Light bulb 1 minute Eskom has announced they have implemented loadshedding from 17h30 this afternoon. In a statement, the power utility says Stage 3 power cuts will be implemented until further notice. Eskom adds that they encountered another temporary setback but will update the public tomorrow. #PowerAlert1 Saturday , 22 February 2025: Following over 20…
Person holds a Palestine flag 1 minute The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has called on the South African government to criminalise the activities of Israel and those who trade with it. About 60 organisations have joined the PSC for a mass rally at the Sea Point Promenade in Cape Town. The PSC will also be…
FILE PHOTO: Former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales 2 minutes The highest court in global sport dismissed an appeal by former Spanish soccer head Luis Rubiales on Friday after he was banned from any football-related activity for kissing player Jenni Hermoso without her consent at the 2023 women’s World Cup final….
1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa has sought to clarify that there are a number of countries that face budget challenges but are able to fix them over time. His remarks follow the postponement of the Parliamentary Budget sitting due to parties in the Government of National Unity (GNU) failing to agree on how the budget…
Miss SA 2024 Top 16 finalist Chidimma Adetshina 2 minutes Anabela Rungo, the mother of model Chidimma Adetshina, is expected to hear the outcome of her bail application on Wednesday. Rungo has appeared in the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court where she faces seven charges, including the Contravention of the Immigration Act and Contravening the Identification…
The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s Fire Services reports that there has been good progress with containment in some areas, while in other areas flare-ups. 2 minutes Firefighters in the Cape Winelands District Municipality have had a busy night trying to put out fires in different parts of the municipality. Fire spokesperson, Jo-Anne Otto, says the…
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa briefs media on the current causes of load shedding on 23 February 2025. 2 minutes Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says a combination of setbacks experienced by power utility Eskom, including a failure of certain units as well as aggressive maintenance in preparation for winter, is the reason for the resumption of…
Over 50 firefighters are responding to a fire in Newlands, Table Mountain National Park, reported at 3:40 AM. 1 minute SANParks has deployed more than 50 ground firefighters and aerial resources to combat an active fire in the Newlands area of Table Mountain National Park above Kirstenbosch. Reports of the fire outbreak were received in…
Staff Sergeant Ishmael Molahlehi’s coffin is covered in the South African flag during his funeral service in Thaba Nchu in the Free State. 1 minute The funeral service for 53-year-old Staff Sergeant Ishmael Molahlehi is underway at Thaba Nchu in the Free State. Molahlehi is one of the 14 South African National Defence Force (SANDF)…
Rifleman Calvin Louis Moagi’s coffin draped in the South African flag during his funeral service at Ga-Sekororo outside Tzaneen in Limpopo. 2 minutes Limpopo’s Cooperative Governance MEC, Basikopo Makamu, has paid tribute to the youngest of the 14 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. 28-year-old Rifleman…
