People dig up the road in a protest of service delivery. Residents complaining about the lack of water and electricity services, decided to block the R33 with stones, and dug up the road.Most of the communities in Umzinyathi were in the deep rural parts and it was therefore hard for them to deliver services as…
Andre de Ruyter is Eskom's 13th CEO in the past decade and he knew the task will be challenging.De Ruyter has been nine months on the job, and so far government has given him the space needed to make tough calls.Since taking over he has confronted managers over poor maintenance practices. Andre de Ruyter knew…
Zola Tsotsi Felix Dlangamandla, Netwerk24 Eskom's former chairperson, Zola Tsotsi, continued to give evidence before the commission of inquiry into state capture on Wednesday. Tsotsi said the suspension of four senior board members in 2015 may have been a Gupta ploy to "have people in the organisation who would serve their direct interests".After the four were…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…