Author: Malebogo Putu
Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has removed Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) Chairperson and Councillor Rubben Mohlaloga from office. Mohlaloga was convicted of fraud and money laundering on 15 January 2018. He was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by thePretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on 14 February 2019. The Minister’s decision follows a resolution by
The City of Ekurhuleni has given people amnesty to return overdue library books without paying fines. Boxes will be placed in libraries, where users can place long outstanding books, the city said. The fine-free week is part of South African Library Week celebrations which end on Saturday. This year’s theme for Library Week is ‘Collaborate
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) has approved the termination of the section 139 (1)(b) interventions issued to Emadlangeni and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma local municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal. The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) on Tuesday said the termination was due to progress made by the two municipalities in implementing recovery plans. The ministry said Cogta
The Workplace Challenge Programme (WCP) has contributed to the retention of 500 000 jobs. A joint initiative of the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) and National Economic Development Labour Council (Nedlac), the programme that is implemented on a 24-month period with the aim to encouraging and supporting negotiated workplace change to improve productivity and job
South Africans will again have to bear another round of rotational Stage 4 load shedding which will get underway at 9am. “Stage 4 load shedding will be implemented on Wednesday, 20 March 2019 from 9am to 11pm. This is due to a shortage of capacity,” said the power utility on Wednesday. The power utility said load
South Africa and the United States have recently shared perspectives and explored possibilities for cooperation, at regional and multilateral levels, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) said. This emerged after Dirco Director-General Kgabo Mahoai on Friday co-chaired the South Africa-United States Working Group on Africa and Global Issues (WGAGI), with the United States
The Johannesburg Water (JW) has advised residents of the City of Johannesburg to check the load shedding schedule of their respective areas on the Eskom and City Power websites, as power outages affect water supply. Johannesburg Water said that in the event of load shedding for the duration of four hours and more, pockets of areas
Alliance Intelligent Cloud built on Microsoft Azure to power the Alliance’s latest connected services World’s leading automotive alliance to use Alliance Intelligent Cloud for connected infrastructure in nearly all 200 markets served by Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Alliance Intelligent Cloud to power the connected services in the all-new Renault Clio and the Nissan Leaf in Europe and Japan later
Speaking to journalists in Geneva amid reports of a fresh attack just hours earlier on a facility in Biena health zone, close to Butembo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus explained that the deadly disease is just one of many concerns for local people. “These attacks could reverse the gains we have made,” the World Health Organization (WHO)
The world’s largest thin-film solar power solution company, Hanergy Thin Film Power Group (00566.HK), marks yet another milestone achievement. On 13 March 2019, the clean energy giant officially launched Roodehaan solar park in Groningen, Netherlands, generating power equivalent for 3,500 households annual consumption in the Netherlands. The event to mark the inauguration of the country’s