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Civil society activists have accused the eSwatini government of trying to mislead the SADC at a meeting on Sunday which was meant to discuss the current political crisis. Some claim relatives of the king posed as human rights activists
and only groups loyal to the government were invited to the discussions.
This they say is an attempt to control the narrative of what’s happening in eSwatini.
Editor of Swaziland News Zweli Dlamini says pro-democracy groups are expected to engage SADC soon.

For more than a year essential workers have been on the COVID-19 frontlines.
When phase two opened this week thousands more were able to finally get their coronavirus vaccine. While technical glitches and power cuts have slightly hampered processes, healthcare staff are pushing on. Rianté Padayachee spent the day at the the Hillbrow Community Health Centre and filed this report.

A Johannesburg family says Eskom’s to blame for their mother’s deteriorating health.
Patricia Spooner has a terminal lung disease.
She’s dependent on an oxygen machine at all times,
which requires electricity.
But, faulty transformers often leaves them powerless for hours,
which has impacted Patricia’s health,
to the point that she’s now on her death bed.
Riante Naidoo has this story.

A week ago, Eskom announced that it will launch an independent probe,
to uncover whether de Ruyter is, in fact, is trying to purge the utility of black suppliers.

The power utility said this was necessary as the allegation is bringing the utility into disrepute.

Riante Naidoo has the details.

The Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air has done a data analysis which suggests that Eskom is the world's top polluting power company. The data indicates that Eskom's emissions are worse than the European Union, the US and even China. Eskom says it's aware of its emissions obligationsand is working towards cleaner air by 2050. The centre’s Lead analyst Lauri Myllyvirta explains what Eskom needs to do to achieve its goal.

Eskom has warned there is a possibility of loadshedding on Thursday.

This comes after one generation unit at the Tutuka power station tripped, while another one was taken off the grid.

For more on this, we spoke to Eskom's spokesperson, Sikonathi Mantshantsha

While Eskom workers were in the area to conduct maintenance, some residents started stoning their vehicle before setting it alight.

Eskom is on a mission to recover R3.8 billion in funds lost through state capture corruption.

The power utility wants the North Gauteng High Court to order several former Eskom executives, board members, and the infamous Gupta-brothers to pay back the stolen billions.

For more on this, Annika Larsen spoke to Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha.

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