Ben Ngubane has told the State Capture Commission of Inquiry that his predecessor had told the board that Matshela Koko had been caught on camera on a ‘sexual escapade’ with a fellow Eskom employee, and the former CEO Tshediso Matona did not investigate the matter. FILE: Former Eskom board chairperson Ben Ngubane. Picture: EWN. JOHANNESBURG […]
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Eight buses were destroyed in arson attacks across the city and it has cost Golden Arrow over R19 million in damages. One of the Golden Arrow buses that was torched in Delft on 14 August 2020. Picture: Wayne Dyson, spokesperson for Cape Town law enforcement CAPE TOWN – A reward is still on offer for […]
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Thandeka Mdeliswa’s family concerned no arrests made for her murder The 34-year-old actress, who was best known for her role on SABC 1’s ‘Ikani’ , was shot last week at her home in Evander in Mpumalanga and later died in hospital over the weekend. Thandeka Mdeliswa. Picture: SABC. JOHANNESBURG – The family of slain actress […]
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The Nersa approval allows the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy to procure additional energy beyond, but not excluding, Eskom and including renewable energy. Picture: Pexels. CAPE TOWN – Government can now buy energy from more sources outside of Eskom. The move is part of a bigger plan to diversify South Africa’s energy mix as […]
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Site managers said that strict crowd management protocols had been put in place to ensure the safety of visitors. Cango Caves. Picture: www.cango-caves.co.za CAPE TOWN – After a nearly six-month-long lockdown, the Cango Caves in Oudtshoorn will reopen its doors to the public today. Site managers said that strict crowd management protocols had been put […]
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The Health Professions Council took action against Doctor Jacques de Vos for advising a woman that an unborn baby constituted human life. Attorney Martus de Wet (left) and Dr Jacques De Vos (right) at the Health Professions Council fo South Africa’s hearing on 27 August 2019. Picture: Kevin Brandt/EWN. CAPE TOWN – A doctor charged […]
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South African investors have had a challenging time in financial markets, largely due to lacklustre returns from local equities. This is at a time when global equities have done well, and post-apartheid South Africa is going through possibly one of the most challenging times from a political and economic standpoint. The news flow has been […]
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Figures for the country’s production released this week by Statistics South Africa paint a grim picture of the local mining industry. Production output for the second quarter shrank by 73,1%, the third most affected by the global pandemic, after construction at 76,6% and manufacturing at 74,91%. And this was coming off a relatively low base: […]
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The sky is indeed the limit for South Africa’s bold and innovative entrepreneurs, as TikTok – the leading destination for short-form videos – in partnership with The Gritti Fund, the world’s first purpose-driven and happiness-focused investment fund, today launch the innovative and daring Pitch Up in The Sky – the world’s first elevator pitching event of its kind. Pitch […]
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The SARB is expected to hold the repo rate next week, despite over a third (36%) of economists on Finder’s repo rate panel calling for a rate cut. Nine of the eleven panellists (82%) are forecasting a hold and just two (18%) – economist at Rand Merchant Bank, Mpho Molopyane, and professor of economics at […]
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