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Making headlines: South Africa to know more about state of country's electricity supply tomorrow, no retraction from ANC but Magashule must handle corruption claims on his own and, Nehawu still consulting members about latest Sars wage offer

 

South Africa to know more about state of country's electricity supply tomorrow

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and chairperson of the Eskom board Jabu Mabuza are expected to brief the media on the state of South Africa's electricity supply tomorrow.

The briefing is expected to be at a power station in Johannesburg.

This follows a previous joint briefing about two weeks ago, where Gordhan said at the time that they would know more about the problems facing Eskom following a technical review of the power plants which would take between 10 to 14 days.

At the time, the country was in the midst of rolling black outs. The power shortage was so severe that Eskom implemented several days of Stage 4 load-shedding as well as Stage 2 during the night.

 

No retraction from ANC but Magashule must handle corruption claims on his own

A senior ANC source has said that the party’s secretary general Ace Magashule had no right to issue a statement to City Press, Sunday Times and journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh over an explosive book tying him to corruption in the Free State.

On Sunday, the two newspapers reported on some of the claims from Myburgh's book titled Gangster State, unravelling Magashule's web of capture.

It explores Magashule's long tenure as ANC chairperson and his role as premier of the Free State.

 

Nehawu still consulting members about latest Sars wage offer

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union said on Tuesday that it was still consulting its members about the latest wage offer tabled by the South African Revenue Services.

Nehawu national spokesperson Khaya Xaba said the union's officials were having a meeting with members to inform them of the Sars wage offer and to obtain a mandate from them. 

This after the Public Servants Association, the majority union at Sars, on Monday reached an eight percent wage agreement following lengthy and after-hour negotiations, picketing and demonstrations by employees.

The strike crippled Sars services as the revenue collector had to close down 33 of its 53 branches across the country.

 

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today

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