Tauhierah Salie

LOCAL Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter says the renewed implementation of rolling blackouts was caused by a shortage of generation capacity following breakdowns of another two generating units overnight. De Ruyter says there is currently a power shortage of nearly 14 000 megawatts due to unplanned maintenance. According to an Eskom statement, Stage 2 loadshedding was implemented this morning at 11h00 and will continue until 05h00 on Monday. De Ruyter says with […]

LOCAL Deputy Director-General for Operations at Statistic South Africa (Stats SA) Ashwell Jenneker says rolling blackouts and community protests in various parts of KwaZulu-Natal have disrupted the start of Census 2022. The last Census in 2011 recorded over ten-million KwaZulu-Natal residents. The closing date for household registration has been extended to Saturday, to allow people to select whether they would like to be counted in person or remotely. Jenneker says rolling blackouts are […]

LOCAL Statistics South Africa will on Wednesday begin with what it calls Census night during which it will count people such as the homeless and those who may be away from their homes and staying at hotels, travelling or who are in hospitals. The fourth population tally will run from February 3-28. Household registration for the country’s first digital Census began last week and will end on Friday. Over 160 000 […]

The MJC Halal Trust is appealing to the Muslim community to partake in its latest survey, to gain insight into the perception of “halal” and how it can be maintained. It follows heated debate around concerns over an increasing number of ‘halal-friendly’ establishments, labeling mishaps and calls for the industry to be better regulated. MJCHT Chief of operations Moulana Zakariya Philander explains that the body has played a monitoring, auditing […]

Parliament’s portfolio committee on Basic Education says it is deeply concerned by gangsterism in Cape Town schools. The committee visited seven schools in the Cape Metropolitan area yesterday. Chairperson, Bongiwe Mbinqo-Gigaba, says they understand that the issue of gangsters and criminality stems from communities and society, and in most instances, this follows learners into schools. She says it is very difficult for teaching and learning to happen in an environment […]

Brace yourself! Motorists will yet again have to pay more at the pumps as fuel prices are set to increase at midnight tonight. Petrol will rise by 53 cents a litre, diesel is up by 80 cents a litre, and illuminating paraffin by a whopping R1.01 cents a litre. The ‘Febru-worry’ increases will push fuel prices in the country close to the record highs experienced in December last year. Going […]

LOCAL Speaker of the National Assembly, Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula has appealed to the public not to speculate on the cause of the fire that destroyed parts of Parliament. She was speaking at the handing over of the City Hall by Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis. The president will be hosting the SONA from the historic building on Feb 10th. It comes ahead of alleged arsonist and terrorist Zandile Mafe’s next […]