Author: The Bulrushes

Tasneem Moosa of Hello Darlings travel agency has surfaced from hiding to deny she ran away with millions of rand belonging to her clients and investors. The elusive Moosa spoke to GlowTV/Laudium Sun at the weekend from an undisclosed location. She said the only reason she went into hiding was that she had received death threats. “They said things like we will torture you and kill you in front of your children … what mother would accept that.” Moosa said she simply took her family to a place of safety. Asked why she shut down her social media, Moosa said that was to stop…

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday appointed Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo as the next Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa with effect from 1 April 2022. “The president’s decision follows consultation with the Judicial Service Commission and leaders of parties in the National Assembly on four nominees for appointment as chief justice,” said the Presidency. In terms of the constitution, the chief justice is “the head of the judiciary and exercises responsibility over the establishment and monitoring of norms and standards for the exercise of the judicial functions of all courts”. With Justice Zondo assuming the position of…

Eskom on Thursday afternoon announced that it was lowering load-shedding to Stage 3, “due to some recovery in generation capacity over the past 24 hours”. “Load-shedding will be reduced to Stage 3 from 21:00 hours tonight until 08:00 on Friday,” said Eskom. The power utility said thereafter Stage 2 will be implemented until 05:00 on Monday. “The emergency generation reserves have sufficiently improved to permit a reduction in the Stage of load-shedding.” However, the power utility appealed “to all South Africans to continue helping us limit the impact of load-shedding by reducing the usage of electricity and to switch off…

The Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s application to revoke its judgment on her CR17 report, saying “no case has been made out for rescission”. Mkhwebane’s initial report on the CR17 campaign and adverse findings were taken on review, which the high court set aside on the grounds that the public protector had “reached an irrational and unlawful conclusion on the facts before her”. The Constitutional Court also upheld the finding. Mkhwebane then unsuccessfully applied for rescission of that decision to the Constitutional Court, which dismissed the matter with costs. In the findings that have been set…

Eskom on Wednesday morning ramped up load-shedding to Stage 4 amid failing generation equipment. “Due to further failures of generation units, Stage 4 load-shedding will be implemented from 09:00 today until 05:00 on Friday,” said Eskom. The power utility said it was ramping up load-shedding to “manage the emergency reserves”. Eskom implemented Stage 2 load-shedding on Monday. However, the power utility said Wednesday it was “with a great deal of disappointment that Eskom has to inform the public that further failures overnight of generation units has necessitated the implementation of Stage 4 load-shedding starting at 09:00 this morning”. Eskom said…

Eskom has announced that “due to multiple unit failures” Stage 2 load-shedding will be implemented from tonight at 9 pm. The power utility said it had experienced multiple generating unit failures over the past 24 hours. Eskom said it “regrets to inform the public” that Stage 2 load-shedding will be implemented between 21:00 tonight and 05:00 on Tuesday. “This will be repeated same time on Tuesday night until 05:00 on Wednesday,” said the power utility in a statement issued earlier Monday. “This load-shedding is required in order for Eskom to replenish the emergency generation reserves, which have been utilised significantly since…

Jack Bloom, the Democratic Alliance (DA) Gauteng Shadow MEC for Health, said Monday that there had been another theft of copper pipes at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital (CMJH). Bloom said what was “most distressing” was that theft of the copper cables was delaying the re-opening of the casualty unit, which he said had been planned for 14 March. “Despite R40 million a year spent on hospital security, there has been theft of copper pipes, and more than 500 metres of electrical cable and new electrical distribution boards,” said Bloom. “This follows the theft last year of R30 million of copper…

Two men from Cameroon have been caught with a huge amount of stolen copper by Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) undercover officers. BUST: Two suspects from Cameroon found with stolen copper cables The men were arrested on Saturday after they were found in possession of the stolen copper in Bramley, north of Johannesburg. Recounting events leading to the arrest, Xolani Fihla, JMPD spokesperson said acting on a tip-off, JMPD officers proceeded to corner 11th Road and 3rd Avenue in Bramley, where they observed the suspected property. “An unknown male opened the gate of the premises, officers approached him, identified themselves…

As the commercial use of drones continues to accelerate, making them increasingly integral to the effective and efficient functioning of certain sectors, the global drone industry is predicted to be worth about $43 billion by 2024, with some 2.7 million drones already in operation by 2020. The latest research indicates that the global drone market is set to grow at a conservative rate of 16% year on year, with exponential investment growth resulting in $6.88 billion invested in the drone industry since 2010. Similarly, South Africa’s fledgling drone market is also on a growth trajectory, estimated to reach $134.5 million…

DSTV has joined other international media outlets that have removed Russia Today (RT) from their platforms as sanctions tighten against Russia for invading Ukraine. “MultiChoice confirms that as of today, 2 March 2022, Russia Today (Channel 407) shall not be carried on the DStv platform until further notice,” said a MultiChoice spokesperson late on Wednesday. “Sanctions imposed on Russia by the European Union has led to the global distributor of the channel ceasing to provide the broadcast feed to all suppliers, including MultiChoice”. Microsoft Corp said Monday it was removing Russian state-owned media outlet RT’s mobile apps from the Windows…