Springbok Aphelele Fassi scores a try against Wales last night. The Springboks beat Wales 45-12. 2 minutes With the victory over Wales, the Springboks finished an end-of-year tour to the northern hemisphere unbeaten for the first time in eleven years. 2024 will go down as one of the most successful years in Springbok history. The…
Jannik Sinner of Italy tosses the ball to serve 2 minutes Defending champions Italy moved into the Davis Cup final after a 2-0 win over Australia on Saturday as Jannik Sinner defeated Alex de Minaur in straight sets to follow up Matteo Berrettini’s victory over Thanasi Kokkinakis. A repeat of last year’s final ended with…
FILE PHOTO: Bitcoin tokens and a price chart are seen in this illustration picture 3 minutes Bitcoin touched a fresh record high on Friday, with its sights set firmly on the $100 000 barrier, in a stellar rally for the cryptocurrency sparked by expectations of a more friendly regulatory environment under a Donald Trump administration….
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen celebrates after winning the 2024 F1 world championship. 4 minutes Max Verstappen clinched his fourth consecutive World Drivers’ Championship with a fifth-place finish at the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday, and George Russell led all 50 laps to complete a dream weekend for Mercedes. Russell finished 7.093 ahead of teammate…
A prepaid electricity meter 3 minutes Eskom has given prepaid customers 20:15 (quarter-past eight) tonight as the deadline for upgrading their electricity meters, failing which they will not be able to recharge. The power utility says most prepaid electricity customers had re-coded their meters by June, 2024. Eskom has given reprieve to zero-buyers who will…
Casket bearing the body of 5-year-old Siyabonga Mnisi who died from suspected food poisoning after allegedly buying snacks from a spaza shop in Diepkloof, Soweto. 2 minutes International Relations Minister, Ronald Lamola has called on South Africans to allow authorities to deal with the issue of foreign-owned spaza shops. Owners of food outlets, including spaza…
Suspected gold bearing material and gold processing equipment seized by the police in the Free State in weekly operations to curb illegal mining. (23 November 2024) 1 minute A 42-year-old man has been arrested during an anti-illegal mining operation in the Phomolong informal settlement near Welkom in the Free State. Police say they recovered suspected…
An aerial view of the Stilfontein mine. 2 minutes Residents of Stilfontein near Klerksdorp in the North West have expressed frustration over a lack of communication from authorities as the second phase of the operation to bring illegal miners to the surface continues. Yesterday a crane was used to lower a camera underground a mine…
Former President Jacob Zuma 1 minute The ANC’s National Disciplinary Committee of Appeal (NDCA) has upheld the decision of the Disciplinary Committee to expel former party President Jacob Zuma. In a statement, the ANC welcomed the decision, adding that Zuma’s conduct exemplifies ill-discipline and the lack of respect for collective decisions. Zuma was expelled from…
FILE | Compliance inspections conducted at spaza shops. 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 Johannesburg officials, together with the police, raided spaza shops in Dobsonville and Diepkloof on Friday. The raids follow incidents of foodborne…
