11 arrested for alleged extortion at local Limpopo mine

File image: Silver handcuffs. 1 minute Limpopo Police have arrested 11 suspects in Praktiseer, outside Burgersfort for alleged extortion at a local mine. Police spokesperson, Colonel Malesela Ledwaba says that the local business forum allegedly threatened to close and disrupt mining activities if the mine doesn’t give them tenders and meet their other demands. Colonel…

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R2 trillion investment needed in electricity sector: ECSA

Electricity pylons. 1 minute Energy Council of South Africa (ECSA) says the country needs to invest R2 trillion in the electricity sector over the next decade. ECSA was briefing Parliament’s Electricity and Energy committee. ECSA and the Independent Power Producers Office were among the stakeholders that updated the Committee on the progress made on the…

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