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The Khayelitsha Community Action Network says it will not be bullied by politicians. This after one of its members was involved in an altercation with Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu over building materials. While Sisulu earlier reportedly said she would sue a Khayelitsha housing activist following an altercation, on Friday she said she considered the matter closed . The Khayelitsha Community Action Network (CAN) says it refuses to be bullied by politicians following an altercation involving one of its members and Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu earlier this week. EyeWitness News reported that Sisulu had confirmed that she would be opening a case against Cape Town housing activist Nkosikhona Swartbooi following an altercation between the two over building materials that went viral on social media. ....
Eskom announced on Friday that it will suspend load shedding as demand declined ahead of the weekend. This after the power utility had implemented stage 2 load shedding between 10pm and 5am on Wednesday and Thursday. Though load shedding has been suspended because the demand for electricity has dropped, Eskom still requested that South Africans continue use electricity sparingly as the system remained vulnerable. A home affairs building. For illustration purposes. Picture: Ashraf Hendricks In keeping up with government’s so-called fourth industrial revolution (4IR) endeavours, the Department of Home Affairs is building a digital national identity system (NIS), which it says will be inclusive, secure, accurate, confidential and responsive. ....
Khayelitsha community network ‘refuses to be bullied’ after Sisulu altercation News24 Wire Lindiwe Sisulu. Gallo Images The altercation between Swartbooi and Sisulu happened during the minister’s visit to the fire-ravaged Taiwan informal settlement. The Khayelitsha Community Action Network (CAN) says it refuses to be bullied by politicians following an altercation involving one of its members and Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu earlier this week. EyeWitness News reported that Sisulu had confirmed that she would be opening a case against Cape Town housing activist Nkosikhona Swartbooi following an altercation between the two over building materials that went viral on social media. ....
The year ahead! Social Share 2020 was one hell of a year. The COVID pandemic and the general election consumed most of our attention and energy. We have generally not taken the pandemic as seriously as we should have. Our election was to a large extent entertainment, with not enough attention paid to COVID which is going to be with us for a long time. Whatever efforts were made to raise issues for serious attention were lost amidst the political melee and blabber. Should we not have taken seriously the leaked poverty assessment report rather than deny its validity? The glamour and treating are all over and we are now into serious times. To begin to think that 2021 is going to be different is to ignore the fact that 2021 is really the day after December 31, 2020. 2021 will only be different if we make it so. The many wishes to be made at midnight on Thursday will depend not on some mysterious intervention but on how we organise ourselves. ....