The Buffalo City Metro (BCM) will strike its customers with a massive electricity tariff hike of 14.59% in the 2021/22 financial year, which is twice the national inflation rate. This was announced during a special council meeting on Monday, a decision that prompted opposition parties to vote against the passing of the municipal budget.
Graves are decorated with flags for at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on May 26, 2008. | Wikimedia Commons/Remember
Memorial Day is an annual federal observance that honors those in the U.S. military who have passed away and a day for Americans to spend time praying for permanent peace.
The holiday was observed in the 19th century under the name “Decoration Day, which sought to honor the memory of soldiers who died in the American Civil War.
Later on, the observance was broadened to include Americans killed in all armed conflicts, with parades, barbeques and other festivities being connected to the holiday.
City Power contractor shuffle leaves Joburg residents in the dark for days Ward councillors say issue around contractors affects response time 03 June 2021 - 17:16 Councillors claim City Power s response time to attending to outages is poor, mainly because of its new policy on the use of contractors. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/loganban
Some residents in Joburg have been without electricity for more than two days, while others have been in the dark for at least six days and it s not due to load-shedding.
Ward councillors in the city are inundated with calls from residents who have been without electricity for days, even after logging calls with City Power.
Havana, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Wednesday thanked his Bolivian counterpart, Luis Arce, for acknowledging the progress of the health intervention in Cuba with its own Covid-19 vaccine candidates.
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