is being protected from answering questions on the Phala Phala farm scandal. Mashatile appealed to the MPs to trust the processes that were put in place to deal with the matter. “The president has expressed his commitment to cooperate fully with all the investigations. I think sometimes we are in a hurry to see the President guilty without going through due processes. “We are a democracy and we have set up independent institutions to investigate. Nobody is interfering with them and I…
While at the national level, the government, political parties and NGOs are opposed to the EFF’s planned shutdown, in the North West’s Dr. Kenneth Kaunda District, local businesses, churches, civil society and the taxi industry are dead set against the planned mass protests on Monday. However, the EFF’s Regional spokesperson Banele Faku said they are more than prepared and all 84 wards are preparing to close down all roads across Dr. Kenneth Kaunda. Faku said unemployment forums, civil society, and other stakeholders will be joining in. “We have received a very much positive response from a number of churches today,…
Briefing the media on Sunday in Pretoria, the spokesperson for the Presidency Vincent Magwenya said they have taken note of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) warrant of arrest for Russia’s head of state, Vladimir Putin. The ICC’s warrant of arrest comes ahead of the BRICS Summit which will be chaired by South Africa from 22 to 24 August 2023, under the theme’’ BRICS and Africa: Partnership for mutually accelerated growth, sustainable development and inclusive multilateralism”. Putin is expected to attend the Brics summit along with his Brics partners President Xi Jinping of China, Brazil’s Lula da Silva and India’s Prime…
The Johannesburg High Court yesterday dismissed the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) urgent court application to have the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) planned national shutdown declared as unlawful in an effort to stop Monday’s march from taking place. “The applicant’s application to have the national shutdown, which is planned and called by the first respondent and which is scheduled to commence on Monday, March 20, declared unlawful, be and is hereby dismissed”, the court judgement read. This application was filed on March 14, with the DA trying to stop the march saying it is concerned about how the shutdown will impact the…
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has applied for an urgent court interdict against the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF’s) planned shutdown on Monday 20 March and asked for the party’s leadership to be held accountable should there be any casualties or damages to property during their programme of action. The EFF Spokesperson Leigh-Ann Mathys hit back at the DA and labelled the party’s legal action as ‘frivolous’. “None of the stakeholders who will be taking part in the march, the EFF included, have expressed any intention to commit any criminality or violence. “The DA is creating false alarm because it relies on…
The Labour Appeal Court of South Africa has interdicted the strike action by Nehawu yet its members have vowed to intensify their actions as from today. In the judgement by the court, the workers were ordered to cease their strike actions and demonstrations at health facilities where some of their members are making it difficult for sick and critical patients to access health care. The strike by health care workers has been violent and messy as Nehawu members have been accused of intimidation and stopping doctors, nurses and paramedics from performing their duties or getting into hospitals. As a result,…