OPINION | As Eskom nears the point of no return, a bold strategy outlined by the power company's CEO, André de Ruyter, to reinvent the country's electricity landscape is at risk from a singular problem – the government's slow response, writes CowansView.
Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty
A Gauteng woman, who slipped and fell at a McDonald's at the Wingtip Crossing Shopping Centre in Montana, Pretoria, lost a bid to hold the restaurant liable for the incident. In June 2019, Mandie Lombard was at McDonald's to order food, but when she went outside, she slipped on the"wet" tiled exit ramp.
According to a recent Gauteng High Court judgment, three pupils saw Lombard fall and, because she could not get up, they went into the restaurant and called for help.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Gauteng school operating illegally resumes teaching a day after education dept shut it down | News24The owners of a school operating illegally in Ivory Park in Tembisa, Gauteng, has resumed teaching and learning a day after the Gauteng Department of Education shut it down.
Read more »
SAHRC to investigate voice note by woman who wants black people 'banned', not pit bulls | News24The SA Human Rights Commission has registered a complaint about a racist 'pit bull rant' voice recording circulating online. The commission's spokesperson, Wisani Baloyi, told News24 the Gauteng branch would investigate.
Read more »
Fired for stealing food meant for pupils: Council upholds deputy principal's sacking | News24A former deputy principal, Lettie Hazel Ngobeni, was fired for stealing food items at school. She and three staff members were accused of stealing milk, fish, rice and maize that was mean for the National School Nutrition Programme.
Read more »
PICS | Humpback whale carcass washes ashore in Strand | News24City of Cape Town officials are trying to remove the carcass of a 15-metre male humpback whale that washed ashore at Strand Beach on Saturday morning. | CebohNyambose Lisaleesolomon1
Read more »
Ebrahim Harvey | ANC 'renewal' is a myth | News24The ANC cannot commit itself to its renewal until it takes responsibility for older programmatic commitments, which it effectively abandoned due to concerted neo-liberal pressures in 1996, which led to it closing the RDP office in April 1996, argues Ebrahim Harvey.
Read more »
WATCH | Brazil 'rooting and praying' for victims' recovery in deadly twin school shooting | News24Governor Renato Casagrande said some of the survivors' lives remained at risk from their wounds after a 16-year-old shooter opened fire on two schools in Brazil, killing at least three people and wounding 11.
Read more »