Lots can change in a single day, however we’ll maintain you within the know with the latest news tales and headlines in South Africa on Monday, 19 September 2022.
While going through freezing temperatures, South Africans additionally need to cope with Stage 6 load shedding within the coming week, or that load shedding might even worsen earlier than it will get higher.
Tempers are operating excessive following the implementation of Stage 6 load shedding on Sunday – and Andre de Ruyter’s wage is beneath scrutiny.
During a media briefing on Sunday, the beleaguered government made a lot of pleas: He has requested the general public to preserve electrical energy – which needs to be fairly simple, provided that we don’t even have any. Municipalities have additionally been advised to show off their road lights throughout the day.
Brace your self; snow and heavy rain will make landfall TODAY. Snow of as much as 20cm whereas heavy rain of as much as 100mm is predicted in elements of South Africa.
Meanwhile, a stunning video has emerged exhibiting native residents of the Mariental Municipality fleeing from a raging FIRE TORNADO in Nambia.
One of the wealthiest males within the nation has been blamed for the Jagersfontein dam disaster, which has left 4 folks lifeless and a reported 70 others injured. A wall of the dam burst final week Sunday, and homes and autos had been swept away. And additionally, a whole lot of animals had been killed.
Lastly, the Cape Town man who had over R120 000 taken from his account for a full tank of petrol lastly had his cash returned.
TODAY’S LATEST NEWS IN SOUTH AFRICA, Monday 19 September
Load shedding ‘could GO FURTHER than Stage 6’ this week
It’s getting more and more tougher to not fill these articles with expletives. Alas, the Stage 6 nightmare we’ve all been plunged into may not be the tip of the torment for South Africans – and Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has advised that load shedding might worsen earlier than it will get higher.
During a media briefing on Sunday, the beleaguered government made a lot of pleas: He has requested the general public to preserve electrical energy – which needs to be fairly simple, provided that we don’t even have any. Municipalities have additionally been advised to show off their road lights within the day.
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Stage 6 nightmare: What is Andre de Ruyter’s yearly wage?
South Africans woke as much as the devastating news that Stage 6 load shedding needed to be applied on Sunday morning. The excessive part of electrical energy outages – at present the joint-worst ever confronted in Mzansi – has been applied TWICE throughout Andre de Ruyter’s tenure.
Stage 6 cuts had been introduced within the early hours of 18 September. A double-whammy hit the vitality community, with faults at Kusile and Kriel plunging SA additional into darkness.
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SNOW and heavy rain make landfall TODAY in elements of SA
Brace your self; snow and heavy rain will make landfall TODAY. Snow of as much as 20cm whereas heavy rain of as much as 100mm is predicted in elements of South Africa.
According to VoxWeather, solely gentle flurries are prone to fall over the Matroosberg Nature Reserve within the Western Cape.
“The snow will rapidly soften, with a lot of the snow falling over the HIGH PEAKS of the Cederberg Mountain Range Into Monday, snow spreading over the Eastern Cape mountains and Drakensberg.
“Thundersnow is also possible on Monday into Tuesday over the Southern Free State, KwaZulu-Natal & Lesotho (Thundersnow – a thunderstorm that produces snow instead of rain).”
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Watch: FIRE TORNADO caught on digicam, a number of injured
Watch as native residents of the Mariental Municipality flee from a raging FIRE TORNADO in Nambia.
According to media reports, the fireplace began on Wednesday. Several folks had been injured within the fireplace.
One of the injured is Mayor Enrico Junius, who sustained 60% burn wounds, whereas one other individual sustained 100% burn wounds. Both had been flown to South Africa for medical therapy.
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Rupert ‘bribed and intimidated’ Jagersfontein residents – report
One of the wealthiest males within the nation has been blamed for the Jagersfontein dam disaster, which has left 4 folks lifeless and a reported 70 others injured. A wall of the dam burst final week Sunday and homes and autos had been swept away.
At least 300 folks within the mining city have since been displaced, prompting authorities intervention. There have since been rising requires the house owners of the mine dam to be held accountable. It was beforehand owned by Rupert’s Reinet Investments, however the firm bought Jagersfontein belongings to Stargems Holdings, a world diamond slicing, and sprucing firm.
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Cape Town man who paid R120k for petrol will get a reimbursement
Sebastian Santino De Allende went viral on-line after posting an image of his gas receipt exhibiting the hefty quantity taken out of his account.
De Allende acknowledged that he requested for a full tank of petrol which prices R1 200 however a complete of R120 020.12 was taken from his account as an alternative. The incident occurred at an Engen storage in Cape Town.
Speaking to IOL, De Allende stated the supervisor advised him on the day of the incident {that a} reversal was carried out and he could be known as the next day to examine. Three days handed and he nonetheless had not obtained his cash, nor was he known as.
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