Table of contents for Today’s Top News for 12 May 2022
Today’s Weather Forecast for South Africa
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Eskom’s worst performance to date
During a media briefing on Wednesday 11 May, Eskom’s chief operating officer, Jan Oberholzer revealed that as the end of the financial year is upon us, it shows Eskom’s worst performance to date.
According to the latest reports, its generation stopped 697 times and its coal fleet shrunk to 55.5% by March.
Oberholzer added that South Africa will need to add 50 000 MW of additional generation to the national transmission grid within the next 13 years in order to cover the energy supply gap.
North Korea declares national lockdown after first Covid-19 case
North Korean President Kim Jong-Un has ordered a national lockdown as the country recorded its first outbreak of Covid-19, raising fears of a humanitarian disaster in one of the world’s only unvaccinated countries.
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Durban Father and son apprehended for debit order fraud worth R18 million
A Durban father and his son were arrested in connection with a scam involving unauthorised R99 debit orders that caused bank clients to collectively lose R18 million, the Hawks said on Tuesday.
Ravenda Singh, 50, and his son Andrew, 26, directors of Durban-based call centre Sub User, were arrested in Johannesburg last week Wednesday.
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