Just stage 1 and 2 load shedding for today
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Ex-VR Laser shareholder was coerced into selling stake to Guptas, inquiry told
Benny Jiyane said he negotiated the sale of his stake with Salim Essa and former Transnet board member Iqbal Sharma in 2013.
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Crime intelligence investigates Eskom load shedding sabotage claims – report
Senior SAPS sources confirmed to News24 the investigation was taking place to establish whether the current rolling blackouts were deliberate.
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Ramaphosa remains confident load shedding won’t hurt ANC at polls
President Cyril Ramaphosa told Eyewitness News his biggest concern is not the elections but getting Eskom up and running properly.
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SA still in the dark as Eskom mum on stage 5 and stage 6 load shedding
Energy expert Ted Blom says the Eskom board is actively avoiding coming clean about the extent of the crisis.
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Eskom's Hadebe: We'll be with load shedding for the next 6 months
‘What we are trying to do is to bring those that can help [and] we are willing to work with them.’
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Steinhoff must release full PwC report on fraud, corruption
Steinhoff has, so far, only released an 11-page summary of the 3,000-plus page report and did not name the former executives involved.
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Ramaphosa: Stabilising Eskom is my number 1 priority
The power utility started implementing rolling blackouts from last week after more breakdowns at the Medupi and Kusile power stations.
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Gordhan blames state capture, mismanagement for Eskom crisis
Eskom’s top executives and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan have briefed the media in Rosebank and said they faced a huge challenge to overcome the crisis.
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Steinhoff bosses forced by MPs to reveal names of execs implicated in PwC report
Disgraced former CEO Markus Jooste’s name is among them, along with former chief financial officer Ben la Grange and former executives Dirk Schreiber and Stehan Grobler.
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Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenberg pens letter amid investigations
Muilenberg says based on information provided from both the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes, they are taking actions to fully ensure the safety of the 737 max.
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Denel lost about R25bn in turnaround programme – inquiry told
Denel’s former chairperson Martie Janse van Rensburg said things started to change when Minister Lynne Brown overhauled the board in 2015.
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Eskom hopes more electricity available to SA from Wednesday
Eskom now says its generators will be back online by Thursday, while the public holiday will also ease the high demand.
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We understand your frustrations with load shedding - Gordhan
Minister Pravin Gordhan said technicians are still investigating what has caused the several breakdowns and hope to report back to the public in 10 days.
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NUM march against Eskom unbundling to go ahead despite high-level govt meeting
This comes despite a meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday which was also attended by Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Energy Minister Jeff Radebe.
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Former PIC communications manager details 'unlawful' demotion at inquiry
Former PIC communications manager Nomzamo Petye details the circumstances around her "unlawful" demotion at the PIC inquiry.
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Prasa: Securing more trains not a quick fix SA's rail problems
Prasa group chief strategy officer Sipho Sithole blamed criminal elements for the frequent disruptions to train services, which President Ramaphosa has labelled as unacceptable.
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Gordhan, Mabuza to shed light on load shedding crisis
The power cuts are currently on stage two and will be ramped up to stage four from 9 am until 11 pm.
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Parly to be briefed on status of probe into Steinhoff scandal
An internal PricewaterhouseCoopers report has been released on the company's transgressions and various parliamentary committees are keen to talk to Steinhoff about this.
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Rising oil price, weak rand, levies set to send fuel price rocketing, says AA
The Automobile Association (AA) is predicting an increase of up to R1,18 for petrol and R0.90 more for diesel in April.
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DTI Minister Davies: SA needs affordable, reliable power to support investments
The Department of Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies can only offer assurances that Eskom’s problems are being attended to as load shedding takes its toll on the economy.
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Dept: Eskom board understands need to urgently address load shedding crisis
The Department of Public Enterprises spokesperson Adrian Lackay said several problems are plaguing the power utility, including the lack of quality coal and a staff shortage.
