A logo is seen on the roof of the ArcelorMittal building. Negotiations are back on the table for South Africa’s steel giant. Now, after a tense standoff last year, ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) have officially resumed talks regarding a potential state-led buyout. Discussions hit a wall last year after…
Candles lit amid a power outage. The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in the Eastern Cape is currently facing a major power outage affecting large parts of the Metro. Areas affected include Forest Hill, Newton Park as well as the Western Suburbs. The municipality has also has urged residents to exercise extreme caution as windy conditions…
The Springbok Women’s rugby team in a match The Springbok Women’s rugby team will host their counterparts from the United States in a historic two-Test series in July in Johannesburg and Pretoria. The women will open the days’ action when the Springboks kick off their Nations Championship campaign. The two Tests, at Ellis Park on…
WOH G64 is a system composed of a red supergiant (at left, in orange) and a smaller hot star (at right, in blue). Astronomers using the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) have solved a scientific mystery involving a red supergiant star that has been misbehaving. “In the last decade, the star’s behaviour changed radically. It…
The group comes from different provinces around the country. The workers were officially welcomed by health MEC Sasekani Manzini. The Department of Health in Mpumalanga has strengthened its healthcare system with the arrival of more than 500 new intern health workers. The group comes from different provinces around the country. The workers were officially welcomed…
Residents are seen walking on a road submerged in water after heavy rains in Dindela village in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga in this image captured on 19 January 2026. The Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture, Land Development and Environmental Affairs needs over R165 million to assist farmers affected by the recent floods. About 600 farmers were affected by the…
MEC for Roads and Transport – Kedibone Diale-Tlabela and the Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy inspecting scholar transport vehicles. More than 60 scholar transport vehicles have been impounded in an operation that Transport Minister Barbara Creecy is leading in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg. Two drivers have also been arrested for overloading. The operation follows a…
Suspended EMPD boss Julius Mkhwanazi. Suspended Ekurhuleni Deputy Police Chief Commissioner Julius Mkhwanazi has told the Ad Hoc Committee that he did not know Witness D. Witness D, whose real name was Marius van der Merwe, was gunned down outside his house in Brakpan, Ekurhuleni last month. Weeks before his death, Van der Merwe testified…
FILE | Former president Jacob Zuma in court. French arms manufacturer Thales and former president Jacob Zuma will now have to wait another week to hear if their latest application in the Pietermaritzburg High Court is successful. The court was scheduled to hand down its ruling tomorrow on their application for leave to appeal the…
Handcuffs depicting an arrest. The Plettenberg Bay Regional Court in the Western Cape has sentenced a former police officer to six years’ imprisonment for corruption, fraud, forgery and defeating the ends of justice. Ralston Petersen, who served in the South African Police Service (SAPS) for 16 years, was convicted on eight counts after pleading guilty…
