Author: The Bulrushes
Eskom has announced that it will be implementing “load reduction” in high-density areas in Gauteng today between 17:00 and 22:00 to avoid “network overloading”. Affected areas include Main area Sub areas Diepsloot Diepsloot West 1, 2 & 3. Soweto Central Western Jabavu, Meadowlands Zone 6 & 7, Meadowlands East Zones 3 & 4, Meadowlands West Zones 9 &10, Mofolo Central, Mofolo North & Mofolo South. West Rand Cosmo City, Kagiso Central, Kagiso Ext 8, Sinqobile & Zandspruit. “During the load reduction implementation, customers are urged to switch off all their electrical appliances to avoid possible damage due to power surges…
An Ethiopian has been jailed for 15 years for his role in a scam to unlawfully print official home affairs permits to sell to desperate foreign nationals wanting to live in South Africa. An Ethiopian has been jailed for 15 years for his role in a scam to unlawfully print official home affairs permits to sell to desperate foreign nationals wanting to live in South Africa. Alem, who was sent to prison on Monday, will be deported after he serves his sentence. The pair – Seqola and Alem – ran into trouble when a diligent employee at Government Printing Works…
A year after ceasing operations, Greyhound Coach Lines are back up and running in time for Easter. Greyhound will start operating on Wednesday next week – a year after its closure on 14 February 2021. The bus company, which had been operating for 37 years, closed last year due to financial constraints that were exacerbated by the Covid-19 travel restrictions. However, with restrictions lifted the luxury liner has announced its service return. “We are extremely happy to be back and fully operational, as this will allow passengers the opportunity to travel safely and in luxury again,” said Leslie Matthews, spokesperson at…
The City Of Joburg on Wednesday afternoon pulled the advert for a communication specialist job with an offer of half-a-million rand a month. Earlier on, The Bulrushes reported that the City was looking for a communication specialist on a fixed-term contract of R500 000 a month. The initial report prompted an angry response from the South African Municipal Workers Union. RELATED: https://www.thebulrushes.com/2022/04/06/half-a-million-rand-a-month-coj-communications-job-raises-eyebrows/ Although the City did not go on record, a COJ official told The Bulrushes that the monthly income mentioned was an error. The official said the R500 000 was in fact an “annual salary”. The advert has since been pulled.
The South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU), which is heading to the Labour Court to save the jobs of 130 City of Joburg (COJ) workers, is up in arms over the half-a-million rand salary being offered by the council for the fixed-term position of communication specialist. The appointment requirements for the cushy job include a matric certificate (NQF Level 4), plus a national diploma in communications/media studies, public relations, or any other function-related degree at NQF Level 6. Candidates for the position, which is “linked to political term of office”, must also have three to four years of relevant experience,…
To mark National Water Week under the theme “Groundwater – making the invisible, visible”, young developers from across the country were mobilised to find actionable solutions for improving the quality of water. South Africa celebrated Water Week from 21 – 27 March. Organisers of the Water Hackathon included Empire Partner Foundation (EPF) and its innovation ecosystem and the Water Institute of South Africa, The two-day Water Hackathon was organised to draw attention to the water quality issues in South African communities and find tech actionable and financially valid solutions for mitigating the problem. A competition was held during the Water…
Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs have been recalled in the UK over salmonella fears. The UK’s Food Standards Agency said the Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs were recalled on Monday due to a “potential link to a salmonella outbreak”. The Telegraph is reporting that “scores of children across Europe are suffering from food poisoning after being infected with salmonella linked to a batch of Kinder Surprise milk chocolate eggs in the run-up to Easter”. As many as 57 cases linked to the Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs have been diagnosed. Most of the cases relate to children aged five or under. Most people who get…
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe on Monday announced fuel price hikes. He said the fuel prices for February 2022 will be adjusted as follows: ❖ Petrol (both 93 ULP and LRP): 28 cents per litre increase; ❖ Petrol (both 95 ULP and LRP): 36 cents per litre increase; ❖ Diesel (0.05% sulphur): 152.56 cents per litre increase; ❖ Diesel (0.005% sulphur): 168.56 cents per litre increase; ❖ Illuminating Paraffin (wholesale): 266.00 cents per litre increase ❖ SMNRP for IP: 355.00 cents per litre increase ❖ Maximum LPGas Retail Price: 250.00 cents per litre increase. Mantashe said the new prices…
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced the end of the National State of Disaster – imposed 750 days ago to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. During that period, the virus left more than 100 000 dead in its wake. “What this means is that all regulations and directions made in terms of the Disaster Management Act following the declaration of the national state of disaster in response to Covid-19 are repealed with effect from midnight tonight,” said Ramaphosa. The president, however, said there would be a few transitional measures that would automatically lapse after 30 days. “We will still be required…
Microsoft has added isiZulu to its Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services Translator, enabling text and documents to be translated to and from one of South Africa’s official languages. This development announced on Thursday is across the entire Microsoft ecosystem of products and services. isiZulu joins Swahili as the latest African language to be supported, and there are plans to add more of the continent’s most widely spoken languages. Integrations across Microsoft’s ecosystem include Microsoft 365 for translating text and documents, the Microsoft Edge browser and Bing search engine for translating whole webpages, SwiftKey for translating messages, LinkedIn for translating user-submitted content,…