Author Archives: Motseki Majake

De Ruyter, Eskom CEO, announced about a week ago that 6 042MW planned maintenance, while another 14 471MW of capacity unavailable due to unplanned breakdowns. This comes at backdrop of a decreasing Electricity generation (production) from 2008 at 22 Gigawatt (GW) / Hour to about 20 Gigawatt (GW) / Hour, Statistics South Africa. Electricity generation isContinue reading “Week 15 That Was : Electricity Production”

About 750,000 children may have dropped out of school due to COVID-19 Pandemic according to Khaya Mlamba of the Global Citizen. Telecommunications operators who won bids in South Africa’s recent broadband spectrum will be required to zero-rate all mobile content provided by public benefit organisations. The outcome of the spectrum is still to be announced after a settlementContinue reading “The Week 14 That Was : Zero Rated Education Content”

About 3.6% of South Africans still rely on Paraffin as a source of energy. This is about 2 million people.  The human costs of this cheap energy source are enormous. Paraffin is used as an energy source of choice where electricity and coal are not accessible. An average user burns about 5 litres per month.Continue reading “The Week 13 That Was : Case against Paraffin”

According to Statistics South Africa, the were total of 89 338 civil marriages, 1 585 customary marriages and 1 471 civil unions were registered in 2020. The comparison shows that less more people are getting married compared to 2019. What is interesting is that an average person is getting married at 37 years, the number jumped from 33Continue reading “Week 12 That Was : Age at Marriage”

Access to free basic water consists of at least a basic amount of 6 kl (6 000 l) of water per month per household. For those that qualify , usage greater than 6 kilolitres and up to 10 kilolitres is charged R20.28 per kilolitre per month. The bill would approximately be (10 Kiloliters – 6 KilolitersContinue reading “Week 11 That Was : Water Tariffs”

The Household Food Basket in the Household Affordability Index was designed together with women living on low incomes in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban ,Springbok and Pietermaritzburg (Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity (PEJD)). It is considered a reasonable indicator for a food basket which includes important typical foods households try and buy each month. Data fromContinue reading “Week 10 That Was : Food Costs”

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) all share index dropped by 4.85% to 72,685 points from last week Wednesday. The JSE all share index is a number of all listed companies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. I am leaving out all the other complexities of whether it is a correct way or not. Some argue thatContinue reading “Week 9 That Was – Russia and Ukraine -Effects on Stock Exchange”

Petrol price is R 20.19 liter from R 18,73 per liter. It has increased by R1.46 at Tuesday midnight. Then what does it mean? It is estimated that each minibus taxi does about 6 000 kilometers per month or 72 000 kilometers per year. It is like going from Pretoria and Cape Town four (4)Continue reading “Week 8 That Was : Petrol Price”

Communications Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni announced that each South African family would get 10Gig of free data per month. The truth is that modernization of economies comes with adoption of technology(Data). Cell C data prepaid packages seems to be the cheapest at R139 per month. It is estimated that there are 17.16 million households in SouthContinue reading “The Week 7 That Was : 10 Gig Free Data”

Only one (1) in four (4) grade 4s CAN read for meaning in any language. Reading for meaning implies that learners can focus on discussing and understanding what they are reading, not just pronouncing the words correctly. This is according to 2030 Reading Panel lead by by former deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (https://www.readingpanel.co.za/.) The COVID19Continue reading “The Week 6 That Was : Education”