PEFM 87.6 News: June 2015

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

NEWS: Eskom Denied 25% Tariff Hike

JOHANNESBURG – The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has just announced it has denied Eskom's application for a 25 percent tariff hike.

It announced the decision following a week of public hearing.

Nersa chairman Jacob Modise said, “The application did not provide the mechanism on how the proposed increase, if granted, will be implemented in the current financial year in a manner that is consistent with the requirement of the municipal financial act 2003.”

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NEWS: New e-toll fees take effect

The first part of the new e-toll dispensation announced by government in May will come into effect on Wednesday.

Account holders are the first to benefit from the new dispensation, with reduced tariffs per kilometre and monthly caps on all classes of vehicles.

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NEWS: Man dies after Soweto hospital turns him away because he didn't have R20

According to Sowetourban, Bongani Mazibuko claims that the staff at the Bheki Mlangeni Hospital in Jabulani, Soweto refused to treat his 64-year-old father Bheki, because he didn't have the R20 admission fee.

Mazibuko claims he only had R15 on him, and by the time he managed to get the extra five two hours later his father had already died.

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NEWS: What South Africa's youth are dying from

Tuberculosis was the leading cause of death among the youth in 2013, Statistician General Pali Lehohla revealed in a report released on Monday by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA).

The morbidity and mortality patterns among the youth of South Africa report found that 77 822 deaths occurred among the youth, with natural causes being the most common cause of death and non-natural causes of death contributing less than 30% of all deaths.

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

NEWS: South African Cabinet threatens to pull out of world court over Al Bashir

Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe has announced that South Africa will review its participation in the International Criminal Court in the wake of the debacle surrounding fugitive Sudanese president Omar al Bashir’s attendance at an African Union summit in Gauteng.

Under the ICC’s Rome Statute terms‚ heads of state do not enjoy immunity.

Radebe said SA has to balance its obligations to the ICC with its obligations to the AU and individual states. In addition‚ he asserted‚ the ICC must have been aware that SA‚ in execution of the warrant‚ would breach its agreement with the AU.

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NEWS: Half of the people using water in Joburg do not pay for it

Half of the people using the City of Johannesburg’s water are not paying for it.

The Johannesburg CBD. Picture: THE TIMES

They are not on Johannesburg Water’s billed customer database, which has recorded the same number of meters for the past three years, despite growth in housing developments and connections to the city’s water service.

Records show that there are between 320,000 and 330,000 meters on the database and this number has not changed for the past three years.

However, official population statistics indicate that the City of Johannesburg should be receiving water-service payments from about 650,000 account holders.

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WATCH: This six-year-old gospel singing sensation has recorded an album

Six-year-old gospel singing sensation Ayazingca Mbeki from Delft in Cape Town has already recorded her first album with the second due in August this year.

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NEWS: AA predicts 43c to 46c petrol price hike

Fuel price increases are set to continue in July due to a weakening rand/US dollar exchange rate‚ according to the Automobile Association (AA)‚ which was commenting on unaudited daily fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund.

"The average rand/US dollar exchange rate has weakened considerably since the end of May. The rand has lost around 40c against the US dollar‚ and this has contributed almost half of the increase which is forecast for the petrol price."

The AA said on Thursday that the balance of the increase was due to fluctuations in the landed prices of petroleum products.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

NEWS: King of jungle now on 'red list'

The mighty lion, reclusive cave crabs and the world's rarest sea lion are among nearly 23000 species at risk of extinction, a top global conservation body warned yesterday.

In an update to its "red list" of threatened species, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature hailed some clear advances in saving endangered species like the Iberian Lynx.

But, it warned, successes had been overshadowed by declines in a range of species, with 22784 species of animals and plants threatened with extinction.

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NEWS: Child maintenance bill one step closer to becoming law

CAPE TOWN – A bill that will see child maintenance defaulters being credit blacklisted is one step closer to becoming law.

A judge's gavel. Picture: RSC Inc.

On Tuesday the National Assembly adopted the Maintenance Amendment Bill that allows for the personal details of absconding parents to be sent to a credit bureau.

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NEWS: OR Tambo airport robbers linked to 16 crimes

Lohannesburg - Two robbers, who were shot dead in a driveway in Pretoria at the weekend, have been linked to 16 other crimes, Gauteng police said on Wednesday.

(SAPS, Facebook)

On Sunday, two men, Tyson Mdluli, 43, and Benson Kalusi, 40, were shot and killed and the third suspect, whose identity cannot be disclosed at this stage, was wounded in a driveway in Pretoria Moot after following a woman home from OR Tambo International.

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NEWS: East London couple accused of fleecing church of almost R7 million applies for bail

An East London couple are expected to apply for bail on after they were arrested for allegedly defrauding the Twelve Apostles’ Church in Christ of almost R7 million.

Zola Maziyana‚ 46‚ and his wife Zukiswa Maziyana‚ 38‚ were arrested on Tuesday morning at their Sunnyridge home in East London.

The couple are charged with 53 counts of fraud and 123 counts of money-laundering.

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Watch: An angry rabbit attacks a snake after it kills one of her babies

An angry rabbit took revenge on a hungry snake after it killed one of her bunnies as an afternoon snack. In the clip posted by WebTV47, the long black snake is first seen curled around the tiny baby as it prepares to gorge itself.

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NEWS:Power crisis biggest risk to SA growth - IMF

Johannesburg - South Africa's power supply crisis poses the biggest obstacle to growth, while state support to ailing Eskom and increased public sector wages may weigh on public finances, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday.

The global lending body singled out delays in easing electricity shortages, and to policy and regulatory uncertainties, as chief constraints to economic growth in Africa’s most developed economy.

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NEWS: Chiefs unveil Xulu, Ndulula, Abraw, Ritchie

Strikers Bongani Ndulula and Camaldine Abraw and defender Siyanda Xulu were the biggest attractions of new signings unveiled by reigning PSL champions Kaizer Chiefs on Tuesday.

Xulu joins Amakhosi after leaving Russian outfit Rostov and is seen a direct replacement for departed captain and centre back Tefu Mashamaite.

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NEW: SA weather service warns of gale force storm and more snowfall

Cape Town – Winter is about to make its presence felt in the Western Cape and Southern parts of the Northern Cape as gale force winds, rain and snowfall as two cold fronts are expected to hit in succession over the next few days.

“A cold front system is approaching the country and will make landfall by Wednesday morning with a second one following by Thursday,” said South African Weather Service forecaster Elizabeth Webster.

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Monday, June 22, 2015

NEWS: ‘Affairs led to church closing’

Pietermaritzburg - A pastor's alleged multiple love affairs may have led to the closure of a Bombay Heights church.

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An e-mail doing the rounds among community members and the church congregation shone the light on the pastor’s alleged affairs with women from his congregation.

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NEWS: 6 families held up during braai in Johannesburg

Johannesburg - Gauteng police are investigating after 29 people, including 17 children, were attacked by three robbers during a braai at a house in Linden, Johannesburg at the weekend.

Hans and Riana Somsen at their home in Linden. (Denzil Maragele, Netwerk24)

Hans and Riana Somsen at their home in Linden. (Denzil Maragele, Netwerk24)

The incident occurred on Saturday. The robbers took cellphones, laptops and jewellery.

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NEWS: Dream takes off for unemployed man who built helicopter

Rustenburg - The unemployed man who built a helicopter from recycled material outside his shack in the Siza informal settlement near Rustenburg is beaming with excitement after News24 users offered to change his life.

Vusimuzi Mbatha stands near his helicopter. (Supplied, News24 Correspondent)

Vusimuzi Mbatha stands near his helicopter. (Supplied, News24 Correspondent)

"I am excited about what is happening to me," Vusimuzi Mbatha, 35, said on Friday after job offers and an offer to help him to take a ride in a helicopter were made by readers.

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NEWS: Maimane outlines plan to save SA

Cape Town - Instead of the government creating five million new jobs, South Africa needs one million new entrepreneurs, according to DA leader Mmusi Maimane.

Speaking on his weekly Bokamoso online programme, Maimane said government should create an environment that allows new ventures to get off the ground and flourish. “And for starters, this means an economy that grows at around 5 to 7%, as opposed to the 1.4% we’re currently seeing,” he said.

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Sunday, June 21, 2015

NEWS: WhatsApp rated the worst app for privacy

WhatsApp has been ranked the least protective of user data in an annual report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).

According to the report titled, ‘Who Has Your Back?’ the EFF was highly critical of the instant messaging app, and recommended users opt for Dropbox or Apple application when sending message or exchanging files and images.

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NEWS: Charleston massacre church reopens in triumph over 'the Devil'

Hundreds of congregants, some tearful, packed the Emanuel African American Episcopal Church for a service led by visiting clergy because the congregation's pastor was among those killed by a white supremacist said to have been trying to ignite a race war.

The service offered the still-grieving community of Charleston the opportunity to mark what many argued was its triumph in thwarting the shooter's aim to foment hatred.

NEWS: SA is aiming for universal free education: Zuma

Durban - Universal free education was the aim of the South African government and should not have a price tag, President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday.

President Jacob Zuma. (GCIS)

Zuma, who was speaking in Durban at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, said: “We do not believe education should be sold as a commodity and only available to a minority.”

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