Ducati’s Marc Marquez 2 minutes Ducati’s Marc Marquez maintained his perfect record in sprints this season with victory over the half-distance at the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday after Yamaha’s surprise polesitter Fabio Quartararo crashed on lap two at the circuit in Jerez. Marquez’s brother Alex of Gresini Racing finished second for a fifth straight…
Wildfire at Du Toitskloof Pass in the Cape Winelands. Firefighters continue to battle a wildfire at Du Toitskloof Pass in the Cape Winelands. The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s (CWDM) fire services spokesperson, Anesca Roodt, says the blaze started on the Worcester side of the pass on Friday afternoon and has spread across difficult terrain. She…
The ANC has appointed a 67-member task team as part of the party’s plans for reconfiguration. 1 minute ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says he is confident that the newly announced task team in KwaZulu-Natal will help the ANC regain its support in the province. The ANC has appointed a 67-member task team as part of…
File: Children playing tug-of-war. South Africa will finally have a representation at the World Indoor Tug-of-War Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, next month after more than ten years without an indoor Tug-War of Team. Last weekend saw the Capping Ceremony of the President’s Tug-of-War Team in Cape Town. It will represent the country in the East…
Supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) wave party flags at an event. 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) in the Northern Cape says preparations have been finalised for holding its tenth provincial elective conference. The gathering, which will start today, follows the completion of branch and regional elective conferences whose processes some members…
[File Image]: President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the Business Interaction Group on South Africa at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa is leading the South African delegation to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. According to the Presidency statement, Ramaphosa will deliver a special address at WEF where…
A view at the scene of the scholar transport crash in Vanderbijlpark. Gauteng police have confirmed that two more learners involved in the Vanderbijlpark scholar transport crash have died. This puts the death toll at 14. Twelve learners were initially killed in Monday’s crash involving a minibus taxi and a truck. The 22-year-old scholar transport…
[FILE IMAGE]: Border Management Authority (BMA) official checking a travellers documents. 2 minutes Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber says a digitised system will strengthen efforts to combat fraud and corruption at South Africa’s borders. Schreiber and Special Investigating Unit Head, Advocate Andy Mothibi, launched the Border Management and Immigration Anti-Corruption Forum in Pretoria, today. The…
Murder accused pig farmer Zacharia Olivier appears in the High Court in Polokwane on 25 February 2026. A ballistic expert in the double murder trial of a Limpopo pig farmer accused of killing two women and disposing of their bodies in a pig enclosure, has told the High Court in Polokwane that her investigations and…
Walter Sisulu University building in the Eastern Cape. Walter Sisulu University (WSU) Council Chairperson, Thembeka Ngcukaitobi, has criticised what he calls an unequal funding model, that keeps historically black universities at a permanent disadvantage, compared to their historically white counterparts. Advocate Ngcukaitobi says chronic underfunding is at the heart of WSU’s financial crisis. He warned…
