Good morning. After running a full day behind schedule for the entire ANC national elective conference, President Cyril Ramaphosa gave his closing remarks on Tuesday as the conference adjourned without adopting any policy positions for the next five years.
ANC national elective conference adjourns to January 5
After running behind schedule since the first day following a messy and confusing registration process for delegates attending the conference delayed proceedings, Ramaphosa delivered his closing speech to a half-empty Nasrec hall on Tuesday and adjourned the conference until January 5. The unprecedented move to adjourn early means the ANC did not adopt any policy commission reports and resolutions. Read more here. (Daily Maverick)
Load-shedding ramped up to Stage 6 and then back to Stage 4
After some brief reprieve, load-shedding was increased to Stage 6 power cuts on Tuesday evening after further breakdowns at six of Eskom’s generating units during the day. Eskom said Stage 4 load-shedding would be implemented from Wednesday at 5 AM until further notice. The struggling power utility is arguably the number one crisis point for Ramaphosa and his government to deal with and he made mention of the “turmoil of load-shedding” in his closing speech at the conference. Read more here. (EWN)
Musk says he’ll hand the Twitter job to someone else
Elon Musk seems keen to keep to his promise of stepping down as Twitter CEO after the billionaire launched a poll on Sunday asking his followers whether he should leave the top job. Musk lost that poll after around 58% of users said he should step down. Musk said on Tuesday that he would step down from the CEO position as soon as he could find a suitable candidate for the job and will instead focus on running the software and servers’ teams at Twitter. Read more here. (SABC News)
Here’s what else you need to know today:
Ramaphosa takes strong anti-corruption stance, slams attempts to derail party’s unity project – Daily Maverick
Vendors frustrated after disappointing profits at ANC’s 55th conference – EWN
Plans under way to turn local economy around: Dr Gwen Ramokgopa – SABC News
SA has a new draft target for the minimum wage, but it is not a number – Business Insider
Load shedding is crippling telecoms: Shameel Joosub – Tech Central
Fuel prices headed for cut in the new year – News24
Cable thieves steal oxygen supply pipe at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital – News24
Historic moment for nature and humanity as Kunming-Montreal framework adopted at UN biodiversity conference – Daily Maverick
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Plans to Address US Congress In-Person on Wednesday – Bloomberg
