Author: Malebogo Putu
Team beats Senegal 1-0 to lift trophy in Cairo, earning its first AFCON title in 29 years ANKARA (AA) – Algeria won their first Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title in 29 years, beating Senegal 1-0 late Friday in Egypt. A goal by 27-year-old forward Baghdad Bounedjah gave Algeria an early lead in the second minute of the game at Cairo International Stadium. With Senegal unable to score to draw the game, Algeria became AFCON champions for the second time in the tournament’s history. Senegal, who were runners-up in the 2002 AFCON, missed their chance to win the cup for…
The solar photovoltaic (PV) plants are part of the Scaling Solar initiative in Senegal, conducted jointly by the Senegalese authorities and International Finance Corporation (IFC) PARIS, France, July 19, 2019/ — ENGIE (www.ENGIE.com) and partners Meridiam and FONSIS have signed the EPC, Operation & Maintenance and Finance contracts for two solar PV projects of 60 MW. The total investment cost for the projects amounts to 47.5 MEUR and debt is provided by the following Development Finance Institutions; the European Investment Bank (EIB), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Proparco. The solar PV plants are part of the Scaling Solar initiative…
The North West Department of Cooperative Government, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs and other departments have started engagements to address service delivery issues in Ottosdal, Tswaing Local Municipality. This follows after residents went in violent protests last week which led to the burning of a local library in Letsopa, municipal satellite offices, two municipal trucks, electrical repairs and waste removal and vandalizing the local police station and a police van. They blamed the Mayor of Tswaing for not responding adequately to service delivery issues they had raised in a memorandum a month ago. At a meeting on Friday with councilors,…
The North West Provincial MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs, Mothibedi Kegakilwe has called for calm and restraint in Ottosdal, Tswaing Local Municipality following violent protests which erupted this week. The Provincial Department has said in a statement that, according to the protesters, they submitted a memorandum to the Mayor of Tswaing almost a month ago and they felt the response they were given, was inadequate. They resorted to vandalizing the local police station, torched the municipal satellite offices, two municipal trucks, electrical repairs and waste removal truck including the community library in Letsopa. The MEC responsible…
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has called on all municipalities to prioritise the maintenance of water and sanitation infrastructure to prevent pollution of dams and rivers. Sisulu made the call after receiving a briefing from Water and Sanitation acting Director-General, Squire Mahlangu, on the situation of water shortage being experienced in Mahikeng, in the North West. We want to understand the state of our water and sanitation infrastructure, we want to work with municipalities to ensure that there is ongoing maintenance and modernisation of infrastructure to avoid pollution. The Minister has directed Mahlangu to submit a national report on the…
Rand Water has urged residents in Johannesburg not to stock water as a maintenance operation gets underway in the city. The water utility is installing a new valve on the line running from Lethabo to the Vereeniging pumping station. Water supply is expected to be interrupted for 54 hours starting on Monday morning. Rand Water spokesperson Justice Mohale assured residents that water will be available as the Vereeniging purification plant will be the only plant affected by the maintenance work. People should not panic because we are going to be purifying water from Zuikerbosch plant as normal. There will be…
Six officers have been nabbed for alleged corruption in Mpumalanga following an anti-corruption drive by the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC). Two of the officers are SAPS members while the other four are traffic officers. The six officers were rounded up in Komatipoort, KwaMhlanga, and Middelburg. Three of them – a female and two males aged 42, 37 and 34 – appeared at the Komatipoort Magistrate Court and were granted bail. The others are expected to appear at the Middelburg Magistrate Court on Monday. “The arrests will send a message to other law enforcement officers to desist from illegal activities…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has met with members of the Eskom board at his Genadendal Residence in Cape Town to discuss reforms at the power utility. The meeting, which took place on Friday, 21 June 2019 after the State of the Nation Address, was attended by the Ministers of Finance, Mineral Resources and Energy and Public Enterprises. The meeting was called to establish alignment across government on the actions to be undertaken to stabilise the energy utility in light of its financial and operational challenges. The board presented a report on the implementation of the nine point plan, focusing on its…
The South African Police Service in Limpopo has assembled a multi-disciplinary task team to follow the tracks of the suspects who robbed traffic police officers who were on duty in the Marble Hall policing area outside Groblersdal yesterday afternoon. According to the statement issued by the Police in Limpopo, the two officers were on duty along the Slaagboom public road near Marble Hall conducting speed trap duties when they stopped a grey VW Polo TSI without number plates with five occupants for exceeding the speed limit. While they were busy issuing the driver with a written notice, three passengers alighted,…