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Daily news update: Here’s why Electoral Court overturned IEC’s decision | Eskom predicts stage 2 load shedding over winter | Two-pot retirement system
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News today includes former president Jacob Zuma was allowed to stand as a candidate for Parliament due to the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leader being unable to appeal his prison sentence.
Meanwhile, Eskom’s projections indicate that even in the worst-case scenario, load shedding this winter should not reach stage 6 outages.
Furthermore, the two-pot retirement system is one step closer to implementation on 1 September this year after the NCOP passed the Pension Funds Amendment Bill on Thursday with changes that clear up some discrepancies.
News Today: 26 April 2024
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Here’s why Electoral Court overturned IEC’s decision to bar Zuma’s candidacy
Former president Jacob Zuma was allowed to stand as a candidate for Parliament due to the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leader being unable to appeal his prison sentence.
On Friday, the Electoral Court released its much-anticipated full judgment as to why it overturned a decision of the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to bar Zuma from the MK party’s parliamentary list ahead of this year’s elections.
The IEC has since turned to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt), seeking clarity on the interpretation of Section 47(1)(e) of the Constitution, which deals with the circumstances barring a convicted individual from holding public office.
CONTINUE READING: Here’s why Electoral Court overturned IEC’s decision to bar Zuma’s candidacy
Law firm investigates deaths of two Daveyton pupils at discipline camp
Law firm Seanego Attorneys has been appointed to probe the circumstances that led to the deaths of the two Daveyton Skills School pupils who drowned during a discipline camp.
15-year-old Siphamandla Peterson and 17-year-old Sibusiso Sibiya passed away on 15 April when they drowned at a discipline camp at Rock Falls Adventure Ranch in Centurion.
The two boys were laid to rest at the Rabasotho Community Hall in Tembisa on Thursday morning, where Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane said there are people who have already been identified to be held accountable.
CONTINUE READING: Law firm investigates deaths of two Daveyton pupils at discipline camp
Eskom predicts stage 2 load shedding over winter, stage 5 in worst-case scenario
Eskom’s projections indicate that even in the worst-case scenario, load shedding this winter should not reach stage 6 outages.
The power utility briefed the media on Friday regarding its winter plan from April to the end of August.
South Africa has not experienced load shedding for 30 consecutive days as of Friday, the longest stretch so far in 2024.
CONTINUE READING: Eskom predicts stage 2 load shedding over winter, stage 5 in worst-case scenario
‘Don’t buy into his new story’ – Dali Mpofu shades Mbeki’s ANC campaigning
Advocate and former EFF national chairperson Dali Mpofu has thrown shade at Thabo Mbeki hitting the campaign trail for the ANC.
Former president Mbeki and Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi visited Soweto on Thursday, urging people to vote for the ruling party in next month’s national and provincial elections.
He spoke to residents and business owners at Jabulani Mall as part of his walkabout, handing out pamphlets bearing President Cyril Ramaphosa’s face.
CONTINUE READING: ‘Don’t buy into his new story’ – Dali Mpofu shades Mbeki’s ANC campaigning
Two-pot retirement system: NCOP passes Pension Funds Amendment Bill
The two-pot retirement system is one step closer to implementation on 1 September this year after the NCOP passed the Pension Funds Amendment Bill on Thursday with changes that clear up some discrepancies.
The objective of the Bill is to ease the financial pressure on South Africans by allowing them to access their pension savings before retirement.
The National Assembly passed the Pension Funds Amendment Bill in March, taking the first step to change the pension fund system in South Africa that will give members access to a small portion of their retirement savings, but even more important ensure that they do not cash out their pensions before retirement, leaving them without sufficient funds to retire comfortably.
CONTINUE READING: Two-pot retirement system: NCOP passes Pension Funds Amendment Bill
In other news today:
- Only in SA: Criminals are now ‘smoking’ stolen fibre cables
- Man who kidnapped and assaulted paramedics gets 15 years
- ‘Cold-blooded, callous, heinous’: Man, who stabbed girlfriend 19 times in front of child, locked up for life
- R553 more for electricity? – What you need to know about City Power’s upcoming tariff hikes
- ‘Don’t buy into his new story’ – Dali Mpofu shades Mbeki’s ANC campaigning
