Camden Eskom power station. 2 minutes Eskom implemented Stage 2 loadshedding on Wednesday evening after announcing that the power utility had lost five generating units. The latest data from Eskom shows that the power utility struggled to keep up with electricity demand during the peak hours of Tuesday evening, having only 285.5 megawatts of capacity…
African Transformation President Vuyolwethu Zungula 4 minutes African Transformation Movement (ATM) president Vuyolwethu Zungula says his party is a step closer to introducing the Foreign Agents Bill in parliament. The Private Members Bill, which he says is with Parliament’s legal department, is aimed at exposing foreign agents who are hiding behind the banner of NGOs…
Player of the Match Siya Kolisi 1 minute The Sharks have moved one spot up in the United Rugby Championship for the time being. This after they narrowly beat Italian side Zebre Parma 35-34 in Durban. The Sharks are in third position after 13 matches with 44 points after a bonus win. The KZN side registered…
[FILE PHOTO] Shack fire. 1 minute Acting North West Provincial Commissioner Patrick Asaneng has condemned an incident in which suspects torched the house of a murder suspect in Montshiwa Location, outside Mahikeng. A 44-year-old man is alleged to have attacked and killed his 35-year-old girlfriend in the early hours of Saturday morning. The matter was…
Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton. 3 minutes Lewis Hamilton celebrated his first win for Ferrari on Saturday, answering his critics by leading the Chinese Grand Prix sprint from start to finish in only his second race for the Italian Formula One team. The seven-times world champion, starting from a surprise pole position, managed his tyres superbly to…
Stock image of an accident scene. 1 minute A light aircraft has crashed in Vuwani, near Thohoyandou in Limpopo. Reports indicate that the plane was carrying three people – a pilot and two businessmen – who are believed to have sustained critical injuries. Early information suggests the pilot may have been unable to execute an…
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson 1 minute Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson says the department has implemented several initiatives to address the issue of government’s vacant land. The government currently has 1 259 vacant land parcels, 207 unoccupied houses and 830 abandoned farms on its balance sheet. Last year,…
1 minute Police in Bloemfontein have launched a manhunt for two suspects after a male cyclist was shot dead and another was forced to flee two attackers on the N1 near the Southpark dumping site. Police say they found the body of a 46-year-old man. He had two gunshot wounds while the other cyclist was…
A man looks at an item before buying at a spaza shop in Thembisa, on the East Rand, in South Africa. 1 minute The National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NAFCOC)’s President Glibert Mosena says government’s registration drive is not the solution for rapid increase of spaza shops in the country. The deadline…
[File photo] 1 minute A mother and her two children lost their lives in a fire at Phase 7 in Bloemfontein, believed to have been caused by a candle used during load shedding. The 40-year-old mother and her daughters, aged 8 and 3, were asleep when the fire broke out on Friday night. Their older…
