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"We're saying to them you're not worthy of dignity," Equal Education organizer said.

South Africans on Monday blamed their local government for failing to provide clean water as deaths from cholera rose to 15 in the country's most populous province.

"Stool specimen has been collected from some of the affected people," the department said.

"Karpower is not what we need in South Africa, what we need is a short-term, South African generation that can contribute to the grid very speedily," Liz McDaid said.

Eskom warned that it may ramp up crippling power outages to prevent a national grid collapse as winter arrives in the coming weeks. Winter demand for power is expected to surge to around 33,000 megawatts but Eskom is only able to produce 26,000 megawatts out of its installed capacity of 47,500 megawatts. Already the country is going into winter with a shortfall of some 3,000 megawatts compared to last year as its Koeberg nuclear power station is undergoing an overhaul.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said that the government will guarantee solar-related loans to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on a 20% first-loss basis. Moreover, it will "facilitate the leasing of rooftop solar by households and SMEs." "National Treasury has also made changes to the Bounce Back Loan Guarantee Scheme (introduced in 2022) to incentivise rooftop solar investments," Finance Minister said.

RBIG will be allocated R10.1 billion, while WSIG will receive R4.6 billion.

The ruling African National Congress has recommended that state power utility Eskom delay the decommissioning of its ageing coal-fired power stations to help minimise rolling electricity outages. President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the total cost could prove 10 times higher than what Western donors are offering to finance. South Africa's national target for emissions reductions is 398-510 MtCO2e by 2025, and 350-420 MtCO2e by 2030.

"The team is working around the clock to ensure that generating units are returned to service as soon as possible," Eskom said.

"The demand not supplied due to load shedding in the calendar year 2023 up to midnight of 7 May 2023 exceeded the demand not supplied in the calendar year of 2022," Eskom said.

"Undiagnosed and untreated malaria rapidly progresses to severe illness, with a potentially fatal outcome," NICD said.

The Minister of Tourism clarified that her priority is to bring more than 21 million tourists to South Africa before 2030.

"What we are introducing is that Eskom must go directly to the Original Equipment Manufacturer," Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said.

President Cyril Ramaphosa praised the media investigations to highlight the corruption in the country.

"They can still visit SASSA offices to change the method of payment so that they can get their money at their own personal banks," Themba Matlou said.

The deployment commeced on April 17 and will continue till Oct. 17.

Nwabisa Ngxola was accused of 114 charges including fraud, theft, and money laundering.

"These processes are currently underway," DWS' Director-General (DG) Dr. Sean Phillips said.

"The TCS system supports the strategic objectives of SARS to make it easier for taxpayers to comply," SARS said.

Workers in central Cape Town are putting the finishing touches on the 54-room Hemp Hotel, which is due to be completed in June.

Apart from sharing the official fuel price adjustments for May, the DMR also explained the reason behind the movements in prices.

A group of 22 South Africans was waiting for clearance by Egyptian authorities to catch a flight from Cairo to their home country, after getting evacuated from Sudan.

The summit will help the government to assess the health system's performance and preparation to implement the National Health Insurance (NHI).

"But we won't sit back, we'll keep on fighting until [there's] zero percent foreigners in trucking," ATDF ASA secretary Sifiso Nyathi said.

The official Twitter handle of South Africa's Ministry Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) shared a series of photos featuring the ministers with South African nationals at the airport.

"[GTIP] helps to reduce pressure on the national electricity grid and water resources of the country," the minister said.

Andre de Ruyter said an estimated one billion rand ($55 million) "is stolen from Eskom" each month.

"We are living in a terrible situation. We need toilets ... We need water," says Cele, a 40-year-old former retail worker, who adds that residents have no sanitation and must use buckets as toilets.

In total, R21.4 billion worth of projects are completed, and the overall value of projects is R313.5 billion.