South Africa announced Thursday it is easing restrictions on electricity generation to allow private firms to build power plants and help reduce frustrating blackouts.
Hate crime in our society will not be tolerated: Ramaphosa Updated Lauren Beukes Share this: Delivering the annual Freedom Day address, the President issued this message about homophobia and intolerance against the LGBTQI community. Twitter/TutuZondo Nobody has the right to take the life and abuse someone else because of their sexual orientation. No one has the right at all. His comment comes after a series of violent attacks over the few months including here in KZN. Just last month - an openly gay man Sphamandla Khoza was stabbed multiple times in an attack apparently fuelled by his sexuality. The man who killed LGBTQI+ activist Lindokuhle Cele in February last year is serving 25-years in prison.
Government will not privatise Transnet: Ramaphosa Updated Nushera Soodyal Supplied A number of other investments are so big that they require partners to come on board. Transnet is a state-owned enterprise, we are not privatising it. Transnet will continue to bring partners and work with them. Some Transnet employees picketed yesterday at the Durban Port, where Ramaphosa arrived to meet with the entity s senior management. The workers, affiliated to transport union Satawu, said they wanted to air their objections to plans to privatise the parastatal. It follows talks that Transnet intends privatising low-density railway lines. Ramaphosa says the port is currently working with a number of partners.