Stage 2 loadshedding is currently being implemented as previously communicated until 05:00 on Saturday..
Month: October 2021
Facebook will change its corporate name to Meta, with Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp remaining under the Meta umbrella.
With his company under fire for a host of issues, Mark Zuckerberg said the change was part of a bet on the “metaverse.”
Zuckerberg wrote: “We opened this year’s Connect with a film that shares our vision for a future made by all of us.”
“The metaverse is the next evolution of social connection. It’s a collective project that will be created by people all over the world, and open to everyone. You’ll be able to socialize, learn, collaborate and play in ways that go beyond what’s possible today.”
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The World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed great joy about being able to plan for an in-person meeting after COVID-19 forced meetings to be online for two years.
“Being able to prepare for both the WCC executive committee and the WCC 11th Assembly gives us cause to celebrate, even while being prayerfully conscious of the grave challenges still weighing heavily on the shoulders of our one human family,” said Sauca.
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Because an 11-year-old girl saw the positive impact joining one of our savings groups had on her parents, she decided to start her own with some peers. Now a group of 30 kids meets to save and help their community.
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The South African Christian Leadership (SACL) wrote in a Twitter post: “It is unacceptable that the Moti Brothers have still not been located. We are supposed to wait on the Police, but we do not know about their effectiveness (they were not very effective before the July riots so not sure what confidence we are supposed to have now). The public needs updates”.
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In a letter from the World Council of Churches (WCC) to G20 leaders, global religious leaders representing half a billion Christians in over 100 countries warned that rising global temperatures will have increasingly disastrous consequences on impoverished and vulnerable communities that contribute least to the climate crisis.
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Loadshedding lift to Stage 4
A statement released by Eskom stated: “Eskom regrets to announce that Stage 4 loadshedding will be implemented until 05:00 on Friday, thereafter loadshedding will continue on Stage 2 till 05:00 Saturday morning.”
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SACC to discuss divorce, separation
Please join the South African Council of Churches (SACC) women this Sunday as we close the month focusing on families, unpacking women issues around separation and the impact of divorce.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: BENJAMIN DUBE
According to All Music, Pastor Benjamin Dube is a chart-topping, award-winning minister, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer from South Africa.
He has mentored hundreds of musicians and is regarded as one of his country’s most significant recording artists in religious music.
Recently, his single “Ebenezer” (featuring fellow South African and future reggae star Lucky Dube) topped South Africa’s gospel and sacred music charts.
Watch Dube performing his single “He Keeps On Doing (great things)” below:
As the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination commences today, President Cyril Ramaphosa has offered his best wishes, on behalf of all South Africans, to the class of 2021 and commended them for persevering through a challenging year.
Today, a total of 124 065 candidates are writing English Home Language, 609 830 candidates are writing English First Additional Language, while four candidates write the English Second Additional Language paper across the country.
The President said the nation can be proud of the determination, focus and sacrifice with which learners braved the 2021 academic year in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on school life, home life, social interaction and society as a whole.
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