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Another dark night for Gauteng under ‘load reduction’
Soweto and Vaal residents can expect another dark night as Eskom is implementing "load reduction" - a localised form of rolling blackouts - again in those areas from 5pm. Rolling blackouts began in some areas in Gauteng again last week. In a statement published on...
SA’s broken municipalities to get R20bn – almost as much as health – Emergency budget
Finance minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday delivered a supplementary national budget that, he said in the written version of his speech, "saves lives, protects livelihoods and actively builds a bridge to a prosperous future". It also channels a lot of extra money to...
Joburg prepaid electricity customers in for a shock
A household could see an increase of almost 50% as the city works to level pre- and post-paid charges. Joburg households and businesses using prepaid electricity are in for a shock if the fixed charges proposed in the city’s draft budget are approved. It was tabled on...
SA sewage is now being checked to track Covid-19 hotspots
The Water Research Commission is hunting for traces of the Covid-19-causing coronavirus in South Africa’s wastewaterStudies suggest that genetic material from the virus can remain in human faeces for a number of days and that it would be possible to track disease...
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