2 minutes The City of Johannesburg says it will meet with Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, and power utility Eskom today in an attempt to resolve its debt issue. The problem has led to the power utility threatening to interrupt electricity supply to the metro. In a statement, Eskom says the City of Joburg and City Power owe it an an amount of R4.9 billion, excluding the…
1 minute The Umkhonto weSizwe Party has confirmed the appointment of its national organiser, Floyd Shivambu, as the party’s Secretary-General. Shivambu resigned from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in August. He was one of the EFF’s founding members alongside Julius Malema in 2013. Two other EFF members Advocate Dali Mpofu and Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane have…
India players celebrate the wicket of South Africa’s Aiden Markram 2 minutes India opener Sanju Samson scored a sparkling century as the tourists beat South Africa by 61 runs in the first match of a four-game Twenty20 series in Durban on Friday. South Africa asked India to bat and the visitors posted 202 for eight…
Crew members of a Sea Harvest fishing vessel, the MFV Armana, that caught fire on Sunday at sea being transferred from their life raft onto another vessel, the MFV Ludwani, for transportation back to Cape Town 1 minute The City of Cape Town says the marine manufacturing industry has contributed around R5 billion to the…
SAMWU logo 1 minute Municipal workers union, South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in Limpopo, has expressed concerns on the alleged nepotism and corruption on the hiring of workers in the Vhembe district municipality. According to the union, executive mayor Fridah Nkondo allegedly interfered in the hiring of more than 100 general workers and borehole…
School children having lunch. 1 minute The Free State Education Department says it will put in place tight regulations this week to regulate food vendors at schools around the province. This follows food poisoning incidents that affected more than 100 learners across the province between Wednesday and Friday. Related video: Food Poisoning | Mangaung residents…
National Assembly. 2 minutes There is nothing sinister or any internal fighting around the resignation of four Patriotic Alliance (PA) Members of Parliament. This is according to a member of the party’s National Executive Committee Charles Cilliers. After just five months, four out of the nine PA MPs have recently resigned. Among them the youngest…
Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold applauds fans. 2 minutes Trent Alexander-Arnold’s injury cast a shadow over Liverpool‘s 2-0 Premier League win at home to Aston Villa on Saturday, with the English defender being taken off in the first half with what manager Arne Slot said was a “serious” concern. Alexander-Arnold left the pitch clutching his right hamstring…
A gavel used in the court of law. 2 minutes Twenty-nine people arrested for public violence following the looting of some spaza shops in Mangaung, Bloemfontein, are expected to appear in court tomorrow. The looting happened after 47 learners from the Ihobe combined school in the area were admitted to hospital for suspected food poisoning….
Secretary General of the MK Party, Floyd Shivambu. 1 minute Leader of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party Jacob Zuma has appointed Floyd Shivambu as the Secretary General of the party. Shivambu resigned from the Economic Freedom Fighters in August. Having served as deputy president of the EFF since its inception, Shivambu was one of the…
