An Eskom prepaid electricity meter box. 2 minutes Residents around the City of Mbombela, Mpumalanga, are pleading with the power utility, Eskom, to assist them in upgrading their electricity meters. Long queues have formed outside the Eskom offices as customers seek help to recode their meter boxes. Eskom announced an extension of the deadline for…
[File photo] 2 minutes Several foreign-owned spaza shops have been closed in Soweto after they were found with expired food items and non-labelled goods. City of Joburg officials together with the police raided spaza shops in Dobsonville and Diepkloof on Friday. The raids follow incidents of foodborne illnesses that have claimed the lives of more…
Shaft 10 exit used by 14 illegal mine workers to emerge from underground. 2 minutes The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has dismissed the main application launched by organisation, Society for the Protection of our Constitution, amid the operation by law enforcement officials to have suspected illegal miners resurface at the Stilfontein mine shaft in…
A close up of the shaft 10 exit used by 14 illegal mine workers to emerge from underground. 2 minutes The High Court in Pretoria has dismissed the application launched by the Society for the Protection of Our Constitution in the Stilfontein matter. The parties appeared in court last week Thursday seeking relief for the…
Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi addresses the Africa Tech Fest on November 12, 2024. 2 minutes Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi says the funding of what he calls “dual illumination” of TV signals poses a serious threat to meeting the deadline for analogue switch-off. Dual illumination is the operation of analogue…
Residents of Diepkloof in Soweto queue in long lines for assistance with recoding of the prepaid electricity meters on 25 November 2024. 2 minutes The Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee (SECC) has accused Eskom and government of creating unnecessary panic regarding the recoding of prepaid electricity meters. Residents of Soweto started queuing outside Eskom service centres last week…
A police officer is pictured inside a spaza shop during a compliance visit. 3 minutes The African Transformation Movement (ATM) is calling for government to close all spaza shops and revitalise the citizen-run township economy to ensure economic stability and security. The party says in light of the recent declaration of a national disaster due…
An illegal mining shaft. 2 minutes A total of 14 illegal miners, including a 14-year-old boy, have been arrested after they came to the surface at shaft 10 which is linked to shaft 11 in Stilfontein in the North West last night. National Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says the miners chose to come out at…
Police visibility at the Stilfontein mine area 1 minute The South African Policing Union (SAPU) says its members have rejected government’s proposed 4.7% wage offer for public services. The union has just concluded its mandate-seeking process. It will officially inform government this coming week during which it and other public sectors unions are seeking to…
Residents stand outside a spaza convenience shop 2 minutes The Home Affairs Department is getting involved in the registration of spaza shops and will determine if the foreign nationals’ permits allow them to run a business in the country. Last Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that spaza shops owners had 21 days in which to…
