Here are the top trending stories of the day.
Headline: Explosions, leaks and fires: Eskom’s technical woes that escalated load shedding to Stage – News24
“A massive explosion, a fire, boiler tubes rupturing due to age and poor coal quality, and an earth leakage are some of the myriad technical problems that contributed to Stage 4 load shedding last week.” – News24 (Subscribe to read)
Headline: Covid-19: South Africa surpasses 24 million vaccinations – News24
“According to the Department of Health, 24 082 686 vaccine doses have been administered, as of Monday. Of those, 131 206 were administered in the last 24-hour reporting period. To date, 13 458 962 adults are fully vaccinated, and 299 975 children have received one vaccine dose.” – News24
Headline: Shoprite says it suffered R1.25bn in damage from July unrest – Daily Maverick
“The costs of South Africa’s winter of discontent are mounting. Shoprite Holdings said on Monday that it had suffered R1.25bn in damage at the hands of the rioters who ran amok in Gauteng and KZN in July.” – Daily Maverick
Headline: Justin Bieber is coming to South Africa – Citizen
“Only fully vaccinated patrons will be allowed to attend the event and have to show proof of vaccination,’ said Big Concerts in a statement.” – Citizen
World Headline: Austria locks down unvaccinated as Europe fights fresh COVID wave – EWN
“Infection rates have surged, placing Western Europe once again at the heart of the global epidemic and governments are being forced to take action, with the Netherlands already announcing the region’s first partial lockdown of the winter.” – EWN
World Headline: COP26: Did India betray vulnerable nations? – BBC
“The Glasgow climate deal has put India and China in the spotlight after they opposed a commitment to “phase out” coal while negotiating the final agreement.” – BBC
