- Stage 6 load shedding in South Africa: Eskom announces load shedding schedule for the upcoming week.
- Cristiano Ronaldo is not for sale, says Man Utd, even though reports say the star wants to leave.
- Former SABC board chair Ellen Tshabalala dies of kidney failure.
Stage 6 load-shedding to continue, with Eskom saying it will take time to recover from strike action – Times Live
In a press release issued on Sunday afternoon, Eskom indicated that load shedding would continue into the next week.
“Depending on several possibilities — including the workforce fully returning to work to conduct much needed repairs to equipment — it is anticipated that load-shedding will gradually be lowered to stage 2 by the weekend.”
In a separate article for EWN, Eskom said that it would take a few weeks for its power generating system to completely return to pre-strike levels, and blamed the rolling blackouts on the recent strike protests by employees. Read more here and here
Cristiano Ronaldo tells Manchester United he wants to leave – The Guardian
According to The Guardian, Cristiano Ronaldo has told Manchester United that he wants to leave because he doesn’t think the team can win the Premier League next season and he wants to play in the Champions League.
“Ronaldo, who scored 24 goals for United last season after returning to Old Trafford from Juventus, has a contact to the end of next season which includes an option for a further year.”
Ronaldo hasn’t made a deal to play for another team yet. Read more here
Former SABC chair Ellen Tshabalala dies, allies defend her legacy – News24
On Saturday, former SABC chair Ellen Tshabalala died from kidney failure. She served on the board of the SABC between 2013 and 2014.
News24 reports, “It was a long illness, and it was the culmination of a disease she had called DVT [deep vein thrombosis], which led to complications later in life and Covid-19 compounded it and it led to kidney failure.” Read more here
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