The government is in talks with Eskom to keep water pumps going during blackouts, the president told MPs
It was caused by the failings of the government, which has a responsibility to spare hospitals, schools and police stations to protect people’s rights
An energy action plan is slowly taking shape, with significant milestones reached recently, including obtaining a licence for Eskom’s new transmission company
But widespread, destructive flooding does qualify as a disaster
DA leader says voters face a clear choice in next year’s national polls after president lost the opportunity to pull back from the brink
In a hint of what will come in his cabinet reshuffle, the president sidelined Mantashe with plan to appoint energy minister in the presidency
With the country’s economy on the brink, the president assured the nation that ending load-shedding is his government’s top priority
The business organisation, Sakeliga, which made the application, says Covid-19 lockdowns did ‘unprecedented harm to economic and social activity’
Rebuild efforts have been mired in concerns about looting, but it could provide a much-needed stimulus to a crisis-hit province
More than 40 000 KwaZulu-Natal residents have been left homeless after more than 300mm of rain fell in a single day
Attendances rose as lockdown was eased and then lifted — but some people were lured by glamorous online churches abroad
More than 150 000 public comments were sent to the department of health after the government suspended the national state of disaster
Some coronavirus restrictions will remain as South Africa shifts out of the national state of disaster
Medical experts and political and economic analysts have slammed the latest extension to the Covid-19 State of Disaster as a “power grab”
Mayor Randall Williams joined a blitz to switch off the lights of defaulting customers – including a luxury hotel opposite the Union Buildings that owes R23-million
