Power

A legal opinion says Parliament does not have the power to extend the deadline for Police Minister Bheki Cele to nominate a candidate for IPID's executive director after he failed to comply with legislation.Nonetheless, it appointed his nominee, Jennifer Ntlatseng.Cele must explain himself to the committee.Parliament does not have the power to extend the deadline…

According to Eskom, there were more than 1 000 power outages in the Western Cape.Due to resource constraints, with field operators testing positive for Covid-19, Eskom has had to bring in contractors to help deal with the backlog.Illegal connections, particularly in Cape Town, have added further strain.Eskom in the Western Cape has had to bring…

South Africans will wake up to another day of load shedding on Sunday, Eskom has said. Stage 2 load shedding will start at 08:00 and continue until 22:00. "Implementing loadshedding [on Sunday] is necessary in order to replenish the emergency generation reserves to better prepare for the coming week. Due to the much colder weather, demand for…

Jessie Duarte (Palesa Dlamini/City Press) The ANC has confirmed a claim by former Prasa board chairperson Popo Molefe that tipped the party's top six off of rampant corruption at Prasa. But ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte said Molefe had the power to take action against the corruption at the state owned entity. Duarte said the ANC…

The City of Cape Town and its residents were mopping up after a two-day deluge and very cold weather.Power lines were also being restored and trees felled by the wind were being cleared.In one suburb, a tree fell on a vehicle and branches were strewn across a parking lot.The City of Cape Town and its…