South Africa

Source: eNCAnews JOHANNESBURG - Eskom has been keeping the lights on, and now it wants another tariff increase. It has asked the regulator hikes of 36.15 percent for direct customers. WATCH: CITY POWER, COJ TO APPEAL HIGH COURT RULING ON ESKOM DEBT Those supplied by municipalities could see their

Source: EWN Traffic Author: Nhlanhla Mabaso DURBAN - The Ladysmith family that lost eight loved ones in a mass shooting last week believes it is too early to determine whether the attack is linked to taxi violence. The Thusi family lost eight relatives in the incident and the motive for

Source: EWN Traffic Author: Ntuthuzelo Nene CAPE TOWN - The structural engineer appointed to oversee the construction of a collapsed building in George is no stranger to complaints about suspected shoddy work. Athol Mitchell, of Mitchell and Associates, was the consulting engineer of a partially completed five-storey building that imploded,

Source: EWN Traffic Author: Carlo Petersen CAPE TOWN - Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said that a court order for homeless people to be removed from various sites in the CBD would enable the restoration of public places in the city. The Western Cape High Court granted the final order,

Source: EWN Traffic Author: Ntuthuzelo Nene CAPE TOWN - The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) says it will meet next month to finalise its investigation into the conduct of the structural engineer appointed to oversee construction work at the collapsed George building. Thity-four people died when the partially constructed

Source: EWN Traffic Author: Carlo Petersen CAPE TOWN - A gender-based violence (GBV) activist has slammed the justice system after a killer cop who murdered three of his children was granted parole on Wednesday. Marius van der Westhuizen, a former Claremont South African Police Service (SAPS) officer who is serving