South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on officials at the local government level to stop political infights and discord as these fights often lead to bloodshed.

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on officials at the local government level to stop political infights and discord as these fights often lead to bloodshed. "...If we are to build these ideal municipalities, we need to address the instability within governance structures and processes. The political contestation and infighting that is wreaking havoc in our municipalities must come to an end," Ramaphosa said while addressing the attendees at the Local Government Summit in Gauteng province on Wednesday. Ramaphosa cautioned that hijacking of municipal councils and administrations for self-enrichment and personal gain should immediately come to an end. "Local governments should employ people that are able to perform the functions they are responsible for and should carry them out in an accountable, transparent, efficient, effective and responsive manner," he told the audience. He added that accelerating economic growth, attracting investment and creating jobs must be at the centre of the efforts of all spheres of government because more investment means more jobs. Livelihoods will be supported, and the benefits will circulate in the local area. Load shedding While addressing the summit, Ramaphosa was briefly interrupted by load shedding, which has been causing huge frustration among South Africans. Ramaphosa laughed and then apologised, saying this (load shedding) is the biggest problem. “I am sorry about that... I was being given lessons on how to deal with load shedding. And I must say that I am sorry about that...I must say that this continues to be our biggest challenge as we all know and I think it affects you at local level because you distribute electricity and when it does this, it gets your own customers to lose businesses.....It disrupts the livelihood of our people and… people lose confidence in us,” the President said. The country has been experiencing power outages daily for up to eight hours in intervals. Eskom has currently put the country on Stage 3 and Stage 4 load shedding. WATCH WION LIVE HERE:

SA Prez Ramaphosa tells local government officials to stop infighting, says its wreaking havoc

&nbsp;As Pakistan has been facing an energy crisis, the Imran Khan government has procured liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for September at the rates of 15.19-15.49 dollars per mm Btu which are the highest since 2015.

According to The News International, Pakistan is most likely to encounter another LNG crisis in September and October. The state-owned Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) first cancelled the tender of eight cargoes for September and October, arguing that the rates were higher at 13.78 dollars per mmBtu, but now it has procured four cargoes at the highest-ever rates.

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The PLL went for a closed tender for the month of September and managed to get the rates for four LNG cargoes at over 15 dollars per mmBtu, which are the highest-ever rates since it started buying LNG in 2015. The government will procure three LNG cargoes from Gunvor and one from PetroChina.The government is under tremendous pressure and compelled to buy the cargoes at the highest prices to avoid power load shedding in September.

Earlier, a gas-cum-electricity crisis had hit the country because of dry docking of FSRU at Engro LNG Terminal, Annual Turn Around of a gas field in Sindh province and low hydel generation from Tarbela Dam.

According to Petroleum Division officials, the global LNG market right now is too bullish driving the LNG prices to the higher side. However, the official said the government would continue to monitor the market trends and if the prices start tumbling the PLL will retender LNG cargoes for September and October, reported The News International.

In case there is no respite in LNG prices in the international market, the official said then the government would be left with no option but to procure more furnace oil and diesel to run power plants to generate the costly electricity to scale down the power crisis likely to emerge in September and October.

As Pakistan has been facing an energy crisis, the Imran Khan government has procured liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for September at the rates of 15.19-15.49 dollars per mm Btu which are the highest since 2015.

As Pakistan has been facing an energy crisis, the Imran Khan government has procured liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for September at the rates of 15.19-15.49 dollars per mm Btu which are the highest since 2015. According to The News International, Pakistan is most likely to encounter another LNG crisis in September and October. The state-owned Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) first cancelled the tender of eight cargoes for September and October, arguing that the rates were higher at 13.78 dollars per mmBtu, but now it has procured four cargoes at the highest-ever rates. Also read | Pandemic drives sea freight prices to record high The PLL went for a closed tender for the month of September and managed to get the rates for four LNG cargoes at over 15 dollars per mmBtu, which are the highest-ever rates since it started buying LNG in 2015. The government will procure three LNG cargoes from Gunvor and one from PetroChina.The government is under tremendous pressure and compelled to buy the cargoes at the highest prices to avoid power load shedding in September. Earlier, a gas-cum-electricity crisis had hit the country because of dry docking of FSRU at Engro LNG Terminal, Annual Turn Around of a gas field in Sindh province and low hydel generation from Tarbela Dam. According to Petroleum Division officials, the global LNG market right now is too bullish driving the LNG prices to the higher side. However, the official said the government would continue to monitor the market trends and if the prices start tumbling the PLL will retender LNG cargoes for September and October, reported The News International. In case there is no respite in LNG prices in the international market, the official said then the government would be left with no option but to procure more furnace oil and diesel to run power plants to generate the costly electricity to scale down the power crisis likely to emerge in September and October.

Faced with energy crunch, Pakistan buys LNG cargoes at highest rates since 2015

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SA Prez Ramaphosa tells local government officials to stop infighting, says its wreaking havoc

Faced with energy crunch, Pakistan buys LNG cargoes at highest rates since 2015