Category Archives: Food Security

ConCourt dismisses Eskom appeal to reduce power to indebted municipalities

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintRorisang Kgosana, Times Live, 23 December 2022 Eskom’s appeal against a court order stopping it from reducing the power supply to two indebted municipalities, pending a review of the power utility’s decision, was dismissed by the Constitutional Court on Friday. … Continue reading

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Bleak holidays ahead as Eskom output plummets to new lows

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintThe Citizen, 22 December 2022 South Africans are set for a bleak, load-shedding-interrupted ‘festive’ season as Eskom’s generating output plummets to completely new lows. Read More

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Fuel prices expected to drop in the New Year: Energy Fund

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSABC News, 21 December 2022 The prices of fuel could be slashed by as much as R2.80 cents in the New Year, bringing a welcome reprieve to cash-strapped consumers, according to the latest information from the Central Energy Fund. Read … Continue reading

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Load shedding to be reduced ahead of Christmas

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintCitizen Reporter, 18 December 2022 South Africans will be getting a slight reprieve from load shedding next week after Eskom announced that it will be reduced to stage 5 at 5am on Monday. Read More

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Army set to be deployed to several Eskom power stations

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintCitizen Reporter, 17 December 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa has requested Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thandi Modise to deploy the army to several Eskom power stations. Read More

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Khoisan activists accuse Ramaphosa of evading their land issue

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintGraeme Raubenheimer, Eyewitness News, 17 December 2022 A pair of Khoisan activists staged a silent picket outside the African National Congress’s elective conference at Nasrec on Saturday. Read More

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