2 minutes Power utility Eskom says the electricity grid is stable ahead of next week’s cold front. This announcement follows warnings from the South African Weather Service (SAWS) of an upcoming extreme weather event beginning this weekend, which could bring snowfall to all provinces except Limpopo. Weather outlook for Sunday & Monday, 8 – 9…
1 minute Actor Presley Chweneyagae’s funeral service is under way at the Akasia Community Hall in northern Pretoria. Industry colleagues, friends, and family have turned up in their numbers to pay their last respects to the actor who was affectionately known as ‘Cobrizi’ or ‘Mokwepa’. He died at his home in Pretoria last week at…
Montjane at the Swiss Open 1 minute South African wheelchair tennis star Kgothatso Montjane has crashed out in the semi-finals of the French Open in Paris. Dutch second seed, Aniek van Koot beat Montjane 6-4, 6-4 to move into her fourth women’s wheelchair final at Roland Garros. Meanwhile, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz of Spain advanced…
FC Barcelona’s Raphinha celebrates scoring their fourth goal. 1 minute Barcelona winger Raphinha was named LaLiga Player of the Season on Friday, after the Brazilian played a major role in his side winning the domestic treble, with club teammate Lamine Yamal named Best Under-23 player. Raphinha contributed 34 goals and 25 assists in 57 club…
Presley Chweneyagae funeral service 1 minute The funeral service for the late award-winning actor Presley Chweneyagae is taking place in Pretoria on Saturday. Affectionately known as “Cobrizi” or “Mokwepa”, Chweneyagae died last Tuesday at the age of 40. Live proceedings: He was born in North West in 1984. Chweneyagae got his big international break after…
Launch of the fund 1 minute The Western Cape Social Development Department has launched Cape Care Fund; an initiative aimed at boosting the resilience of organisations in the social services sector. Provincial Social Development Minister Jaco Londt says a number of organisations from various sectors in the province had to close down due to budget…
uMkhonto weSizwe MK Party MP Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla 1 minute uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) Member of Parliament Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has reiterated that there is no instability in the party. Zuma-Sambudla was speaking during party activities in Seshego outside Polokwane in Limpopo. The MK Party has recently announced the redeployment of Floyd Shivambu from the Secretary-General position…
Nafiz Modack’s case has been remanded to 8 July 2025 for sentencing 1 minute Alleged underworld kingpin, Nafiz Modack has been found guilty on a charge of corruption by the Cape Town Regional Court. Hawks spokesperson, Zinzi Hani, says this comes after the sentencing of former Brigadier Kolindren Govender who admitted that a corrupt relationship…
The Democratic Alliance (DA) MP, Glynnis Breytenbach addresses the media at Parliament in Cape Town on June 6, 2025. 2 minutes Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Glynnis Breytenbach says establishing an anti-corruption unit would be an effective way of boosting prosecutions following the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) loss of high-profile court cases. The cases include the…
FILE | A building on fire 1 minute Parents of some of the toddlers who died during a fire at a makeshift daycare centre in Mayfair, Johannesburg, last month are still waiting to bury their children. DNA test results of the children who were burnt beyond recognition are yet to be released. The agonising wait…
