Today’s Headline: “Load Shedding Begins Today at 4pm” – Finance Minister ‘Could Resign’ Soon

Load shedding is back, and Eskom will start cutting power again on Tuesday with Stage 2 cuts.

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Sikonathi Mantshantsha, a spokesperson for Eskom, says that it is likely that load shedding will be needed at 4 p.m. on both Wednesday and Thursday.


 

 

 
Eskom said that the failure of some of its power stations’ generators was to blame.

“In the last 24 hours, one generation unit broke down at Arnot Power Station and three broke down at Tutuka Power Station. The delays in putting units back into service at Arnot, Kusile, and Tutuka power stations have put a lot of stress on the power generation system.”

Mantshantsha said, “Right now, we have 4,550MW down for planned maintenance, and another 14,182MW down because of breakdowns.”

Godongwana is accused of sexual harassment, and the ANCWL wants the police to look into the case “quickly..

The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) has spoken out about the criminal complaint against Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana for sexual harassment.

This happened after police confirmed that a massage therapist at Skukuza in Kruger National Park had filed a complaint against Godongwana for sexual harassment. The minister has said that this accusation is completely false.

On Monday, the ANCWL said that it was very worried about the sexual assault claims against Godongwana and asked law enforcement to handle the case quickly.

In the Mkhwebane impeachment case, Parliament’s legal services say, “Don’t call Ramaphosa to testify.”

The legal services of Parliament have told the impeachment committee not to call President Cyril Ramaphosa to testify about suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office.

This was told at a meeting of the Section 194 Committee on Tuesday morning by the legal services of Parliament.

Mkhwebane’s lawyers had written to Ramaphosa’s office on July 19 to ask him to appear before the committee on his own, but the president turned down the request.

Mkhwebane wanted Ramaphosa to talk to the impeachment committee about some of the charges she is facing.

On the 10th anniversary of the Marikana massacre, Minerals Council talks about how they support mineworkers.

Minerals Council promises again to improve mineworkers’ working conditions after the Marikana massacre.

As South Africa marks 10 years since the Marikana massacre, the Minerals Council South Africa has recommitted itself to improving the working conditions of mineworkers and communities so that the tragic events of August 16, 2012, never happen again in the mining industry.

On Tuesday, it will have been 10 years since the Marikana massacre, where 34 mineworkers were shot and killed in a brutal way by police.

Mineworkers were on strike at the time because they wanted better pay. The situation got worse in the days before August 16, when 10 security officials were also killed.

Nedbank was fined R35 million because they didn’t do their jobs well.

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has fined Nedbank Limited R35 million because, among other things, it didn’t report large cash transactions and had other administrative problems.

The Prudential Authority (PA) also gave the SARB a warning, a reprimand, and a fine of R5 million, of which R2 million has been conditionally suspended for 12 months. This was done to make sure that the accountable institutions it oversees follow the rules of the FIC Act.

The SARB said it was important to point out that there was no proof that Nedbank was involved in or helped with money laundering or the financing of terrorism