A bakkie and caravan outside a We Buy Cars premises. Used cars trader, We Buy Cars, has been issued with a R2.5 million administrative fine and ordered to also refund more than R3.4 million to consumers. The National Consumer Commission says this follows a three-year investigation revealing that the company contravened the consumer protection…
Eskom electricity infrastructure. AfriForum has welcomed the decision of the High Court in rejecting Eskom and National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) attempt to reach a R54 billion settlement behind closed doors in the power supplier’s tariff dispute. This comes after attempts to correct the error in Eskom’s allowable revenue determination without the proposed…
Bafana Bafana players during training. Excitement is building up ahead of this afternoon’s Bafana Bafana Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) match. Across the country Bafana Bafana supporters are optimistic about a win against Egypt. Some supporters say the team has shown commitment after winning their first match in the AFCON opening match against Angola. Coach…
Management and staff at the hospital expressed jubilation for being among those that delivered Christmas bundle of joys. Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko says a 16-year-old teenager is among the seven mothers who welcomed babies born on Christmas day at the Thelle Mogoerane Regional Hospital in Gauteng’s Ekurhuleni. In 2024 Gauteng recorded 184 Christmas babies,…
File| Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) during a protest. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has condemned United States airstrikes carried out in northwest Nigeria, describing the attacks as a violation of African sovereignty. The party says the strikes, conducted on Christmas Day and framed by Washington as “counter-terrorism operations”, amount to what it…
Newborn baby feet. A total of 187 newborns were recorded in the Eastern Cape both in public and private hospitals on Christmas Day. Health MEC, Ntandokazi Capa, says 95 of the newborns were males, while 92 were females. The leading district was Nelson Mandela Bay with 53 births followed by OR Tambo, Alfred Nzo and…
Accident scene graphic. Four pedestrians have died in separate incidents across Gauteng on Christmas Day. Gauteng Traffic Police say two teenagers died on the R512 near Zithobeni township after a motor vehicle overturned and crashed onto them. In Mondeor, a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle and died instantly on the R82 near Colombine Road…
File image| SIU’s operation at a Sandhurst home connected to Tembisa Hospital Capture investigation The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has renewed its call for criminal charges to be laid against those implicated in the Tembisa Hospital looting scandal. More than R2 billion was embezzled from the hospital, allegedly by three syndicates identified by the…
[File photo] Unemployed people line a street in Cape Town waiting for casual employment. The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) has called on the government to declare youth unemployment a national disaster, warning that the scale of the crisis threatens social stability, dignity and the country’s future. The league acknowledges that while some provinces…
Bafana Bafana players during training. The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations will reach an early climax on Friday when South Africa take on Egypt in a top-of-the-table Group B match in Agadir, Morocco. Bafana Bafana are among the early favourites, Egypt are seven-time Afcon champions. The head-to-head record heavily favours Bafana, but the world rankings…
