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South Africa power grid holding up during World Cup

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:15:23 +0000

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Fin24.com reports, “South African power utility Eskom on Tuesday said the power system was expected to continue to perform well despite increased electricity demand.

The utility, which has been closely watched in case it drops the ball during the World Cup, said it had experienced increase demand due to the recent bout of cold weather.”

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South African ministers may begin receiving cheaper cars

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:22:44 +0000

The South African government is considering purchasing cheaper cars for government ministers to save money.

News24 reports, “Downgrading the cars would, he stressed, be only one option. But he is prepared to consider others, including one suggested by a participant in the press conference who wanted to see ministers drawing a car from a government pool.”

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Schabir Shaik seen playing golf

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:04:59 +0000

Schabir Shaik, who had been released from a South African prison on medical grounds, was spotted playing golf, violating his parole terms.

Times Live reports, “DA shadow minister of correctional services James Selfe today said if this is true, then it further undermines the criminal justice system in the eyes of South Africans. ‘There is now no doubt that Shaik was indeed released for political reasons and not on medical grounds’.”

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Cosatu outraged over Eskom’s proposed 45% hike

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:16:31 +0000

[Mail & Guardian]– The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said on Tuesday it is extremely angry at what it called Eskom’s “outrageous and insensitive” request for a whopping 45% a year electricity tariff hike over the next three years.

It would mean that by the end of those three years consumers would have been hit by a 200% hike in electricity tariff hikes, the trade union federation said.

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Metro cops back at work

admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:38:44 +0000

[News24]– Metro police department employees who abandoned work to protest against the return of their boss were back at work on Friday, said an official.

“They are back at work,” said spokesperson Inspector Edna Mamonyane.

The workers belonging to the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) stopped working on Thursday in protest against the return of the department’s chief Chris Ngcobo.

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Roads may kill more than Aids

admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:32:26 +0000

[News24]– South Africa’s roads could claim more lives than HIV/Aids and malaria combined by 2020, if accidents are not prevented, Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele said on Sunday.

He was speaking at the funeral, in Queenstown, of six people who died in a taxi accident on the N6 freeway last week.

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460 soldiers handed dismissal letters

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:26:00 +0000

A total of 460 soldiers were instructed to vacate their work premises in dismissal letters sent them on Monday, a union said.

“We can confirm that some soldiers have received letters to terminate their services,” the South African National Defence Union’s legal adviser Michael Thekiso said.

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Postal strike in full swing

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:01:14 +0000

At least 9 000 post office workers, undeterred by snow and gusty winds, began a nationwide strike on Thursday, the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) said.

“Our members are determined as hell, nothing will stop them from this industrial action not even weather conditions like snow or rain,” CWU general secretary Gallant Roberts said, as South Africa experienced bitterly cold weather conditions.

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