Category: South Africa

Johannesburg – Eldorado Park will be without electricity until next week after a transformer blew at the substation during repair work. Residents are protesting over the lack of power. The utility had promised that it would be restored by Wednesday this week. The are hasn’t had power since before the Easter weekend.

Johannesburg – President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet ministers will have to account fort he deaths of over 430 people in the KwaZulu-Natal floods. That is according to Climate Justice Charter Movement. The movement is taking government to court for the lives lost. It says these deaths could have been prevented if the government took […]

Johannesburg – The country is going nowhere because of rolling blackouts. That is according to independent energy expert, Lungile Mashele. She said government needs to procure additional capacity. “If nothing is done, we are going to have this conversation throughout the winter, into the summer months and for the next couple of years,” Mashele said. […]

Durban – The eThekwini Municipality says families of flood victims will be provided with R15,000 for burial assistance. Many of the families who have been affected have been appealing for shelter, food and other necessities. The community of Ward 44 in Emachobeni, Inanda, held a memorial service on Wednesday to remember those that lost their […]

Johannesburg – Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter is assuring South Africans there will be no national blackout. The country is on Stage 4 blackouts after the Majuba and Tutuka power stations tripped. De Ruyter was giving an update on the power system earlier. He said the outlook is improving and the power cuts will be […]

Johannesburg – Relief efforts are continuing in KwaZulu-Natal. The death toll has risen to 448 and many are still missing. KZN CoGTA MEC Sipho Hlomuka said the full extent of the damage is still being assessed. He’s hoping a preliminary report will be released before the end of this week. “So far the damage is […]

Johannesburg – The township of Pimville in Soweto will be brought to a standstill. That is the warning from residents who met on Tuesday over the killing of a resident. A woman, Kgomotso Diale, was gunned down while others were injured. It is believed a group of gunmen, believed to be foreigners from a nearby […]

Johannesburg – Fourteen suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of Zimbabwean national Elvis Nyathi in Diepsloot earlier this month. They appeared in court on Tuesday. Police Minister Bheki Cele and Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi visited the area following the killing and protests. The two ministers promised to embark on a joint […]

Johannesburg – President Cyril Ramaphosa has proclaimed the National State of Disaster due to excessive flooding. According to Ramaphosa, the flood’s consequences will be felt across the country. At least 443 people have perished as a result of the flooding, with more than 60 people still missing. South Africa deployed 10,000 troops on Monday to […]

Johannesburg – Power utility Eskom has been forced to implement stage 4 loadshedding on Tuesday. Eskom said units at the Majuba and Tutuka power stations have tripped, forcing the power utility to implement stage 4 blackouts. Stage 2, which has been in place since Sunday, was supposed to end early on Wednesday. Regretfully, Eskom has […]