Fri 20 May 2022: Eskom has announced that stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 17:00 – 22:00 on Friday, on Saturday and on Sunday evenings. “Due to the continued shortage of generation capacity, stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 17:00 until 22:00 tonight. Load shedding will be repeated at the same […]
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Fri 20 May 2022: The unprecedented figure is the result of new waves of violence and protracted conflict in countries ranging from Ethiopia and Afghanistan to Syria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. People living in internal displacement due to conflicts or natural disasters worldwide reached a record 59.1 million at the end of 2021, up from 55 million a year earlier, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre […]
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Fri 20 May 2022: A survey by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has revealed that at least 826 companies were affected by the recent floods in KwaZulu-Natal, with the cost of the damage estimated at R7 billion. KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala said on Thursday the top three districts that had the biggest impact […]
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Thu 19 May 2022: The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has called upon residents to exercise extreme caution as inclement weather conditions are expected this weekend. This follows a South African Weather Service (SAWS) advisory that a cut-off low pressure system could bring light snowfall, freezing temperatures and severe thunderstorms in parts […]
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Thu 19 May 2022: Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the release of high demand spectrum has paved the way for telcos, or telecommunications companies, to start building next generation 5G networks. Ntshavheni said this when she tabled the department’s budget vote during a mini-plenary of the National Assembly on Wednesday. “The release […]
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Wed 18 May 2022: Parliament says it is in the process of “establishing appropriate systems” which will help it to “process and oversee” the implementation of the State Capture Report. The full report is due to be handed over to the legislative body following the submission of the last tranche of the report to President […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: The delegates of the BRICS countries had a high-level conference on Tuesday, during which they decided to deepen and extend multilayered cooperation in the subject of climate change, according to the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Under the chairmanship of Chinese Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu, delegates […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: Eskom Chief Operating Officer, Jan Oberholzer, says Eskom may be forced to increase load shedding from Stage 3 load shedding to Stage 4 if the power utility fails to gather enough generation capacity to feed national peak demand. According to Oberholzer, Eskom suffered at least eight major breakdowns at its power […]
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Mon 16 May 2022: No country and economy can consider itself to be at the forefront of progress if its success and riches have been built on the backs of children, says President Cyril Ramaphosa. President Ramaphosa was delivering an address at the Fifth Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, in partnership with […]
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Mon 16 May 2022: Mali’s military junta announced its withdrawal from the G5 Sahel multi-national military group in West Africa on Sunday, claiming a lack of progress in rooting out an insurgency. Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger formed the G5 Sahel in 2014, and its anti-insurgent force was launched in 2017 as part […]
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