Petrol and diesel prices to drop from Wednesday

An attendant puts fuel into a car. The Department of Mineral and Energy Resources has announced decreases in fuel prices, including a cut of as much as 57 cents a litre for diesel. The department says the petrol price will decline by four cents a litre and illuminating paraffin by 49 cents. The prices take…

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‘Cat’ Matlala back in court for bail application

Businessman Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala appears in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. Businessman Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala is expected to continue his bail application in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg on Monday. During his previous court appearance, he denied being part of a plot to kill his former partner, Tebogo Thobejane in October 2023. Matlala…

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Rand Water urges Gauteng residents to reduce consumption

Rand Water station in Roodepoort. 1 minute Rand Water has warned Gauteng municipalities that it will resort to restrictions if they fail to implement contingency conservation measures. It says the entire water system in the province will collapse if consumers don’t reduce their consumption. The bulk water supplier has called on the Tshwane and Johannesburg…

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Body of missing swimmer recovered in Sedgefield

1 minute Western Cape rescue authorities have recovered the body of a man believed to have gone missing while swimming in Sedgefield. A 20-year-old Eastern Cape man went missing under water on Saturday. The man was caught in rip currents while swimming with friends. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) spokesperson Craig Lambinon says the…

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Cases against Sabie illegal miners postponed in Mpumalanga

An illegal miner is arrested after resurfacing from underground a shaft in Sabie, Mpumalanga. 1 minute Eight illegal miners facing charges of kidnapping, illegal mining and contravening the Immigration Act made a brief appearance in the Sabie Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga. The eight are suspected of being the kingpins who kidnapped the other foreign nationals…

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