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The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) on Thursday called for a municipal state of emergency to be declared in Pretoria. ”A municipal state of emergency must be declared in terms of the…
Disaster centre activated as floods hit Pretoria
The Tshwane metropolitan council has activated its disaster operations centre as several parts of Pretoria experienced flooding due to heavy rains in the city. ”The centre…
DA: Power cuts could undermine SA’s growth
South Africa’s future growth could be severely compromised by the country’s lack of sufficient power capacity, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Thursday. DA spokesperson…
Power cuts to continue on Thursday
Power cuts are set to continue on Thursday, the Tshwane municipality said. ”Once again, load-shedding is due to Eskom generation constraints,” said municipal spokesperson Console…
SA’s electricity consumption on the up
The estimated consumption of electricity in November 2007 increased by 2,8% compared with November 2006, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. The estimated volume of…
Pilots make New Year emergency landings
Two plane crashes were averted on New Year’s Day as pilots made emergency landings at Wonderboom Airport, Pretoria authorities said on Wednesday. In the first incident, at about…
Cape Town to challenge Eskom on load shedding
The City of Cape Town says it has asked for a top-level meeting with Eskom over power cuts and their threat to new investments. The request comes in the wake of an announcement…
Eskom: Load shedding could extend into next week
Load shedding could be extended to the weekend and Monday if electricity demand is not reduced and the supply situation not normalised, Eskom said on Friday afternoon. Eskom said…
Load shedding under way in Tshwane
There will be power failures in Tshwane for two to three hours per area until Eskom has sorted out its problems, the municipality said on Friday. Spokesperson Console Tleane…
Host cities to kick off 2010 countdown
The eight 2010 Soccer World Cup host cities will hold celebrations to mark the beginning of the 1Â 000-day countdown to the event, the City of Tshwane said on Thursday. President…
Tshwane mulls firing refuse companies
The City of Tshwane was considering on Monday evening whether or not to fire companies it had hired to remove refuse. ”We are mulling over it and considering all factors,” said…