Category South Africa

Metros in a race to get Eskom off their backs

South Africa’s major cities are in a race to launch alternative energy plans to reduce and eventually eliminate the load, as Eskom’s well-publicized problems look set to go unsolved for years. It’s not just renewable energy they are after as…

SA Tourism’s R1bn Spurs deal still in limbo

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille is still in consultation and will make a comment or announcement in the next few weeks about Tourism SA’s proposed R1 billion Tottenham Hotspur deal, according to her spokeswoman, Zara Nicholson. Tottenham sponsorship deal up…

National shutdown: Impact was ‘not huge’

Although not a clear victory, with Cyril Ramaphosa still in office, unemployment high and many burdens on the cards, some experts insist that Monday’s national shutdown got what was needed. But some say it wasn’t a victory because there wasn’t…

DA to go to court to eradicate pit toilets

The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday said it will start legal proceedings to force the government to remove pit toilets in South Africa. On Tuesday the DA visited the family of four-year-old Langalam Viki, whose body was found in a…