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Middelpunt Nature Reserve declared a Ramsar site

Thursday, April 6, 2023

Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, has welcomed the declaration of Middelpunt Nature Reserve (MNR) as South Africa’s 29th Ramsar site.

Applications for water use licences for hydropower generation open

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has called on Independent Power Producers (IPP) to apply for water use authorisations to utilise its water resources, water courses and infrastructure to generate hydropower as an alternative energy to supplement the current electricity available in the grid.

Government withdraws State of Disaster on electricity

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Government announced on Wednesday that it has terminated, with immediate effect, the National State of Disaster declared by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) on 9 February 2023.

Three Limpopo criminals sentenced to 705 years in prison

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

The South Gauteng High Court has handed a combined 705 years imprisonment sentence to three members of a criminal gang convicted on 19 charges including murder, robbery, assault, attempted murder, possession of firearms, ammunition and kidnapping.

Eskom PFMA partial exemption withdrawn, for now

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says National Treasury has withdrawn Eskom’s partial exemption from the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) granted to the power utility last week.