Hendrina power station in Middelburg in Mpumalanga 1 minute Energy Expert Chris Yelland says Eskom needs to focus on smaller power stations to avoid a power trip of this magnitude. This follows the power utility escalating loadshedding to Stage 6 since the early hours of Sunday morning until further notice. Eskom experienced multiple unit trips…
A petrol station is seen in Soweto. 1 minute South African petrochemical firm, Sasol, opened a new tab on Monday and skipped paying a dividend after reporting a 31% decline in half-year profit on a fall in oil prices and lower sales volumes. Sasol’s headline earnings per share for the six months to December 2024…
File Image: A shootout scene at Inanda, KZN. 1 minute Members of the Community Policing Forum in Inanda, Durban, have raised concerns over increased crime during rolling blackouts. Eskom recently downgraded load shedding from Stage 6 to Stage 4 after an unexpected escalation last weekend. The power cuts have led to increased incidents of business…
1 minute The 44th Matola Raid Commemoration will take place at the Freedom Park Heritage Site in Pretoria today. On January 30, 1981, the South African Defence Force illegally entered Mozambique, killing 15 members of the ANC’s military wing, uMkhonto we Sizwe. The attack highlighted the brutality of the apartheid regime and reinforced the UN…
South African National Defence Force members. 1 minute The evacuation of injured South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is set to begin this week. It remains unclear how many soldiers will be brought back to South Africa. The evacuation follows last month’s clashes between the M23…
G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on February 20, 2025. 1 minute The Finance Track four-day meetings of the G20 will start in Cape Town today. The meetings will take place after the unprecedented postponement of the tabling of the budget to March 12. The postponement has raised concerns over the…
The Stellenbosch University campus in the Western Cape. 1 minute The Student Representative Council (SRC) of Stellenbosch University says that its class boycott over student debt and lack of accommodation will not be continuing tomorrow. SRC Executive member Roceshia Februarie says they’ve reached agreement with the university to resume classes after lectures had been disrupted…
Spaza shop 1 minute The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Velenkosini Hlabisa says of the more than 80 000 applicants to register spaza shops, just over 2 500 foreign nationals were approved to run spaza shops. This is contained in a written Parliamentary reply. These figures are from when applications were received…
B20South Africa 2 minutes The Global Business Forum for G20, the B20, has emphasised the importance of dealing with the priorities of the global south, especially in light of the current geopolitical tensions. From tomorrow, the G20 Finance Ministers are set to discuss issues related to financial inclusion, coordinating global economic policy and infrastructure financing,…
Arsenal’s Leandro Trossard reacts 2 minutes Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes suffered a hammer blow when Jarrod Bowen’s goal just before halftime gave London rivals West Ham United a surprise 1-0 away victory on Saturday. Bowen headed in from close range in the 44th minute and Arsenal’s feeble attack, missing a host of injured forwards,…
