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The Citizen
4 days ago
- General
- The Citizen
PowerBall and PowerBall Plus results: Friday, 25 July 2025
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IOL News
21-07-2025
- Politics
- IOL News
Tembisa residents block roads, clash with police over rising electricity cost
Protesters block roads in Tembisa with burning tires and stones as tensions rise over the newly implemented electricity tariffs. Image: Supplied/EMPD Angry residents of Tembisa took to the streets early on Monday morning, protesting against the high cost of electricity, saying that if the newly introduced tariffs are not scrapped, they will bring the township to a complete standstill. The protest, which turned violent as police fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds, follows the City of Ekurhuleni's implementation of new electricity charges that came into effect on July 1 for the 2025 and 2026 financial year. Residents have expressed concern over fixed monthly fees of just under R109 for single-phase connections and more than R200 for three-phase connections. The new charges come on the heels of a 12.74% national electricity tariff increase approved by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa), effective from April 1, 2025. The increase is part of Nersa's multi-year revenue determination plan, which also includes further hikes of 5.36% in the 2026–2027 financial year and 6.19% in 2027–2028. Nersa said the increases aim to stabilise the country's energy supply and support Eskom's deteriorating financial position, which has been hampered by aging infrastructure, delayed maintenance, and continued load-shedding. Streets across Tembisa were blocked by burning tires, rocks, and debris. Plumes of black smoke filled the air as protesters gathered in large numbers, supported by the Tembisa Community Forum (TCF) group. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. 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We don't want these increases, and we want them scrapped immediately.' Mekoa said the impact of the price hikes is being felt across both Tembisa and the greater Ekurhuleni region. She warned that the protests would escalate if demands were not met. 'If they don't answer our demands, we will put Tembisa at a standstill,' she said. 'We don't want explanations. The mayor ( Alderman Nkosindiphile Doctor Xhakaza) must apologise and cancel the increases immediately. If not, things will turn uglier than this.' According to Mekoa, four people, including three men and one woman, have been arrested during the protests. She claimed they were detained despite participating in what she described as a peaceful protest. 'The police are just shooting at us randomly. It's a peaceful protest,' she said. Protesters block roads in Tembisa with rocks as protest turns ugly over the newly implemented electricity tariffs by the City of Ekurhuleni. Image: Supplied/EMPD IOL News has reached out to Gauteng police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi and Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) spokesperson Thabiso Makgato for comment on the arrests. No responses had been received yet from the two. Meanwhile, residents like Johannes Papi, 62, from Ward 10 in Lekaneng, voiced their frustration. 'This electricity issue is badly affecting us. Even if you buy R600 worth of electricity, the units are very low. I'm spending over R2,000 per month just to keep the lights on,' he said. Papi said that he is tired of digging deep into his pockets, and added that they would continue protesting until the tariffs are reversed. Protesters began gathering around midnight Sunday, blocking major roads including Link Road, Sam Molele Drive, Brian Mazibuko Drive, George Nyanga Drive, RTJ Namane Drive, and Jabu Mdunge Drive. EMPD spokesperson Katlego Mphahlele confirmed that roads remained barricaded and the situation volatile. In an updated statement earlier on Monday, Makgato said, 'The main roads are still blocked with burning tires. Protesters are throwing stones at moving vehicles. Please be cautious.' EMPD and South African Police Service (SAPS) officers remained on the scene on Monday morning to monitor the situation. IOL News
Eyewitness News
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Eyewitness News
Two police vehicles damaged during Tembisa protest
JOHANNESBURG - Two police vehicles have been damaged during running battles between police and angry Tembisa residents. The residents took to the streets on Monday morning, protesting over the high cost of electricity. The community said the new electricity charges, introduced on 1 July, make it hard to keep the lights on. The charges include fixed monthly fees of under R109 for single-phase connections and over R200 for three-phase connections. Police are continuing to fire rubber bullets periodically to disperse crowds, that have gathered to block roads. The streets are littered with rocks, broken glass, and rubble, while plumes of smoke rise from tyres that residents continue to set ablaze. Elderly residents sit on the pavements, clapping and singing struggle songs as younger men and women add more debris to the barricades. Residents tell EWN their frustration stems from what they call unaffordable electricity, describing the fixed monthly fees and double-digit tariff increases as an insult to an already struggling community. For now, officers remain at a distance, but residents show no sign of backing down.
TimesLIVE
07-07-2025
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
China's EV competition challenges Thailand's local production targets
Hyper-competition in China's electric vehicle sector is spilling over to its biggest market in Asia, Thailand, as smaller players struggle to compete with dominant BYD, putting ambitious local production plans at risk. Neta, among the earliest Chinese EV brands to enter Thailand in 2022, is an example of a struggling carmaker finding it difficult to meet the requirements of a demanding government incentive programme meant to boost Thai EV production. Under the scheme, carmakers are exempt from import duties, but were obligated to match import volumes with domestic production in 2024. Citing slowing sales and tightening credit conditions, carmakers asked the government to adjust the scheme and the 2024 production shortfall was rolled over into this year. Neta said it cannot produce the required number of cars locally and the government has withheld some payments to the EV maker, said excise department official Panupong Sriket, who received a complaint filed last month by 18 Neta dealers in Thailand seeking to recover more than 200 million baht (R109,637,815) of allegedly unpaid debt. The complaint, a copy of which was reviewed by Reuters, also detailed missed payments by Neta related to promised support for building showrooms and after-sales service. 'I stopped ordering more cars in September because I sensed something was wrong,' said Neta dealership owner Saravut Khunpitiluck. 'I'm suing them.' Neta's parent company, Zhejiang Hozon New Energy Automobile, entered bankruptcy proceedings in China last month, according to state media.
The Citizen
28-05-2025
- Business
- The Citizen
Standard Bank slammed in court after repossessing and auctioning Soweto home for R200
1992 property loan sparks 30-year fight. The property was acquired in 1991, repossessed and sold at auction in 1994 – then sold by the bank for R50 000 in 2002. Picture: iStock The Johannesburg High Court last week overturned a 1994 judgment in favour of Standard Bank resulting in a three-decade battle between the bank and Soweto homeowner Mogudi Mosai. Among several bizarre features of this case is that the home was repossessed by the bank in 1994 over alleged arrears of R109 000 and then sold at auction for R200 – 'which has all the makings of a simulated transaction', declared Judge Van Nieuwenhuizen. Sales of homes for such paltry amounts were 'an unhealthy practice which was particularly rife amongst banks at the time'. This despite constitutional protections already in place against arbitrary deprivation of property. 'The bank provided no explanation at all for this abuse which resulted in [Mosai's] right to the surplus after payment of the judgment debt being destroyed,' reads the judgment. 'It is no excuse to say that it no longer has any files relating to the [sale in] execution.' ALSO READ: Smackdown for Standard Bank in home repo case Long road to justice The story goes back to 1982 and covers a particularly dark period in South African history when a marriage between a black woman and a black man was assumed to be out of community of property unless a declaration to the contrary was made at least one month prior to the marriage. Mosai was married to the late Howard Mogudi in 1982, and this apartheid-era confusion as to the status of the marriage formed a central pillar of the case. It was eventually conceded by the bank that they were married in community of property, in which case any legal actions would have to cite both as respondents. However, this did not happen. The couple acquired a leasehold property in Orlando West in Soweto in 1991 and then mortgaged the property to the bank to fund a business venture. The fact that Mosai did not sign any bond or transfer documents despite the marriage in community of property contravened the Matrimonial Property Act, which requires both spouses to be involved in such decisions. The business venture ultimately failed, and the couple fell into arrears. Standard Bank issued summons in November 1993 for the claimed arrears of R109 000. Mosai says neither she nor her late husband received any summons from the bank. The sheriff's 'return of service' notice shows the summons appears to have been served on a Mrs Lethollo, who was unknown to Mosai. The bank obtained judgment against the couple and proceeded to sell the property at auction for R200 in September 1994. Mosai and her husband were completely unaware that their property had been sold. They continued to live undisturbed in the house until 2001, when Servcon Housing Solutions – purporting to be acting on behalf of the bank – approached Mosai and asked her to sign a lease agreement for the property. Her husband was away in Kenya at the time, and advised her to sign the document though she was unaware of its significance. The lease agreement required payment of R904 in monthly rentals. They paid the monthly rentals and made improvements to the house, which increased in value to R450 000. In 2002, the bank sold the property for R50 000 to Tshenolo Monaapula, who appears to have worked for the South African Reserve Bank and had bought other properties under similar circumstances. ALSO READ: Court rules in favour of clients in Standard Bank home loan dispute Eviction The property was transferred in 2004 into the new buyer's name, and she commenced eviction proceedings against Mosai and her husband. The couple were evicted from their home in 2005, but raised funds to mount a legal defence and managed to retain possession of the property pending finalisation of the matter. In her court papers, Mosai says her husband – who passed away in 2013 – only became aware in December 2001 that the bank had purchased the property in 1994. Mosai was subsequently appointed executrix of her late husband's estate. It was only in 2007 after consulting with law firm Fluxman's that the couple discovered the Servcon lease agreement was still in force and had not been cancelled. Mosai argued that she was not in wilful default of the loan from the bank, and that the judgment against her was 'erroneously sought and granted' and was irregular in that she was not cited by the bank as co-owner of the property. ALSO READ: Gauteng man takes Absa to court over alleged unlawful car repossession 'No records' The judgment reads: 'The bank has no records pertaining to the execution of the judgment given that the executrix waited 21 years to launch the present application or at least 14 years after the sale came to her knowledge on 6 December 2001. It in any event states that the sheriff would not have proceeded with the sale in execution in 1994 had there been any defects in the execution process. No explanation is proffered for the paltry price paid by the bank for the property.' Mosai was under the impression that once the debt to the bank had been discharged the property would be transferred back to the couple. The judgment goes into some detail on the parlous position of married black couples under apartheid. 'Banks are in the business of granting loans secured by bonds. By 1993 the repressive apartheid regime was in its dying days and black persons were in the position of acquiring an interest in land in black townships and ultimately ownership. A bank which wanted to enter this market was in my view obliged to acquaint itself with the pitfalls of entering into mortgage bonds with black persons and should have made enquiries as to the true status of such a person's marriage.' The judge goes on to say: 'Given the paltry purchase price paid I have serious doubts as to whether the bank was a bona fide purchaser and could ever have passed ownership to Ms Tshenolo [who bought the property at auction]. Despite that there is in my view insufficient evidence to find that it was a simulated transaction or an abuse of process.' The original 1994 judgment was rescinded and set aside and Mosai declared the lawful owner of the property pending the finalisation of her husband's estate. Costs were awarded against the bank. ALSO READ: FNB home repossession goes horribly wrong Homeowners 'still subjected to abusive foreclosure' 'It's [a] case of the chickens coming home to roost where past practices come back to bite,' says consumer legal advisor Leonard Benjamin. 'However, it would be a mistake to think that this is indicative of a bygone era,' he adds. 'Whilst there has certainly been many developments in the law which should protect the poor and the vulnerable, in reality, homeowners are still subjected to abusive foreclosure practices. 'The banks should learn a lesson from matters of this nature. While it may take decades, eventually their practices catch up with them.' This article was republished from Moneyweb. Read the original here.
