VIDEO: Top accountability moments of 2020
The year 2020 will go down as the year of Covid-19. But it could also go down as the year of accountability.
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VIDEO: This is why South Africa NEEDS to keep loadshedding
Spoiler alert: There is hope at the end of the tunnel.
With great level 2 freedom comes great responsibility
The message is clear: stay vigilant or risk moving up a level.
EXPLAINER: Justice may finally be coming for the Guptas
It isn’t every day that you hear a good story about Eskom, which recently plunged SA into load shedding in the middle of a pandemic. But here it is – and it’s a really good one, too. The guys in suits at the top of Eskom, who get paid millions to keep the lights on, …
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Cyril Ramaphosa’s leaked emails and other news you need to know
Welcome to this week’s edition of Verationality, news made simple. ??♀️ OK look, I’m not going to sugar coat it. This last week saw a barrage of bad news headlines. But – and I’m always that person – in context… it’s no cause for panic. Fixing things up after Jacob Zuma’s “nine wasted years” was …
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We can now all agree Eskom’s tragedy was self-inflicted
What’s news? Load shedding is going nowhere, but some Eskom officials might be. Eskom warned this week that load shedding could continue until April if things don’t change, EWN reported. On Wednesday, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said that at least 40% of the problems at Eskom were due to human error, including fraud, corruption …
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Sabotage at Eskom – or worse?
What’s news? The country underwent another round of infuriating load shedding on Tuesday, with Eskom implementing Stage 3 load shedding. Eskom implemented load shedding on Sunday and by Monday afternoon, several generating units had unexpectedly collapsed, leading to Stage 4 load shedding. It was a drastic measure, meaning increased blackouts across the country, intended to …
Eskom load shedding – and what it means
Eskom has moved to Stage 4 load shedding and there will be power outages across the country from 1pm to 4pm on Monday. Citing a breakdown in generating plants on Sunday, on Monday morning, Eskom announced Stage 2 loadshedding for most of the day. But by lunchtime, things had deteriorated to the point where Eskom …