President Cyril Ramaphosa has signalled his support for the controversial Karpowership emergency power deal, saying that was ‘the way to go right now to add those megawatts’. He was speaking at his parliamentary question session on Thursday. The 1,220MW emergency procurement from Karpowership has been stalled for the past three years by legal action, tender […]
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A health hazard is looming in Kwekwe City following vandalism of the city’s pump station infrastructure. Speaking during a recently held full council meeting Kweker Acting Chamber Secretary Athunus Chidzurira said council is putting in place security measures. This comes after thieves tied up a security guard manning Woodlands pump station and vandalised infrastructure. Chidzurira […]
Farmers in Silobela are failing to access markets due to a poor road network in the constituency. Speaking during the commissioning of the Exchange Irrigation Scheme in Silobela recently, the scheme’s vice-chairperson Patrick Chipoka said while farmers appreciate the rehabilitation of the irrigation scheme which had collapsed many years ago, it is the state of […]
A fifth vehicle-assembly plant has been established in the country. Owned by Rana Motors and located at Amasaman, a community 26 kilometres from Accra towards Nsawam, the plant was inaugurated by President Nana Addo DankwaAkufo-Addo yesterday. There are already the stories of VW, Toyota, Nissan and Renault, in addition to native Kantanka Motors. The government […]
State power utility Eskom has announced that load shedding will be ramped up to higher stages this afternoon (Tuesday) due to delays in the return to service of at least nine generating units. Stage 6 load shedding will commence from 4pm this afternoon until 5am on Wednesday morning. This will be followed by Stage 4 […]
President Museveni has said whereas a section of Ugandans are criticising government over the poor state of roads, especially in Kampala, they should remember there are good ones upcountry. “I had a good drive in the rain from Kampala, it was a very nice drive and the road is very good all the way from […]
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has called on mining houses that have not registered their dams on the department’s database to submit their information in order to ensure compliance with dam safety regulations. The department is currently updating the database of all tailings or mine residue deposit dams in the country that meet […]
Work within OPIC area between Kara Bridge and Long Bridge completed, to be opened to traffic Sunday. As the reconstruction work on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway enters its final phase, the federal government has appealed for patience and understanding of motorists on account of the heavy traffic being experienced on the stretch from Toll Gate to […]
Families are still living in shacks next to their broken toilets Andile Ndulula, who uses crutches, is among 300 Kariega families who have been living in shacks next to toilets for seven years, waiting for the houses to be built around them. “When it rains, I carry an umbrella inside a toilet to relieve myself, […]
Cape Town — The UAE President and ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and 500 of his entourage, including government officials, caused a stir in South Africa last week when they landed their private planes at Bulembu Airport in Bisho – a military base decommissioned in the 1990s. Latest reports are that the […]
Kisii — The British High Commissioner to Kenya, Jane Marriott, and Kisii County Government have commissioned a 70-tonne avocado oil extraction project in Kisii County. The newly commissioned factory will utilize avocado sourced locally from farmers to produce avocado oil mainly for the export market. Speaking during the commissioning of the project in Kisii, the […]
Deputy President Paul Mashatile says Africa needs to reduce structural and regulatory barriers in order to unlock investment in road and maritime infrastructure, and facilitate successful intra-African and global trade. “The quality of much of the continent’s maritime, road and railway infrastructure is less than satisfactory. There are few road links, generally poor road infrastructure […]
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said one of the setups African countries face in their attempt to transform their economies is the lack of data and transparent systems. According to him, most countries in the African continent take decisions in the governance and management of their economies without any proper and consolidated data. This […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The Tunisian Observatory of Economy organised on Saturday a meeting focusing on the means to develop the fishing sector and the valorisation of sea products in Jerba Ajim. The aim is to ensure local development in the region. The meeting allowed to discuss the means to benefit from the resources and wealth of […]
A $1 million (Shs 3.7 billion) project to ensure reliable electricity supply to consumers in Butabika, Mutungo, Luzira and Kitintale has gone live. This follows the installation and energising of a new transformer at power distributor Umeme’s substation in Port Bell, Luzira. The development means consumers such as the Uganda Prisons Service (Luzira Maximum Prison), […]
State power utility Eskom is expected to implement Stage 3 and 5 load shedding until Wednesday evening. Stage 3 will be implemented between 5am and 4pm, with Stage 5 following between 4pm and 5am. On Monday afternoon, the power utility said unplanned breakdowns amounted to the unavailability of some 14 940MW of generating capacity, with […]
Cape Town — The Treasury has withdrawn the decision which allowed Eskom to forego reporting irregular or wasteful expenditure, Eyewitness News reports. According to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, the decision was made after consultation with the auditor general and a public outcry over the potential for the power utility to avoid fiscal responsibility. Godongwana said […]
Cape Town — Heavy rainfall in the north-eastern DR Congo – affecting the North Kivu Province – caused a landslide that has led to the deaths of 19 people, and injured several others across the Bulwa village (Masisi territory in southern North Kivu Province) on Sunday, April 2, 2023. More heavy rains are expected over […]