South African utility Eskom said on Tuesday it would be forced to resume rotational power cuts from midday to 22:00 due to breakdowns in its generating units which slashed power supply. "Eskom regrets to inform the public that due to a severely con…
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Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe, who tested positive for the coronavirus (Covid-19) recently, was discharged from hospital on Sunday evening, the presidency said. "The minister tested positive for Covid-19 on 14 July 2020 and w…
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Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has been admitted to hospital on Monday, days after contracting Covid-19. Mantashe, along with his wife Nolwandle, whose positive status last week has been confirmed. In a statement, the government c…
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Eskom’s income has shrunk by about R2.5 billion in April as energy demand plummeted due to the country’s national lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the power utility’s CEO Andre de Ruyter said on Wednesday. "We have seen a reduction in…
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a national lockdown in South Africa as the government announced measures to curtail the spread of novel coronavirus (Covid-19). "The National Coronavirus Command Council has decided to enforce a nation-wide …
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The Minerals Council South Africa on Wednesday said it believed Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has taken important steps to address South Africa’s economic crisis, building on the direction from President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Addre…
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About 100 members of the National Union of Metalworkers (Numsa) from Lanxess chrome mine in Rustenburg braved the scorching sun on Wednesday, to march against exploitation in the mines. Dressed in red union T-shirts they chanted as they snaked through …
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After a short hiatus from Twitter, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is once again posting prolifically, using the platform at the weekend to call for a public debate, possibly a referendum, on the use of taxpayers’ money to bail out failing State-owned en…
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After a short hiatus from Twitter, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is once again posting prolifically, using the platform at the weekend to call for a public debate, possibly a referendum, on the use of taxpayers’ money to bail out failing State-owned en…
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Portia Derby has been appointed group chief executive of Transnet, the department of public enterprises said on Friday night. The appointment was made following "an extensive and rigorous search", the department said via an emailed statement.
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