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Electricity technician dies 12 days after vandalised cables explode in his face

A Cape Town electricity official has died 12 days after being injured while trying to fix cables damaged by theft and vandalism. A council statement on Saturday said Terence Stringer died in hospital from injuries he sustained when severely vandalised cables in Gugulethu exploded. Stringer, four contractors and a member of the public were injured when the insulation of the damaged cables deteriorated and caused an explosion, the city said. […]

today23 April 2022

Local

Eskom electricity tarrif increase comes under scrutiny

Cope says government should review the 15% electricity tariff increase that kicked in on Thursday. The party's spokesperson Dennis Bloem has condemned the electricity hike. He says it will further kill the economy and hit the poor and unemployed the hardest: “Government can never justify this increase. Millions of people have lost their jobs. The unemployment figure is rising by the day. Very soon the electricity will be reserved for […]

today3 April 2021

News

City sets its sights on power generation following gazette

The City of Cape Town has welcomed the news that South African municipalities now can source their own power as opposed to buying electricity from Eskom. It comes after Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe gazetted amendments to the Electricity Regulations on New Generation Capacity last week. It also follows President Cyril Ramaphosa commitment to supplying sustainable energy as part of his recent economic recovery plan. The energy is […]

today20 October 2020

News

Protest against City’s tariff proposals

Civic organisation and residents are planning to take to the streets of Cape Town to protest against the City of Cape Town’s proposal for a 26.9 percent in municipal tariffs, announced in the Mayor’s budget last week. The protest will be headed by Save Cape Town on 13th April. Save Cape Town, was formed by concerned Capetonians, who are unhappy with the current state of governance in the city. Save […]

today5 April 2018

News

Capetonians must air views on municipal tariff rates

Capetonians who are hard-pressed by the prospect of paying higher municipal tariffs must air their views through the formal public participation process. So says one civic activist in light of the City of Cape Town’s announcement last week that consumers could face an increase of 26.9% in water and sanitation costs. The following municipal services will increase as follows: rates 7,2%; electricity 8,1%; water 26,9%; sanitation 26,9% and refuse 5,7%. […]

today4 April 2018

International News

Hundreds in Gaza protest electricity cuts

Hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip protested on Thursday against electricity cuts and worsening economic conditions in the coastal enclave, an AFP journalist reported. The demonstrators rallying in the Jabaliya refugee camp vented their anger against both the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas, which runs Gaza. "Our demands are fair. We want them to provide us with the minimum for a decent life," said Mohamed Nofal, […]

today5 January 2018

International News

Gaza faced with 2 to 3 hours of power a day

Israel started to reduce electricity supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday, despite being urged by humanitarian organizations not to implement the decision, which came at the request of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Gaza's electricity company, the Gaza Electricity Distribution Corporation, said in a statement Monday that the Israeli grids supplying the Gaza Strip reduced their output from 120 to 112 megawatts. The statement explained that the reduction affected two […]

today20 June 2017

International News

Israel approves 40 percent reduction of electricity supply to Gaza

The Israeli security cabinet has approved a 40 percent reduction in Israel’s electricity supply to the besieged Gaza Strip, where Palestinians are already coping with a crippling power crisis and daily, hours-long blackouts, according Israeli media reports. The approval came after Israeli authorities announced plans to make the cuts last month, upon request of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in occupied West Bank, which foots Gaza’s monthly electricity bill from Israel […]

today12 June 2017

Local

Illegal power connections continue to endanger lives, says Eskom

Illegal power connections continue to endanger lives, electricity parastatal Eskom said on Saturday. “Many people continue to connect electricity illegally, ignoring warnings that electricity is extremely powerful and can be deadly if not treated with care and respect,” Eskom said in a statement. A case in point was a community member who died while trying to connect electricity illegally to an Eskom structure in East London by throwing a piece […]

today20 November 2016

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