‘We're actually doing this for thousands of people already and they've always got hot water. It's a 45-minute install and it can basically save load shedding across South Africa,’ says Sensor Networks founder, Mark Allewell.
‘If you are telling South Africans that we are coming up with such a huge project, then at least you must show them by building hospitals, by employing healthcare workers and making sure that the working conditions are conducive, and you don't have a push factor that is going to kick out healthcare professionals to other countries,’ says SA Medical Association chairperson, Dr Mvuyisi Mzukwa.
‘What is the situation in Carbo Delgardo, where that gas is coming from? We don't know and we don't know the details. So I think we should demand them, especially if any public funds are going near this,’ says energy research consultant, Hilton Trollip.
Will Ace Magashule’s expulsion from the ANC see the formation of a new breakaway party? And a new reading barometer shows how much South Africans read.
‘Even when we can have so many soldiers on the premises of these national key points, they'll do nothing but just be visible guarding there and the rot happens in the procurement,’ says forensics expert, Calvin Rafadi.
A round-up of news updates, including a look at the impact of sabotage at Eskom, suspended Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, fights to clear her name while the search for her successor begins and a look at what caused the earthquake that shook parts of Gauteng on Sunday morning
‘As far as I am concerned, the best thing is to bring it to an end and tell everybody to follow the Immigration Act and use regular visas,’ says Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi.
‘I get the impression from the business leaders who've engaged in this conversation that they seem to regard government as a lot more serious, or certainly the commitments made in the meeting with President Ramaphosa, a lot more serious about managing the process,’ says the political economy analyst, Daniel Silke.
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