- Storms leave three dead, families homeless in OR Tambo
At least three people have died across the OR Tambo District after violent storms tore through Mthatha and surrounding areas, flattening homes, cutting electricity and leaving more than 100 households affected.
In Silverton, under the King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) Municipality, about 45 people were left homeless when heavy rains and strong winds ripped off roofs and toppled electricity lines on Friday.
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- South Africans are leaving the electricity network
South Africa’s electricity system is changing. After years of blackouts until 2024, the state-owned energy company Eskom is being unbundled into smaller companies, and the sector is increasingly open to private investment.
Households, businesses, and municipalities are finding ways to rely less on the national grid and switch to renewable energy – a process known as off-gridding.
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- DA picks Kingsol Chabalala as Emfuleni mayoral candidate for 2026
Democratic Alliance (DA) Johannesburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille has announced Kingsol Chabalala as the party’s mayoral candidate for Emfuleni in the 2026 local government elections.
Chabalala currently serves on the Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture Portfolio Committee and the Petitions Standing Committee in the Gauteng Legislature.
He was elected as a DA proportional representation councillor in Emfuleni in 2011, having previously worked as the party’s LEAD coordinator in Sedibeng in 2009. In 2014, he was elected to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature.