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News24 | Winter load shedding to be contained at Stage 2 – Eskom
Eskom has not ruled out load shedding for winter, but said its base case would be limited to Stage 2.
FRIDAY, 26 APRIL 2024, 17:01
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Eskom has not ruled out load shedding for winter, but said its base case would be limited to Stage 2.
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Elliott Investment Management has built a roughly $1 billion (roughly R19 billion) stake in Anglo American, people with knowledge of the matter said, adding to the pressure on the UK-listed miner after it rejected a takeover approach from Australia’s BHP Group.
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The president of the ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa, said the government was not using load shedding as a strategy to influence voter behaviour in the forthcoming elections.
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South Africa’s energy crisis formed a golden thread through several concerns international human rights watchdog Amnesty International raised about the country in its latest report on the global state of human rights.
South Africa
Angry security guards who have been protesting outside the offices of the Gauteng Department of Health following the termination of their month-to-month contracts, say they will continue the fight to get their jobs back.
South Africa
Defence counsel Thulani Mngomezulu said he is unwell.
South Africa
The DA plans to put in place job seekers’ grants and do away with the R350 monthly social relief of distress grant if it is put in power – but it says the move will only be viable as long as there is economic growth and sufficient tax revenue to fund it.
South Africa
A Cape Town woman’s successful court bid to have her husband involuntarily sent to a drug rehabilitation facility has been set aside in the Western Cape High Court because he did not have a lawyer to speak on his behalf.
World
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother deny allegations of rape and human trafficking.
World
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the US will act if China does not stop sending parts to Russia.
World
Syria has avoided getting embroiled in the Gaza war, experts said, despite a strike on Iran’s Damascus consulate, blamed on Israel, that threatened to ignite a regional conflagration.
World
Joan Donoghue speaks to BBC Hardtalk about the case brought by South Africa to the ICJ over alleged violations of the Genocide Convention by Israel.
Africa
South Africa’s former president hits out at corruption within the governing party.
Africa
The policing minister appeared to ask an audience member if Rwanda and Congo were different countries.
Africa
Three more African countries have joined a rollout of malaria vaccines targeting millions of children in a continent that accounts for 95 percent of malaria deaths, the UN said Thursday.
Africa
Tanzania on Thursday dismissed as “unfounded” allegations of killings, reape rights abuses and the planned evictions of over 20 000 people that led the World Bank to suspend funding for a $150 million conservation project.
Business
Johannesburg is home to the most dollar millionaires in South Africa, with many based around the richest square mile in Africa.
Business
The FPB has withdrawn a notice that laid out new fines and jail terms for South Africans found guilty of spreading misinformation online.
Business
Implats is looking to retrench thousands of workers, adding to the major job cuts affecting those in the South African mining sector.
Business
The NCOP has approved two reports from the Ethics Committee which updates ethical codes of conduct and exposes and seeks discipline for members who failed to disclose interests.
Politics
The ANCWL says the deployment of women in strategic positions is not yet fulfilled,
Politics
The former president said people would be seeing a lot of him from now on, even though he not put aside his concerns about the ANC
Politics
Steenhuisen warns South Africans not to be fooled by what he called load shedding manipulation
Politics
The court had ordered the ANC to hand over its full cadre deployment records to the DA.
Sport
Charlie Woods, the 15-year-old son of 15-time major champion Tiger Woods, carded an 81 to fail in his bid to qualify for the US Open.
Sport
Manchester City striker Khadija is ruled out for the remainder of the season with a foot injury.
Sport
Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou says his players are aware at what is at stake against Arsenal.
Sport
Charl Schwartzel’s wife Rosalind has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Treatment is now well underway with the prognosis looking good.
Education
As pro-Palestinian demonstrations roil campus, the station’s undergraduate reporters – working 18 hour days – have become an essential news source
“The turning point was certainly immediate, very sudden … We received a tip at 4am that there would be a demonstration on Columbia’s campus, and pretty soon after that, we went live on air.”
The presenter, Georgia Dillane, is describing the moment on...
Education
The California university cancelled Asna Tabassum’s speech because of ‘security concerns’. The real reason is cowardice
When Asna Tabassum, a hijab-wearing Muslim, was announced as the valedictorian for the University of Southern California class of 2024, my initial reaction was the thought of my south Asian mother saying, “What are you doing? Why aren’t you valedictorian?” But what...
Education
Experts say high school seniors are more likely to go to college if they complete the financial aid form, but the state sees privacy issues with mandating it.
Education
Lessons from a tumultuous summer.
Lifestyle
Discover daily furry fun facts. Whether adorable or kind of gross, our pets never cease to amaze us. Join us in exploring their world!
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Expensive equipment and music belonging to Afrotainment artists were stolen during a burglary at DJ Tira’s studio.
Entertainment
Entertainment
The Women King star Chioma Umeala is driven by closing the gap in terms of representation for black women in the world of animé.
Entertainment
Entertainment
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader shares a report: With Windows 11 24H2 all geared up to have AI-intensive applications, Microsoft has added a code that will warn you if your PC does not meet the hardware requirements, according to code dug up by Twitter/X sleuth Albacore. The warning will be displayed as a watermark so you know that you cannot use certain AI-powered built-in apps because of an unsupported...
Science/Tech
Unravel the tangled world of cords and find the ones you need to charge your gadgets and transfer data.
Science/Tech
The National Highway Safety Administration said it had concerns about how Tesla handled the recall based on recent crashes and testing of cars that had been updated.
Science/Tech
The exchange has announced that it will no longer be offering rebates for market makers, except on its crypto-fiat pairs.
Motoring
Motoring
Newly launched Chery-owned brand’s latest models will also be the most powerful ever sold in local soil.
Motoring
Motoring
Health
The women underwent the cosmetic procedure at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico.
Health
A historian and sociologist of science re-examines the “posture panic” of the last century. You’ll want to sit down for this.
Health
There is no evidence that the milk is unsafe to drink, scientists say. But the survey result strongly hints that the outbreak may be widespread.
Health
As a childbirth educator and maternal advocate, she promoted a profession that provides comfort to women giving birth and offers postpartum care as well.
Nature
The South African Weather Service is partnering with French company Meteorage to improve the use of lightning data for the safety of people, animals and infrastructure.
Nature
The World Bank is advising South Africa’s National Treasury on a climate risk strategy after floods in recent years caused billions of dollars of damage.
Nature
More than 530 stranded loggerhead turtle hatchlings have been admitted to the Cape Town aquarium’s Turtle Conservation Centre in just two weeks.
Nature
Last week, the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal was mopping up damage after being battered by heavy, unexpected rainfall over the weekend. How seriously should your political party take such issues? Here’s what voters think.