Sustainable Energy: A Crucial Component To Accelerate SA’s Economic Recovery

Against the backdrop of severe economic pressure and an unreliable electricity supply, the local uptake of sustainable energy is gaining rapid momentum with solar power, in particular, proving key to unlocking the economic recovery that South Africa so desperately needs. This is according to Manie de Waal, CEO of EP Solar – a division of Energy […]

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WATCH LIVE: Ben Ngubane answers questions about Eskom, Gupta dealings

WATCH LIVE: Ben Ngubane answers questions on Eskom at Zondo Inquiry Former Eskom board chairperson Ben Ngubane is appearing at the state capture inquiry. He is expected to give evidence on his time at Eskom. A screengrab of former Eskom board chairperson Ben Ngubane appearing at the state capture inquiry on 11 September 2020. Picture: […]

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CT law enforcement officers need better training in handling arrests – expert

Policing expert Eldred de Klerk was responding to a video showing city traffic officials manhandling an 18-year-old. City of Cape Town law enforcement officers during a passing out parade at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on 9 February 2020. Picture: @alanwinde/Twitter CAPE TOWN – A policing expert said that City of Cape Town’s law enforcement […]

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PE man handed eight-year sentence for possession, distribution of child porn

Kerwin Budden (42) was sentenced to 12 years behind bars in the Port Elizabeth Regional Court. Four years were suspended for five years. CAPE TOWN – A Port Elizabeth man on Thursday was slapped with an effective eight-year jail term for the possession and distribution of child porn. Kerwin Budden (42) was sentenced to 12 […]

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NGO disappointed with sentencing delay of abusive former creche caregiver

Nellie Senwametsi used to work as a caregiver at the Ninnies Neurons Nursery. FILE: The Ninnies Neurons Nursery School where a teacher was filmed beating children. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – Rights group Women and Men Against Child Abuse on Thursday said that it was disappointed by the latest delay in the sentencing of a former […]

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Tshwane promises to clear garbage backlog after contract lapse halts service

Rubbish has been piling up across the metro and open fields have been turned into informal dumping sites because waste removal vehicles were unavailable. JOHANNESBURG – The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality on Thursday said that it was working to remove rubbish from the streets of the capital after waste removal services ground to a […]

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Klein tells Zondo Inquiry that some Eskom board decisions weren’t the best

The state capture commission of inquiry said each one of three were paid over R6 million. A screengrab of former Eskom board member Venete Klein appearing at the state capture inquiry in Johanneburg on 10 September 2020. Picture: SABC/YouTube JOHANNESBURG – Former Eskom board member Venete Klein on Thursday said that the R18 million that […]

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As coronavirus cases fall, WC Health frees up capacity for non-COVID-19 cases

Head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that they had devised a strategy that would allow for the rolling out of services with the least amount of coronavirus infection risk. FILE: A man is screened and tested for COVID-19. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – The Western Cape has recorded more than 100,000 COVID-19 recoveries. According […]

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Clicks to award scholarships to black female students in wake of racist ad

It is part of an agreement struck between company and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) following a meeting on Thursday. EFF representatives, led by party leader Julius Malema, met with a delegation from Unilever on 10 September 2020 following demonstrations over a racist ad for TRESemme hair products that appeared on the Clicks website. Picture: […]

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Zandile Gumede’s lawyer decries delay in corruption trial

Gumede and 16 others face corruption charges linked to tender fraud amounting to over R400 million. She appeared in the Durban Commercial Crimes Court on Thursday. Zandiel Gumede appeared in the Durban Commercial Crimes Court on Thursday 10 September 2020, where the matter was postponed to 10 December for the State to complete its forensic […]

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