Cape Town will be the first load shedding-free city in South Africa, says mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis with Cape Town issuing tenders to procure 300MW of additional renewable energy.
Did global legal heavyweight Baker McKenzie justifiably shield its client Bain & Co from scrutiny, or criminal prosecution, by invoking legal privilege? In this roundtable discussion with Adv. Erin Richards and Bain whistle-blower Athol Williams, questions are raised about how Bain’s lawyers were also their investigators in an “independent” forensic investigation looking at Bain’s conduct at SARS.
Yesterday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unleashed a state of emergency on that country, accusing Freedom Convoy participants of terrorism.
State arms manufacturer Denel went from making hundreds of millions in profit a mere seven years ago, to being technically insolvent today. As an example, its electricity was recently disconnected by the Tshwane municipality for being R2.4m in arrears, and it hasn’t paid staff full salaries in two years.
The City of Tshwane on Tuesday cut the power supply to SARS, the SA Police Service (SAPS) headquarters, and the Gautrain station in Hatfield.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet has extended South Africa’s national state of disaster, but says that work is now being done to bring it to a close next month.
The reaction of governments to Covid-19 has been to respond with panic and a one-size-fits-all ‘solution’ that has done far more harm than good.
A panel of experts says that President Cyril Ramaphosa has effectively failed to control the ANC and the party’s mechanisms which enable corruption.
Peter Hain, a former UK cabinet minister and now a member of the House of Lords, is upping the pressure on global consultancy Bain & Co.
Forex controls have many unintended, undetected and under-reported consequences that are gravely injurious to the rand and our national economy.