An unplugged electricity cord. 1 minute Energy Expert Ruse Moleshe has warned citizens that the risk of rolling blackouts still remains. This follows Eskom implementing stage two load shedding on Wednesday that was suspended at 5am this morning. Moleshe says the electricity grid is not completely reliable yet and with planned maintenance for winter, there…
Former President Thabo Mbeki at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha Former President Thabo Mbeki has sounded the alarm over South Africa’s deepening economic crisis. Speaking at the launch of the Eastern Cape Higher Education Sector National Dialogue at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha on Saturday, Mbeki highlights rising unemployment, poverty, and failing infrastructure, blaming weak…
1 minute Four people have been killed following an altercation at a tavern in Sundumbili on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast. Among the deceased are two off duty police constables. Four more people were shot and injured and were rushed to hospital. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says police have closed off the tavern after it…
File image: Bishop Lavis Police Station in Cape Town. 1 minute Two Democratic Alliance (DA) members in the Western Cape are set to lay charges of crimen injuria today against the woman who allegedly hurled racial slurs against the Coloured community, while on a FlySafair flight from Durban to Cape Town. In various viral videos…
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson 1 minute Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson says the department has implemented several initiatives to address the issue of government’s vacant land. The government currently has 1 259 vacant land parcels, 207 unoccupied houses and 830 abandoned farms on its balance sheet. Last year,…
A crime scene cordoned-off. 1 minute The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) is probing a death in police custody. This after a 43-year-old man shot and killed himself in a police charge office at Ventersburg police station on Monday. The man was arrested at a tavern in Winburg over the weekend after his wife reported…
Former Johannesburg speaker Nobuhle Mthembu attends the 17th Ordinary Meeting of the Programming Committee in Braampark on June 13, 2025. Former Johannesburg Speaker and Action SA Councillor Nobuhle Mthembu says she accepts the council’s decision to remove her through a motion of confidence. Al Jama-ah brought the motion against Mthembu. Of the 270 Joburg councillors,…
Complainant Andiswa Mengo testifies at the Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing sexual harassment allegations against Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge on January 21, 2025. 3 minutes Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge’s counsel’s earlier request to subpoena retired Chief Justice Raymond Zondo to the Judicial Conduct Tribunal has seemingly found meaning before the fact-finding body….
1 minute The IFP’s celebratory rally continues at the Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi stadium in Ulundi in northern KwaZulu-Natal. This as the party observes its 50th anniversary. LIVE STREAM:
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Dada Morero. Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero maintains he always knew he would retain the mayoral chain despite a motion of no confidence against him. The DA tabled the motion against Morero, arguing that he had failed in his duties resulting in the City deteriorating. The opposition party also raised concerns with the…
