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Eskom in Gauteng will continue to replace infrastructure amid shortages of mini-substations. File photo.Image: Marianne Schwankhart
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High risk of load-shedding on Tuesday

“The power system is currently constrained,” Eskom said on Tuesday, advising there is a high risk of load-shedding. “Customers are urged switch off all non-essential appliances in an effort to reduce pressure on the national grid,” Eskom…

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PREACHING THE WORD: Dressed in sackcloth like the prophets of old, from left, Mzukisi Ndamase, Mduduzi Gumede, Lindelani Dlamini and Mandla Mthembu drew curiosity when people noticed them living at the Port Alfred Duck Pond Picture: ADELE STECK
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Messengers of the end times in Port Alfred

Travelling all the way from Cape Town by foot, and making some stops in in towns along the way, four latter day prophets have set up camp at the Port Alfred Duck Pond, to bring the word of the Lord to this area. Their strange clothing and…

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A Durban couple has been complaining to authorities since 2016 about this illegal steel structure and wall built in a suburb zoned ‘special residential’. They were ‘at their wits end’ from the constant banging, welding and movement of vehicles.Image: Supplied
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Beat it, judge tells illegal panel-beater who made neighbors’ lives hell

An unsightly large steel structure and a precast wall erected illegally on a property in a residential area must be demolished, says a KwaZulu-Natal High Court judge. Judge Trevor Gorven has also directed that the panel-beating,…

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