Minister of Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. The North West Department of Electricity and Energy says South Africa’s G20 Presidency will greatly benefit the country as it plans to expand its nuclear power generation capacity. South Africa’s nuclear energy programme has been in operation since 1984. The department will convene the third G20 Energy Transitions Working…
DJ Sumbody at an event Police say the alleged mastermind behind the murder of Oupa John Sefoka, popularly known as DJ Sumbody, Katiso “KT” Molefe, has been positively linked to the murder of Hector ” DJ Vintos” Buthelezi. Buthelezi was gunned down outside a nightclub in Orlando East, Soweto in 2022. Today Molefe and his…
File image: Classroom with desks and chairs. The Director General of the Department of Basic Education Mathanzima Mweli says the majority of public schools are geared to accommodate learners with minor disabilities and that is where those learners should be enrolled. A team from the Department briefed Parliament’s Committee on Education and Creative Industries on…
Drugs seized during arrest A foreign national man and a South African woman has been arrested following police raids on two apartments in Durban. Police found various types of drugs with a total street value of about half a million rand. #sapsKZN An intelligence-led op by KZN Provincial Organised Crime Unit (Narcotics) led to…
Jacky Ickx waves the chequered flag as McLaren’s Oscar Piastri wins the Belgian Grand Prix McLaren’s Oscar Piastri beat teammate and title rival Lando Norris in a rain-delayed Belgian Grand Prix to stretch his Formula One lead to 16 points on Sunday. Charles Leclerc was a distant third for Ferrari, with teammate Lewis Hamilton finishing…
File image| The roads this morning in the Bezuidenhout Valley area due to protest. The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police (JMPD) has warned motorists of traffic disruptions in the Bezuidenhout Valley area, east of the Johannesburg CBD. This is due to an ongoing service delivery-related protest. Around 200 protesters have blocked parts of Albertina Sisulu Road, from Bertrams…
Pieter Coetze celebrates a win South Africa’s Pieter Coetze has won his country’s first gold medal at the World Swimming Championships in Singapore. The 21-year-old bettered his own South African and African record set at the World University Games in Germany just 10 days ago, winning the 100 metres backstroke title. He clocked a time…
Former president Thabo Mbeki attends the Liberation Movements Summit in Kempton Park on the East Rand on July 27, 2025. Legal expert Mpumelelo Zikalala says former President Thabo Mbeki’s application for his former justice minister Bridget Mabandla’s intervention in a case of victims of apartheid is an effort to exonerate his administration. In January, the…
Tiffany Meek who is in court for the murder of her late 11 year old son, Jayden-Lee Meek The Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court has denied bail to Tiffany Meek, who is accused of murdering her 11-year-old son, Jayden-Lee Meek, in May. Meek faces charges of murder, crimen injuria, and defeating the ends of justice. She has…
The Ditsobotla Local Municipality in Lichtenburg in the North West The Ditsobotla Local Municipality in the North West has restored electricity to a number of schools and government departments. The local authorities disconnected electricity last week to a large number of their creditors due to non-payment. Their acting CFO, Nthabeleng Moagi, told the SABC that…
