President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to assure South Africans that government is using every means and resource at its disposal to get more capacity onto Eskom’s grid “as a matter of extreme urgency” with the Energy Action Plan at the core. The President was addressing the nation through his weekly newsletter after South Africans have […]

The DA is today fighting in court in Pretoria to have “cadre deployment corruption” declared unconstitutional and unlawful. DA Leader, John Steenhuisen and DA Shadow Minister of Public Service, Dr Leon Schreiber, are at the North Gauteng High Court where the DA is arguing that the abolishment of cadre deployment is a fundamental prerequisite if […]

Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has welcomed a High Court Gauteng North judgment confirming that Atul Gupta is a fugitive from justice and therefore does not qualify for a South African passport, as the Department had contended. The Court issued the judgment on Friday. On 25 September 2018, having fled South Africa in the […]

Eskom Board Chairperson Mpho Makwana says the power utility is exploring the possibility of permanently implementing Stages 2 and 3 of load shedding in SA over the next two years in order to give power stations the “headroom” to address power station maintenance and ensure predictability for South Africans. He was speaking during a virtual […]

Here’s what’s coming up on Carte Blanche this week. You can watch the show today, Sunday 22 January in South Africa on DStv Now OR stream it overseas in most countries on Showmax from Tuesday 24 January if you’re abroad. The Piano Prodigy The piano is one of the most difficult musical instruments to play, […]

Betway and 10Bet are two of the most popular bookmakers in South Africa, with millions of bettors choosing to log into their services every single day. While it is a good thing that the people of SA have two incredible betting options to choose from, this also causes quite a lot of debate/confusion among newcomers […]

The South African government says it has acknowledged the frustration of South Africans, due to a combination of factors, which have led to sporadic protests that occurred on Monday in Parys, Kroonstad, Randfontein and Phoenix. It also called for calm as a series of protests were reported in parts of the country on Monday. In […]

Over the course of this week 14 generators are expected to return to service, helping to ease the pressure on the power system. Stage 4 loadshedding is being implemented from 05:00 daily until 16:00, with Stage 5 loadshedding daily from 16:00 – 05:00, a slight reprieve after last week’s Stage 6. But still devastating for small […]

Five luxury properties connected to misappropriated Lottery grants have been frozen by the Asset Forfeiture Unit. By Raymond Joseph A luxurious mountainside mansion with sweeping views of Simon’s Town and False Bay, owned by a trust controlled by dodgy Pretoria lawyer Lesley Ramulifho, was described as “five-star” when it was put up for auction a few […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled his travel plans to Davos, Switzerland, in order to deal with the current load-shedding crisis in South Africa. Although South Africans have been to this rodeo before – when the president cut short his UK trip and cancelled the New York leg to return home last year to address the […]

Loadshedding at pump stations blamed for most closures. By Steve Kretzmann Sewage spills have caused the official temporary closure of beaches and tidal pools in Cape Town this holiday season. The City blames loadshedding for the sewage spills. Dalebrook tidal pool in Kalk Bay may currently be polluted because of an extremely low tide but […]

Here’s what’s coming up on Carte Blanche this week. You can watch the show today, Sunday 15 January in South Africa on DStv Now OR stream it overseas in most countries on Showmax from Tuesday 17 January if you’re abroad. The Art of Neglect It was a flagrant heist: a man walks into a prestigious […]

The decision by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) to increase electricity tariffs by 18.65%, despite consumers spending over 120 days in darkness in 2022, with indefinite stage 6 loadshedding already in 2023, is official sanctioned daylight robbery against consumers… writes Ghaleb Cachalia MP – DA Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises. It is […]

JUST IN: Nersa has approved 18.65% Eskom tariff increase. (See video below.) I have written to President Ramaphosa to request an urgent meeting about Eskom and the growing power crisis, which now has South Africa on stage 6 until further notice… writes DA Leader, John Steenhuisen. I want to hear from him first-hand why his government […]

It was bad enough yesterday when Eskom announced that it would be implementing Stage 6 on a nightly basis “until further notice”… but this afternoon, South Africa’s power utility went a step further and announced that now Stage 6 loadshedding is being implemented “continuously until further notice”. The devastating planned power cuts are impacting not […]

South African born and raised entrepreneur, Elon Musk, has officially broken the Guinness World Record, for the “largest loss of personal fortune” in history! Guinness World Record says: “He has lost approximately $182 billion since November 2021, as estimated by Forbes, although other sources suggest that it could actually be closer to $200 billion. “Although […]

Cape Town International Airport recorded a spectacular recovery in passenger numbers during the peak season month of December 2022 when compared to pre-pandemic numbers. Preliminary stats from Airports Company SA (ACSA) show that: Cape Town International Airport recorded 266 656 international 2-way passenger numbers for December 2022, resulting in a spectacular 95% recovery when compared […]

The DA notes the expressed intention of the governing party to move Eskom away from Public Enterprises to the Ministry of Energy… writes Ghaleb Cachalia MP – DA Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises The DA is implacably against this move and will fight it, tooth and nail, with all the levers at our disposal. We share […]

Eskom suddenly announced on Tuesday night that loadshedding was to be escalated to Stage 6 during the night, starting at 21h00 and lasting until 05h00 on Wednesday morning. But then the really bad news followed. “Stage 6 nightly loadshedding will then be implemented at 16:00 – 05:00 until further notice,” said Eskom. The power utility […]

Gullible and desperate South Africans are falling prey to sophisticated international scammers. By Anton van Zyl. Gollong Investments, a Ponzi scheme GroundUp exposed in November, has collapsed. But a new scheme, New Energy International, has emerged and it appears to be very similar. According to a report by Surfshark, South Africa ranks sixth in the […]

The World Economic Forum (WEF) announced on Tuesday that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will be joining the WEF Annual Meeting in Switzerland. The meeting is scheduled to take place from 16 to 20 January in Davos. The WEF describes itself as “the international organization for public private cooperation”. This year’s theme is: “Cooperation in […]

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister, Barbara Creecy is expected to visit the South African Antarctic Programme’s Research Station, known as SANAE IV, in Queen Maud Land. In a statement, the department explained that South Africa has had a presence in the Antarctic since 1960 and has contributed to scientific knowledge in the area and […]

South Africa has issued a statement strongly condemning the events that took place in Brazil on Sunday. Rioters stormed the Congress and Supreme Court buildings in the capital city, Brasilia. According to media reports about 1,500 people have been held over Sunday’s riots. They came a week after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was […]

Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has allegedly survived a murder attempt that was made on him just a day after his resignation from South Africa’s power utility, 24 hours before the resignation was made public. De Ruyter’s coffee was apparently poisoned with cyanide. The 51-year-old reported the matter to Hermanus Police Station a couple of […]

South Africa’s Department of Tourism is calling on all black-owned tourism enterprises to apply for the Tourism Transformation Fund (TTF). The department, together with the National Empower Fund (NEF), aims to provide a financial boost to these enterprises through the fund. The department said: “The TTF aims to drive transformation in the tourism sector in […]