2 minutes The Swartland Municipality in the Western Cape has urged the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to reject Eskom’s application to increase electricity tariffs in 2025. It says ordinary South Africans should not shoulder the power utility’s financial crisis. The municipality’s Electrical Engineering Services Director Thys Möller says allowing a hike of up to 43% would put further…
Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis 1 minute Banyana Banyana coach Dr Desiree Ellis has named her squad for two international friendly matches against Jamaica. The matches against the Reggae Queens will be played on November 29 and December 2 in Montego Bay. This is part of the continuous preparations of the 2025 CAF Women’s Africa…
An MK Party flag. 2 minutes The MK Party has dismissed its Mpumalanga convenor, Marry Phadi. She is accused of misappropriation of party funds. MKP Spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela says Phadi failed to make a representation before her membership was terminated. Ndhlela says she was then requested to resign from the party as well as from being…
Murder accused Zacharia Olivier, Rudolf De Wet and William Musora appear before the Mankweng Magistrates Court in Limpopo on 10 September 2024. 1 minute Murder accused pig farmer, Zacharia Olivier, is expected to apply for bail today in the Mankweng Magistrate’s Court outside Polokwane in Limpopo. Olivier will not appear alongside his two co-accused, Rudolf…
Proteas women during a T20 World Cup match against New Zealand in UAE on October 20, 2024. 3 minutes South Africa’s national women’s cricket team will be back in action for the first time since the final of the Women’s T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last month. The Protea Women will…
Banyana Banyana on the field of play 1 minute University of Western Cape’s head coach, who is also Banyana Banyana’s assistant coach, Thinasonke Mbuli has been nominated for the CAF Women’s Coach of the Year award, while Banyana Banyana is nominated for the National Team of the Year accolade. Banyana’s star players, Thembi Kgatlana and…
Second phase of government’s operation to retrieve illegal miners from underground in Stilfontein. 2 minutes North West Community Safety MEC Wessels Morweng says this kind of retrieval operation of illegal miners at Stilfontein is the first of its kind to be carried out. The second phase of government’s operation to bring to the surface illegal…
A prepaid electricity meter box. 2 minutes The City of Cape Town says it has completed its prepaid electricity meter updates ahead of Sunday’s deadline. The city’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Energy, Xanthea Limberg, says all the 500 000 prepaid meters in Cape Town have been updated. Limberg says customers supplied by the…
Mine retrieval operations at Stilfontein 2 minutes The families of some of the illegal miners are pleading with the government to retrieve their loved ones from shaft 11 in Stilfontein in North West. They made the plea during a media briefing organised by civic and labour organisations. Some families say their loved ones are in…
PP’s offices 3 minutes Parliament’s Justice and Constitutional Development Committee has interviewed the candidates for the position of Deputy Public Protector. Eight individuals were interviewed for the position that has been vacant for almost a year. It became vacant when the current Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka was appointed to head the office. This is…
