New electricity prices in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, and Pretoria
South Africa's four largest metropolitan municipalities will soon implement electricity tariff increases, mostly in line with Eskom's 9.01% hike in bulk electricity prices.
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa...
Rooftop solar user charged R380,000 by municipality, told "no issue with billing system"
A Durban resident with a large rooftop solar installation recently received a municipal bill reflecting electricity charges of nearly R380,000.
According to the resident, this amount of consumption was...
The Namibia Stop 8 Housing Project started in 2019, but only one RDP house has been completed.
Hundreds of families have been living in cramped conditions for three-and-a-half years.
The municipality blames bureaucratic delays, Covid-19, the July 2021 unrest, and the KZN floods...
The actual device which reads water consumption is burst. Pipe damage is on main supply. I noticed it around midnight and logged it to the municipality a few moments later on a call. After many hours and two more calls to query the status during the day they apparently still haven't found a...
Vumacam expands to Durban
Vumacam has announced that the City of eThekwini metropolitan municipality, which includes Durban, will be rolling out its surveillance technology across the region.
“It is anticipated that ultimately 2,400 public space cameras will be installed, with the first phase...
Eskom is wrong, or it's lying — City Power and Cape Town
Johannesburg’s City Power and the City of Cape Town have reportedly hit back at Eskom after the power utility accused municipalities of not fully complying with its directives to implement stage 2 load-shedding last week.
This comes...
Major changes to public holidays in South Africa proposed
FlySafair has suggested changes to South Africa's Public Holidays Act to shift mid-week holidays to a Monday or a Friday.
The low-cost airline says it drafted a proposal to change public holidays in South Africa to speed up the recovery...
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The eThekwini municipality will take over the management of the Moses Mabhida Stadium, it was reported on Monday.
It would not renew the contract of the caretaker operator, Municipal Management Services, which has managed the stadium since 2009. The Mercury reported. The contract ends in...
A kwaito music star has been charged with wearing a police uniform to the Metro Music Awards, eThekwini metro police said on Tuesday.
Senior Superintendent Eugene Msomi said kwaito star Mkhonzeni "Professor" Langa would be charged with impersonating a police officer, possession of a police...