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A leaked memorandum seen by City Press confirms our earlier reporting that President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Sunday announce a move from the current Level 1 lockdown restrains to a much stricter level 2 lockdown.
Funeral undertakers vow to continue protest, set to defy interdict
By James Mahlokwane
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Pretoria - Funeral undertakers who clashed with the police during a protest outside the Department of Home Affairs in Pretoria CBD on Tuesday will defy the court interdict and resume picketing today.
They are unhappy with the department over numerous unsolved issues, including delays in the registration of death certificates.
The secretary-general of the Unification Task Team of the Funeral Industry, Kgomotso Langa, told the Pretoria News they intended to shut down the department’s offices again today.
She said: “We hear that the department obtained a court interdict preventing us from protesting. It was never served to us as the supposed correspondents.”
Exposed: Municipalities have diverted billions from the poor, depriving them of free basic electricity
A new electricity scandal has erupted in South Africa. Only two in every 10 poor households that qualify for free basic electricity have received it for at least the past five years, with municipalities diverting at least R40bn earmarked for indigents. This has been highlighted by Chris Yelland, one of South Africa’s top energy analysts. He speaks to BizNews about how it is very difficult – and often impossible – for poor people to register for free basic services and raises the questions about how it is possible that the authorities – from the National Treasury to municipal officials – have not raised the alarm about this situation. – Jackie Cameron
Water security to boost economic activities in SA, Africa
By Goitsemang Tlhabye
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Pretoria - The Water Research Commission and the OR Tambo Municipality have set their sights on providing the country and the rest of Africa with a road map to ensuring water security issues do not become the next pandemic.
They announced this vision following the signing of a memorandum of understanding yesterday to work together to resolve the municipalityâs water and sanitation challenges.
Chief executive of the commission Dhesigen Naidoo said as a national entity that provided a general support service to the country around research and innovation matters associated with water, they possessed a huge repository of knowledge of how water could be better managed.