Sloganeering will not resolve our electricity crisis
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Load-shedding suspended during the day this weekend: There will be no load-shedding from 5am to 4pm this weekend, Eskom announced on Friday.
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- His upcoming retirement signifies the end of decades of leadership in the public service.
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Cadre deployment records show how ANC hampered progress on CEO appointment at SAA and Eskom
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Quick Glance: DA to Sue ANC for Contempt of Court
- DA leader John Steenhuisen says the ANC has violated a recent ConCourt order to submit full records of its cadre deployment committee's meetings and decisions from 2013 to 2021.
- The DA will file a contempt of court application against the ANC for failing to provide complete and unredacted records of its cadre deployment documents.
- The DA also plans to appeal the North Gauteng High Court's dismissal of their application to challenge the legality and constitutionality of the ANC's cadre deployment policy.
- The party blames an employee, citing a crashed computer and deleted records, for the inability to fully disclose the required records.
Budget 2024: Eskom has generated a loss of R24 billion: The National Treasury has disclosed that from 2022 to 2023, Eskom generated a loss of R24 billion.
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Stage 6 load-shedding until further notice: It has been a case of one step forward and two back over the last 24 hours for the national power provider ...
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Quick Glance: Continued Stage 6 Power Reduction
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- A unit at Kusile was lost on Friday but restored this morning.
- Unit 1 at Lethabo and unit 5 at Majuba were deactivated.
- Although two units were reinstated, two units were also deactivated in the past 24 hours.
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- Malema emphasizes the soldiers' lack of suitability for the mission and urges immediate cessation of deployment.
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