1. Eskom is likely to apply for a 34% increase in electricity tariffs this year, says Business Day, far below the expected 88%. Read the story here.
2. Business Day also says that the NPA is expected to drop all charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma today that include corruption and racketeeing arising from the 2005 fraud and corrpution conviction of his former financial adviser Schabir Shaik. Click here.
3. And, yes, it does seem so as The Star reports that Zuma’s legal team missed a March 27 deadline to hand in documents to the Constitutional Court about the case. This, says the paper, could be because they already knew the charges would be dropped. Curious to say the least considering the NPA’s decision is only supposed to be communicated to Zuma’s lawyers today. Read The Star story here.
4. East Coast Radio says four million light bulbs were switched off during Saturday night’s Earth Hour, according to Eskom. Click here. I must admit I forgot as I was tucking into sesame chicken and a Johnny Walker Blue in a Chinese restaurant at the time.
5. Madonna continues her Mia Farrow streak in Malawi and was in court today in the capital, Lilongwe, to adopt a second Malawian child. Read the Hello story here.
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and then go on buying food jetted across the world, consuming vast amounts of petrol by operating two-car (and three-car) families and leaving all our appliances on stand-by.
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