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Home power backup systems – electrical engineers answer your questions
20th February 2023 South Africa’s electricity utility Eskom has made it clear that “loadshedding” – rolling scheduled power cuts – isn’t going to end any time soon.... →
Botshabelo’s incomplete water project fails the community
14th February 2023 The DA in Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality is concerned with an unfinished water project in Botshabelo sections U and W. Although the municipal... →
Masking the real "disaster"? South Africans left in the dark after State of Disaster announcement
14th February 2023 The declaration of South Africa’s energy crisis as a National State of Disaster may be open to court challenge, as there is already sufficient... →
SASSA pay-point “upgrades” and loadshedding leave beneficiaries destitute
7th February 2023 The most vulnerable and marginalised in the ZF Mcgawu region continue to suffer double blows with an already meagre social grant since the SASSA... →
Phumelela municipality failing the community on upgrading of Ezenzeleni housing sites
7th February 2023 The lack of urgency in the promised upgrading of the water, sewage and electricity in Phumelela Local Municipality is of grave concern. Questions... →
Western Cape on emergency funding to mitigate impact of loadshedding on local municipalities
30th January 2023 At the first provincial Cabinet meeting of the year, held on Wednesday, 25 January 2023, emergency funding needed to mitigate the consequences of... →
Water supply challenges
30th January 2023 Rand Water’s maximum water treatment capacity of our purification plants (Zuikerbosch and Vereeniging) is 5 000 Mega litres of water a day. From... →
City advises of planned required power supply interruption in Muizenberg and vicinity
30th January 2023 The City’s Electricity Generation and Distribution Department would like to inform residents in Muizenberg and in the immediate vicinity that a... →