City of Tshwane vehicles and technicians are seen at a Koedoespoort substation in Pretoria on 02 January 2026. Power has been restored in East Lynne in Pretoria. Residents there say they have been without electricity for a fortnight. The prolonged outage followed after a fire at the Koedoespoort substation. Residents and business owners in the area say the situation…
The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System, also known as the Madlanga Commission, continues hearing testimony from Witness F. On Tuesday, the Commission explored Witness F’s relationship with suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya and Steve Motsumi, a man believed to…
Scene from the George building collapse. 2 minutes Next week marks a year since the tragic George building collapse in the Western Cape in which 34 people lost their lives, while 28 others were left injured and some maimed for life. A year later, most survivors and the victim’s families all echo the same thing…
uMkhonto we Sizwe Party has tabled a motion of no-confidence against Premier against Thami Ntuli. Political analyst, Thobani Zikalala, says the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Party is within its rights to try and test the stability of the Government of Provincial Unity in KwaZulu-Natal. Zikalala’s comments come ahead of the vote of no confidence motion that…
SACP supporters The political implications of the South African Communist Party’s (SACP) decision to contest the 2026 local elections independently have topped the agenda of the Special African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Boksburg East of Johannesburg. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of their one-day meeting, Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says they…
AN artists performs at the Macufe Festival in the Free State. The festival will be held in September. Mangaung African Cultural Festival (Macufe) will finally kick off this week after a two-year break. Macufe lovers say they are thrilled but worried about the quality of artists especially for the main event. The festival aims to…
A faulty lightbulb. Johannesburg’s City Power is calling on the community, patrollers and law enforcement agencies to assist in curbing the increasing incidents of vandalism targeting critical electricity infrastructure in the Lombardy East area and parts of Alexandra. The power utility has recorded at least four incidents of transformer vandalism last month alone. Spokesperson Isaac…
One of the guns used by the perpetrator A 31-year-old suspect is expected to appear before the Orkney Magistrate’s Court on Monday, on charges of unlicensed firearms, unlawful possession of ammunition, two counts of attempted murder and contravention of the Dangerous Weapons Act. The suspect, who is a Lesotho national, will also face a charge…
President Cyril Ramaphosa at the 2024 SONA 1 minute The annual State of the Nation Address (SONA) in 2025 will still be hosted at the Cape Town City Hall like in the past two years, after the fire that gutted parts of Parliament in 2022. This is according to Parliament after the Department of Public…
Slain South African artist, Oupa John Sefoka, famously known as DJ Sumbody. The case of four suspects arrested in connection with the killing of Oupa Sefoka, popularly known as DJ Sumbody and two of his bodyguards has been postponed at the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. All four suspects, including the alleged mastermind Katiso “KT”…
