‘Chin’no is not a risk to inmates’

[ad_1] The Herald Court correspondentPOLITICAL activist Hopewell Chin’ono has no symptoms of Covid-19 and is not a risk to other inmates, the court heard yesterday. Chin’ono, who faces charges of incitement to public violence, appeared in court for his routine pretrial detention. This came after Chin’ono’s lawyer, Taona Nyamakura, told …

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Aging infrastructure is Eskom’s problem, not the skills gap

[ad_1] Eskom’s head of generating units, Rhulani Mathebula, said they needed to reinvent the wheel and find effective ways to repair aging equipment. FIRE: Eskom’s Kendal Power Station is coal-fired and located in Mpumalanga. Image: eskom.co.za JOHANNESBURG – Eskom’s head of generating units, Rhulani Mathebula, said the utility needed to …

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Old Mutual scraps dividends amid recovery uncertainty

[ad_1] Insurer Old Mutual said on Tuesday (September 1, 2020) that it will eliminate its interim dividend amid the ongoing uncertainty created by the Covid-19 pandemic. “There is still a considerable amount of uncertainty about what we can expect in the next 12 months,” said Iain Williamson, CEO of Old …

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South Africa has 719 ‘contracting entities’: Treasury

[ad_1] The National Treasury says a report on acquisitions related to Covid-19 is expected in late September. Treasury’s objective is to present the Draft Law on Public Procurement before the end of the year. The bill aims to provide a single regulatory framework for public procurement and to address fragmentation …

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SEE | Pandemic Tracking: News24 Launches Covid-19 Panel

[ad_1] Covid-19 data is difficult to track and find, unless you know where to look. With its dashboard, News24 aims to provide readers with all the information they need to understand the spread of the coronavirus, in one place. The dashboard will expand, and as more data becomes available, readers …

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