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Premier Alan Winde and the MEC for finance and economic development, Mireille Wenger, in a joint statement on Tuesday, said the dispute was declared with the national government represented by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and Public Service and Administration Minister Noxolo Kiviet in term...

The state-owned infrastructure provider draws first blood in the legal matter over Eskom disconnecting its fibre-optic cables.

In 2020, the power utility restricted supply to the Ngwathe and Lekwa municipalities. Ngwathe encompasses Parys and Vredefort in the Free State and Lekwa includes Standerton in Mpumalanga.

Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Nqaba Bhanga has declared a dispute over a string of failures of the Amatola Water Board that has seen a potentially disastrous delay in the Nooitgedacht Water Scheme, a project that needs to be completed for the metro to avoid Day Zero. Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Nqaba B...

Nelson Mandela Bay is fast running out of water. Our dams are running dry and we are in crisis. We do have a critical lifeline, however- the Nooitgedacht Low-Level Water Scheme. Unfortunately, due to an administrative blunder, or gross negligence, by national government, the construction of the third phase of this project has come to a grinding halt. Today I want to announce that I have taken the first step towards positioning the municipality to take control of this project.

Electricity ombudsman not feasible, says Dlamini Zuma By Tarryn-Leigh Solomons Share Johannesburg - The Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has concluded that it is not feasible to appoint an electricity ombudsman to resolve disputes between electricity suppliers and users. Minister of Co-operative Governance Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma revealed this response to parliamentary questions posed by DA MP Cilliers Brink. The Eskom Technical Task Team was established as a...