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SA Money Daily | ANALYSIS | New power disaster rules open the way for a lot more deaths at Eskom's hands

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amaBhungane | Construction mafias, corruption, your water: Govt turns to courts to get taps running View Online SA Money Daily The biggest business, economic and market news of the day. AHMED AREFF , NEWS24 BUSINESS DEPUTY EDITOR ANALYSIS | New power disaster rules open the way for a lot more deaths at Eskom's hands Eskom has long estimated that it kills a couple of hundred people a year through bad air.   Independent research suggests the number is in the thousands – and that the company is on track to kill closer to 80 000 people  within years, not counting the impact of climate change.   But that number is set to rise significantly very soon, when Eskom is explicitly ex...

Good Morning, SA | Bye bye Bheki? Ramaphosa mulls moving Cele

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New power disaster rules open the way for a lot more deaths at Eskom's hands View Online Good Morning, SA South Africa may soon have a new police minister as President Cyril Ramaphosa mulls moving Bheki Cele to head up the State Security Agency. News24 has reliably learnt a mere 18 months after scrapping the minister of intelligence position and assuming oversight responsibility for the SSA, Ramaphosa is said to be "strongly considering" reintroducing the intelligence ministry - with Cele at its helm. Here are your top stories for Wednesday, 1 March. KELLY ANDERSON , AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EDITOR Bye bye Bheki? Ramaphosa mulls moving Cele from police to intelligence in Cabinet shakeup - sources ...