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‘The energy crisis seems hopeless and our national leadership even more so. But SA’s energy problems are fixable, and in a shorter time than many believe. In fact, with the correct interventions the country could soon be exporting excess electricity to its neighbours,’ says Tetra Tech director Paul Tuson, an electrical engineer with more than 30 years’ experience in the power industry in SA.

Tiger Brands expects that the one-off costs of the recall of its baby powder will be R20m-R25m, it said in a trading statement yesterday for its year to end-September 2022. 

Sasol faces fines of up to R10m if it is convicted of unlawfully disposing of hazardous chemicals in the Vaal River system in a ‘manner that was likely to cause pollution or harm to human health and well-being’.

Eskom implemented stage six load shedding in the early hours of yesterday morning, plunging the country into a fresh wave of uncertainty. The very bad news is that the parastatal cannot say how long this latest severe stage will last, but the nation is now at risk of breaching the ’critical’ stage six.

A faction of the First Nations people made a bid on Friday to get the Western Cape High Court to stop the construction of Amazon's new headquarters in Cape Town until there was further consultation over site's heritage value and a review of the permissions granted.

The NPA's R107.5m corruption case against Gupta stalwart Ronica Ragavan and other associates has been postponed to 1 November and transferred to the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg), reports Fin24.

Anyone involved in trophy hunting has some level of moral disconnect, so the fact that President Cyril Ramaphosa was allegedly involved in other crimes is not surprising.

KZN MEC Sipho Hlomuka revealed this month that the damage to the province’s infrastructure due to the recent floods stood at more than R25bn.

On 14 February, a concrete seal at the south shaft of the old Kromdraai coal mine failed, decanting millions of litres of toxic acid mine drainage into the Bronkhorstspruit river system.

The award of a controversial licence to Tendele Coal Mining to extend the activities of its Somkhele mine in the Mtubatuba district of KZN has been set aside, reports GroundUp.

Conservationists have lashed out at KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala for not releasing a rhino task team investigation report for two years, according to the Mail & Guardian.

Civil society watchdog groups have scored a resounding legal victory that will put significant new pressure on the government to force Eskom and major industries on the Highveld to reduce air pollution levels in one of the world’s most polluted living spaces, according to environmental writer Tony Carnie in a Daily Maverick report.

Gauteng’s Green Scorpions have clamped down on a leading property developer for its construction of a luxury clubhouse and pool in a demarcated wetland in Fourways, reports the Mail & Guardian.

Another delay in the expected completion date to raise the existing 43m wall of the Clanwilliam Dam on the Olifants River by 13m has seen the estimated cost of the project nearly double since it was first announced in 2013.

Even though four environmental and human rights organisations lost their urgent court bid to block Shell from proceeding with its seismic survey off the coast of the Eastern Cape, the battle continues as a separate urgent application was filed last week – this time by coastal and fishing communities.