The utility’s reasoning in papers before court showed, if true, that the timeframes in its Generation Recovery Plan cannot be met, applicants in a constitutional challenge say
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The stayaway will test the party’s leadership, machinery and ability to mobilise its supporters on the streets and in the election booths
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The Road Accident Fund said it could not heed a high court order to pay R301 million to Sunshine Hospital that is dedicated to crash victims
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The ANC’s economic transformation committee deputy chair said the party would have difficulty justifying why it should return to power if load-shedding continued
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Ramaphosa will continue to mouth platitudes and leave the police minister to his empty promises
But Kholeka Gcaleka has recommended that action be taken against former presidential protection service head Wally Rhoode
Electricity minister Sputla Ramakgopa’s brief is to get himself fired. Not coal-fired, that is, but to work himself out of his job
The new electricity minister says that he will not interfere with the process of hiring a new Eskom chief executive but this needed to be done soon
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The shifts were not about improving government’s efficiency but about securing political futures
Only the uninitiated or the hopelessly optimistic would have been merely disappointed by last night’s long and needlessly delayed cabinet announcement
Nkosasana Dlamini Zuma, a 30 year cabinet veteran is now the minister in the presidency responsible for women, youth and persons with disabilities
The president has increased his already bloated cabinet, promising once again to reduce it in time
The new minister will be expected to coordinate all departments responsible for the energy response, and will also be responsible for turnaround plans and overseeing new generation capacity
The president announced that Paul Mashatile will become deputy president and Kgosientsho Ramokgopa as the new Electricity Minister
The president will finally announce changes to his cabinet
Neither the utility nor its former CEO have replied to a letter of demand issued by the ruling party. They were given until Wednesday to do so
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula has confirmed that Ebrahim Patel becoming a member of parliament will make way for a non-MP to become a cabinet minister
Only the government — not Eskom or municipalities — can address load-shedding by building more capacity and ensuring sufficient supply, the parties said
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Syndicates, sabotage, theft and inaction by those in the know has helped bring the state-owned power producer to its knees, hurting the country in the process
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DD the Cat, like André de Donker, has finally got his Don’t Come Monday – which both of them had been waiting for
The president can now turn to the high court to overturn the report that found he should face an impeachment inquiry
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The announcement comes just hours after deputy president David Mabuza resigns from parliament
He tendered his resignation as deputy president and member of parliament to National Assembly speaker Mapisa-Nqakula on Tuesday
The ANC’s national working committee was unilateral in committing to use all its resources to hire the best legal minds to challenge De Ruyter
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EFF leader Julius Malema has called for South Africans to join the party during its national shutdown aimed at unseating President Cyril Ramaphosa
Government departments will be compelled to introduce power saving measures and to move to alternative energy sources
The president has asked Eastern Cape ANC chair Oscar Mabuyane to add Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to the province’s parliamentary list
The maligned former Eskom CEO challenged the notion that it was foolish to shut ageing power stations and focus on procuring more renewable capacity
The meeting will take place on Monday night on the energy state of disaster as as anticipation builds over a cabinet reshuffle
In these difficult times, a summit aims to help with the urgent need for our leaders to act responsibly to instil caring, compassionate and conscious values
Our uncle in the load-shedding business sits on his couch and faces zero accountability
As a country, our struggling economy is hitched to both the prospects of the East and the West. Being frozen out by any of them, would be punishing for all