Powercuts

Water, power cuts and neglect are taking their toll on South Africa’s top hospitals

A fire at one of the biggest public hospitals in Johannesburg, the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, and the delay in reopening the facility has brought infrastructural issues into sharp focus. The fire broke out in mid-Ap...

Professor Daynia Ballot·almost 3 years ago

What's On Everyone's Lips : Eskom Implements Stage Two Loadshedding

Eskom informs the public that due to a loss of ten generating units at seven power stations. They have implemented Stage 2 load shedding which started on Sunday at 17:00 and will go until 22:00 on Tuesday night. Failure of three-gene...

Phumzile Mavimbela·almost 3 years ago

Unequal pay case in South Africa puts spotlight on how boards run their affairs

Businessman Andile Ngcaba, the former chairperson of South African-based technology company Dimension Data, has brought a lawsuit against the company for over R400 million for unequal remuneration. The case raises interesting question...

Rehana Cassim·almost 3 years ago