Piastri beats Norris in rain-hit Belgian Grand Prix

Jacky Ickx waves the chequered flag as McLaren’s Oscar Piastri wins the Belgian Grand Prix McLaren’s Oscar Piastri beat teammate and title rival Lando Norris in a rain-delayed Belgian Grand Prix to stretch his Formula One lead to 16 points on Sunday. Charles Leclerc was a distant third for Ferrari, with teammate Lewis Hamilton finishing…

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JMPD monitors protest over power outage in Bertrams

File image| The roads this morning in the Bezuidenhout Valley area due to protest. The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police (JMPD) has warned motorists of traffic disruptions in the Bezuidenhout Valley area, east of the Johannesburg CBD. This is due to an ongoing service delivery-related protest. Around 200 protesters have blocked parts of Albertina Sisulu Road, from Bertrams…

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SA’s Coetze wins gold medal at the World Swimming Champs

Pieter Coetze celebrates a win South Africa’s Pieter Coetze has won his country’s first gold medal at the World Swimming Championships in Singapore. The 21-year-old bettered his own South African and African record set at the World University Games in Germany just 10 days ago, winning the 100 metres backstroke title. He clocked a time…

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Tiffany Meek denied bail in Roodepoort court

Tiffany Meek who is in court for the murder of her late 11 year old son, Jayden-Lee Meek The Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court has denied bail to Tiffany Meek, who is accused of murdering her 11-year-old son, Jayden-Lee Meek, in May. Meek faces charges of murder, crimen injuria, and defeating the ends of justice. She has…

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N West schools get electricity back after municipal cut-off

The Ditsobotla Local Municipality in Lichtenburg in the North West The Ditsobotla Local Municipality in the North West has restored electricity to a number of schools and government departments. The local authorities disconnected electricity last week to a large number of their creditors due to non-payment. Their acting CFO, Nthabeleng Moagi, told the SABC that…

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DJ Sumbody’s murder case postponed to August

Slain South African artist, Oupa John Sefoka, famously known as DJ Sumbody. The case of four suspects arrested in connection with the killing of Oupa Sefoka, popularly known as DJ Sumbody and two of his bodyguards has been postponed at the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. All four suspects, including the alleged mastermind Katiso “KT”…

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SA’s Gallagher, Meder fall short at World Aquatics Championships

A swimming competition South African swimmers, Erin Gallagher and Rebecca Meder, failed to qualify for their respective finals at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Gallagher finished sixth in her 100 meter butterfly semi-final and was 13th fastest overall, while Meder finished seventh in her 200 meter medley semi-final, and 10th overall. Germany’s Lukas Martens…

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