Author: The Bulrushes
Eskom is ramping up its load-shedding from stage 2 to stage 4 from Wednesday at noon. Eskom said “it regrets to announce” that stage 4 load shedding will be implemented from 12 pm today until 05:00 on Friday. “Thereafter load-shedding will continue on Stage 2 till 05:00 Saturday morning,” said the power utility in a tweet. More to follow … Eskom regrets to announce that #Stage4 #loadshedding will be implemented from 12pm today until 05:00 on Friday, thereafter loadshedding will continue on Stage 2 till 05:00 Saturday morning — Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) October 27, 2021
Eskom has strong-armed the City of Johannesburg to agree to implement load-shedding from Monday night after initially refusing to do so. At the weekend City Power – the City of Johannesburg’s power utility – refused to implement the load-shedding schedule imposed by Eskom. Johannesburg’s new Mayor Mpo Moerane boldly declared he was “prepared to go the legal route to halt Eskom’s blanket heavy-handedness”. But in an about-turn on Monday Eskom and City Power said they have agreed to work together in the national interest and to protect the national grid. “City Power will follow and implement the directive of the…
The new mayor of Johannesburg Mpho Moerane has refused to implement Eskom’s load-shedding that was supposed to kick in on Saturday night. Shortly after Eskom announced it was implementing load-shedding to beef up reserve capacity, Moerane issued a statement rejecting the schedule. Only in the job for a few weeks, Mayor Moerane has put his foot down and refused to implement Eskom’s impromptu load-shedding schedule.. The mayor said Eskom’s load-shedding move was “an unwarranted decision that can not be left unchallenged.” Eskom said it was implementing Stage 2 load-shedding from 21:00 Saturday until 05:00 on Monday in order to replenish…
Former cop Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu was on Friday found guilty of six counts of murder of her relatives and lover whom she had clandestinely insured with herself as a benefactor. Judge Ramarumo Monama pronounced his guilty ruling in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court, Johannesburg, after a lengthy judgment. He said in the last 79 years South Africa had not known such a murder streak. Judge Monama also found Ndlovu guilty of attempted murder and defrauding the insurance of about R1.4 million. All the while the 46-year-old accused made facial expressions suggesting she was in pain or struggling to stay awake.…
Mpumelelo Secondary School, Maritzburg College, Paul Roos Gimnasium, and the University of Cape Town were on Friday named as winners of various categories of the JSE Investment Challenge. These learners and students are eager to gain the financial skills that will improve their future and give them independence, judging by the calibre of entrants in this year’s JSE Investment Challenge. Every year the competition allows school learners and students from higher learning institutions to invest virtual money in the financial markets, giving them a solid understanding of financial instruments and the freedom to learn and speculate without any risk. Each…
The Cool Hacks, a team of three developers, scooped the top prize at the recent mental health hackathon hosted by the technology non-profit organisation, Empire Partner Foundation (EPF). Team members, 35-year-old Placide Ebongue, 35-year-old Nomfundo Cele and 25-year-old Senzo Ndlovu, developed an app, SMILE, over two days at the hackathon in an effort to tackle the growing problem of mental health in SA. The SMILE app uses machine learning technology to mitigate mental health in the workplace by focusing on anxiety, stress, and mood. For their efforts, Cool Hacks collected R8 000 of the total R30 000 cash prize for…
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development at the weekend announced it has made strides in recovering from the ransomware attack and had restored some services. Since the ransomware attack occurred last month, several services have been unavailable including the web portal used to download court recordings for transcription purposes and the Integrated Case Management System (ICMS). The ICMS is used at all courts, particularly the Office of the Master of the High Court. The department said over the past few weeks its officials, industry specialists, and advisors from organs of state successfully contained the spread of the malware. “A…
Gauteng Premier David Makhura on Friday joined New Johannesburg Mayor Mpho Moerane at the Kelvin Power station, where the city signed a power purchase agreement. The agreement will see an additional power supply of 100MW – up from 80MW – to Johannesburg households and businesses. The new agreement will ensure that City Power is able to guarantee the reliable electricity supply to Johannesburg, and mitigate against load-shedding. Meanwhile, Eskom announced on Thursday that it was implementing stage 2 load-shedding which would carry on through to Saturday morning. The power utility said the move was meant to help it replenish emergency…
Johannesburg residents can now pay their bills and access municipal customer services online after new mayor, Mpho Moerane, on Wednesday launched the much-anticipated e-Joburg portal. The portal will see residents experience the convenience of accessing municipal customer services online. The mayor, who launched the portal alongside the project owner, Member of the Mayoral Committee for Finance, Cllr Matshidiso Mfikoe, said the portal was a milestone step towards transforming Johannesburg into a Smart City. “The e-Joburg portal is a new tool designed for the delivery of smart municipal services in the most convenient way for Johannesburg residents,” said Moerane. “It is…
In a move to tackle the massive backlog of expired driving licences, the Department of Transport will on Thursday open two new licence centres in Gauteng. “To alleviate the public’s frustration with the renewal of driving licences, the Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula will on Thursday, 07 October 2021 officially open two driving licence centers in Gauteng,” said the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC). Gauteng has the largest number of expired licences with more than 400 000 drivers seeking licence renewals that were delayed by Covid-19 lockdowns. “The initiative is part of efforts to improve efficiency and reduce the backlog…