1 minute Eskom CEO Dan Marokane says there is “a high risk of load shedding this weekend”. He says three units tripped earlier this week, and Eskom is eating into reserves. The power utility is briefing the Portfolio Committee on Electricity and Energy on its 2023/2024 Financial Year Annual Report. #Eskom #MediaStatement LOADSHEDDING HIGH RISK…
4 minutes New plans are afoot for the contentious Tafelberg site in Sea Point, Cape Town. This followed a drawn-out battle between housing activists and the Western Cape provincial government, which owns the land. Activists, who argued that the site would best serve a growing need for affordable housing and spatial redress, were deadset against…
Contraceptive pills 1 minute Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko’s proposal to make the contraceptive implant Implanon compulsory for schoolgirls, with parental consent, has drawn criticism. Nkomo-Ralehoko made the remarks during her visit to Tshwane Secondary School in Pretoria as part of the province’s back-to-school drive. The proposal comes amid rising concerns over teenage pregnancy rates…
FILE | Shack fire. 1 minute Sentencing proceedings for two sisters accused of leaving their children and grandchildren locked in a shack that caught fire at Itireleng informal settlement near Laudium, west of Pretoria, are set to resume at the Atteridgeville Magistrate’s Court. Lindiwe Machaka, 39, and Zanele Machaka, 37, allegedly went partying until the…
A lecture hall inside a university. 2 minutes Education activist Keamogetswe Masike has called for the scrapping of registration fees at institutions of higher learning. Masike says many students remain in limbo as they wait for feedback on their National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) applications as registration deadlines are fast approaching. Masike says these…
1 minute The National Head for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) , Godfrey Lebeya, briefs media to outline progress and take stock of milestones achieved during the third quarter of financial year 2024/2025. Live proceedings below:
1 minute A Bloemfontein man has started to serve his life jail term for raping his 16-year-old stepdaughter and infecting her with HIV. The local magistrate’s court sentenced the man yesterday. In 2020, the young girl reported that the stepfather raped her while she was staying with him, her mother and younger sister in a shack in Bloemspruit. She had said the…
File image: Groblers Bridge Border Post sign. 1 minute The Border Management Authority (BMA) says the Groblers Bridge border, outside Lephalale in Limpopo, has been reopened. Operations at the port of entry were temporarily suspended due to flooding that caused damage to infrastructure. BMA says the port that links South Africa and Botswana is now…
Scene where a suspected Inanda gang leader and accomplice were killed by police in Cottonlands in Verulam on January 30, 2025. 1 minute A suspected Inanda gang leader and his accomplice have been shot dead during a shootout with police in Verulam, north of Durban. They were allegedly terrorising residents of Inanda, KwaMashu and surrounding…
File Image: The four accused including Joslin’s mother Kelly Smith appear in the Vredenburg Magistrate’s court. 1 minute The pre-trial hearing in the case of the disappearance of six-year-old Joslin Smit is expected to get underway in the High Court in Cape Town today. The girl’s mother Kelly Smith, her boyfriend Jacquin Appollis and Steveno…
