Eskom suspended Stage 2 loadshedding from 21:00 on Thursday; whereafter Stage 1 loadshedding will be implemented from 05:00 to 21:00 on Friday.
Loadshedding is expected to end on Friday and not be implemented throughout the weekend.
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Entrepreneurs have been urged to use WhatsApp for Business as a tool to grow their small businesses and communicate directly with their customers.
Experts from Digify Africa and the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) hosted a masterclass on Wednesday to equip small business and media entrepreneurs with the skills they need to thrive in the digital economy.
The learning outcomes from the masterclass included how to create a catalogue to showcase products and services; ways to integrate WhatsApp into ads and how to craft a messaging strategy and tools to automate, sort and quickly respond to messages.
Digital Marketing Strategist, Blessing Letsoara, addressed small business owners and media entrepreneurs on how they can use WhatsApp for Business to their advantage and grow their businesses and customer base while at it.
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Wejryd, who serves as WCC president for Europe, offered heartfelt congratulations on the 50th anniversary of the National Council of Churches in Switzerland.
“Such an anniversary is a reason to celebrate,” he said. “It is a time to look back with gratitude for what has been achieved and a time to look ahead with vision for a ‘living ecumenism’ in Switzerland.”
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Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says South Africa will have to, amongst other things; add “a few more thousand megawatts” of electricity into the system before load shedding can be dealt with.
He was appearing before Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises on Wednesday just hours after Eskom announced that Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented until Saturday morning.
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The Local Ecumenical Action Network (LEANs) was birthed from the SACC COVID-19 pastoral plan to organise functional local public ministry structures that address crisis relief, pastoral care that focuses on the vulnerable and the anxieties of families of frontline workers
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In a public statement, the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee joined in prayer and solidarity with the churches and people of Ethiopia as they face a grave and accelerating crisis.
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Eskom just announced that Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented from 14:00 today until 05:00 on Saturday.
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South Africa has now distributed 24 216 614 COVID-19 vaccine doses, of which 134 586 were administered on Tuesday.
According to the Department of Health, of the new administered vaccines, 125 595 were given to adults and 8 991 to children between the ages of 12 and 17.
In addition, the country has now fully vaccinated 13 583 910 or 33.9% of the adult population in the past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, there are now 309 995 adolescents who have received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
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Turkana County, Kenya, is not an easy place to live. Some have even referred to it as the oven of the world. High temperatures hover at an average of 95 degrees Fahrenheit. The air is dry, and rainfall is scarce.
Many residents have lost all their livestock due to persistent drought, and malnutrition is rampant — especially among children whose mothers struggle to produce enough milk to feed them due to their own dietary deficiencies. And yet, a culture of generosity and creativity is giving way to hope and innovation in partnership with World Relief.
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Deputy President David Mabuza says while significant progress has been made in containing the spread of COVID-19 infections – the country should not take its foot off the pedal.
“The battle is not over. We are not out of the woods yet. We dare not let our guard down as the fourth wave of the pandemic potentially looms large on the horizon,” Mabuza said.
Addressing the virtual meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee of the South African National Aids Council (SANAC) earlier today, Mabuza said there is a need to ensure that systems and health infrastructure are ready for the resurgence of infections that may reverse the gains achieved.
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