* President Cyril Ramaphosa says he has asked the Eskom board to consider suspending the electricity tariff hike.
* Eskom has warned that continuous load shedding may be necessary for the next two years. This emerged from a briefing on the state of the country's power supply. Meanwhile, Eskom has upped load shedding to Stage 3 and it will be increased to Stage 4 at four this afternoon.
* The Democratic Alliance's bid to have the ANC's cadre deployment policy declared unlawful and unconstitutional will be heard in the High Court in Pretoria today. The DA says the Zondo Commission's findings confirmed its long-held view that cadre deployment leads to corruption.
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