Eskom tariff shock in store for consumers: Cape Town – In a first gut punch for consumers for 2019, Eskom is asking the National Energy Regulator (Nersa) for a 45% electricity increase spread over three years. Public hearings on Eskom’s demand for a 15% electricity tariff increase over the next three years will start in Cape Town next week and advocacy groups are seeing red, saying government’s timing was a clear sign that it wanted increases pushed through. This increase is on top of the 4.41% hike that was already granted to Eskom by Nersa. Eskom has…
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Probe into Shepherd Bushiri’s ECG church after fatal stampede: Pretoria – As authorities seek a way to end the bedlam at Shepherd Bushiri’s Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church, the City of Tshwane is looking into the contract which allows the church to operate at its current premises at the city’s old showgrounds. The past weekend saw renewed protests which led to services at the church, which operates from a site at the Tshwane Events Centre, being halted. Three women were killed in a stampede at the church during a regular service on December 28. Nine other…
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ANC: ‘Ramaphosa’s meeting with Zuma nothing new’: The ‘Sunday Times’ says that President Ramaphosa has been advised to have a frank discussion with Jacob Zuma and to lay his concerns about some remarks made by the former president. ……
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7 more fatalities add to already grim WC festive season road death toll: More than 167 people have died on Western Cape roads since the start of the festive season. ……
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Overstrand fire, Koggelbaai blaze contained: Overstand officials say that the fire in Betty’s Bay, Rooi Els and Pringle Bay has been contained. ……
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No increase in school uniform prices: Cape Town – Several retailers have managed to contain the price increases of school uniforms at low levels, while some have held back price hikes for the past two years, a recent local price survey has shown. Retailers also reported that they believe there is a market to grow the volume of locally manufactured school uniforms, to keep costs down and create job opportunities. The Cape Times’ sister paper, The Mercury, surveyed the price of basic school uniform items, from white shirts and blazers to socks and shoes, and found…
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Have you seen this missing Brackenfell woman?: Cape Town – The public has been asked to provide information relating to the disappearance of Brackenfell resident Noellene Gouws. Gouws, 56, went…
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PICS: Eleven people die in horror taxi, truck crash in Free State: Bloemfontein – Eleven people died and about eight others were seriously injured in a horrific crash on the N3 between Villiers and the Wilge Toll Plaza in the Free State on Sunday afternoon, paramedics and police said. Reports from the scene indicated that…
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Families flee as fires continue to ravage region: Cape Town – As the festive season drew to a close another six families were left displaced after a fire gutted their homes in Lost City, Tafelsig, in Mitchells Plain yesterday morning. The latest blaze brings infrastructure damage in the province to nearly 150 houses over the past two weeks. City fire chief Ian Schnetler said four wood-and-iron structures and a formal dwelling were destroyed in the fire, which ravaged Jacqueline Street in Tafelsig. Schnetler said the blaze displaced 37 people and the cause of the fire was not yet known. Hours later, five people were treated for smoke inhalation and…
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ANC to kick off 107th anniversary celebrations in KZN: This week the party will officially launch its election manifesto during its annual 8 January statement in Durban. ……
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