Five Newsworthy Things in SA 5th August 2022:

News in South Africa 5th August: 1. Stage 2 loadshedding continues: A major delay in restarting Eskom’s Koeberg unit 2 is largely to blame for load shedding rearing its ugly head again, just 11 days after it was suspended. Energy expert Chris Yelland notes that the failure to synchronise the unit to the grid is […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 5th August 2021:

News in South Africa 5th August: 1. Nationwide strike averted: A general strike in the public sector, which could have shut down state hospitals, schools, and police stations, has been averted but possible industrial action might be in the offing in SA’s engineering and steel industry. A strike in the engineering and steel industry, which […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 2nd June 2021:

News in South Africa 2nd June: 1. Unemployment rate record high: The statisticians conclude that the unemployment rate in SA is still climbing and that according to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) has reached the highest level since the introduction of the survey in 2008. The official unemployment rate increased to 32.6% in the […]

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