South Africa continues to grapple with Stage 2 rolling blackouts. 1 minute Eskom has announced that it will be implementing stage two power cuts from 4pm this afternoon until 10pm on Thursday evening. The power utility says the decision is due to a delay in the return of generation units, as well as a couple…
Panyaza Lesufi’s Nasi iSpani programme 2 minutes The DA has launched a scathing attack on Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s administration, accusing it of failing to curb rising unemployment in the province. Gauteng’s unemployment rate has increased to 34.7 % with R2.7 million residents now jobless. The DA’s Shadow MEC for Economic Development, Mike Moriarty, argues…
1 minute The inquest into the death of Chief Albert Luthuli continues in the Pietermaritzburg High Court, KwaZulu-Natal. IMPORTANT: Please note graphic content played may upset viewers. Live proceedings below:
Chief Albert Luthuli was born near Bulawayo in Zimbabwe in 1898. 1 minute A new witness is expected to take the stand today in the reopened inquest into the death of former ANC president Chief Albert Luthuli in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in KwaZulu-Natal. Luthuli died in Groutville in 1967 after a train reportedly hit…
A firefighter works at the scene of a deadly fire which occurred in the early hours of the morning in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 31, 2023. 1 minute The trial of a man accused of arson in the fire at the Usindiso building in the Johannesburg CBD is expected to resume this morning in the…
Unemployment graphic. 1 minute University of Johannesburg sociologist, Professor Trevor Ngwane, has criticised the government for failing to address rising unemployment, accusing it of prioritising profit over job creation. Ngwane was commenting on the latest unemployment figures released by Statistics South Africa, which show a slight increase in the official unemployment rate for the first…
1 minute The trial within a trial in the R255 million asbestos roof removal case resumes in the Bloemfontein High Court in the Free State. Live proceedings below:
A doctor at a hospital 1 minute The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on the Director-General of Health to immediately intervene into the doctor shortage issues at Livingstone Hospital in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape. The DA says since Monday, the Surgery Department at Livingstone Hospital has been forced to shut down for all outpatient…
Women on Farms Project in the streets marching to the offices of Philagro in Somerset West. Philagro is the registration holder of Dormex, a pesticide used on table and wine grapes on commercial farms in the Western Cape, South Africa. 1 minute Members of the advocacy group Women on Farms have called for improved working…
1 minute Electricity and Energy Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, updates the media in Pretoria on the status of South Africa’s electricity generation performance. Live proceedings below:
