Residents of Diepkloof in Soweto queue in long lines for assistance with recoding of the prepaid electricity meters on 25 November 2024. 2 minutes Johannesburg’s City Power has joined Eskom in extending the deadline for their customers to recode their pre-paid electricity meters. City Power has given its customers up until the 30th of November…
Burning fire. A veld fire along the N2 on the western side of Gqeberha has led to the closure of the road as firefighting teams battle to contain the blaze. The fire is in the vicinity of the wind farm. It has been burning since yesterday and flared up today due to strong winds. The…
Court gavel. Five suspects have been arrested in Kraaifontein, Cape Town, for various crimes. They include being in illegal possession of firearms and drugs. The arrests were made at the weekend. In one of the incidents, officers found a 36-year-old woman allegedly dealing in drugs at her home in the COVID informal settlement. They confiscated…
1 minute The uMkonto weSizwe Party leader, Jacob Zuma, is set to deliver the Solomon Mahlangu lecture today as the country observes Freedom Day. WATCH | Freedom Day: Jacob Zuma delivers the Solomon Mahlangu lecture
Murder accused Reinhardt Leach. 2 minutes The trial of Reinhardt Leach, accused of murdering Vicky Terblanche, has been remanded until Wednesday in the High Court in Gqeberha. This comes as the state began calling witnesses as it lays out its case. Leach stands accused on eight charges related to the murder of his girlfriend, Vicki,…
A delegation from Afriforum, Solidariteit, and the Solidarity Movement met with representatives of the Trump administration in Washington. 3 minutes Pressure is mounting on President Cyril Ramaphosa to act against lobby group AfriForum’s visits to the US. Earlier this week, AfriForum, Solidarity and the Solidarity Movement visited Trump’s Administration once again after it was announced…
Mary de Haas testifying before Parliaments Ad Hoc Committee, 18 November 2025. KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)-based researcher and crime activist Dr Mary De Haas has told Parliament that she will not disclose the identities of her informants, citing fears of reprisals. De Haas explains that, as a social worker, she took an oath of confidentiality and emphasises…
KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Parliament has appointed Advocate Norman Arendse SC to lead evidence in the ad hoc committee that has been set up to investigate allegations of threats to national security. The committee was established following allegations by KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, of serious corruption in the criminal justice system. He made the allegations during a media…
ANC flag. The ANC in the Free State says action will be taken in municipalities following damning revelations during an oversight visit by Parliament’s Portfolio Commitee on Cooperative Governance in the province last week. The committee has indicated that the province has the worst performing municipalities with no clean audits. The ANC’s Provincial Working Committee…
Wendy Ackerman | image supplied Ackerman will receive her degree in December along with novelist Damon Galgut and visionary economist professor Deirdre McCloskey. Jazz singer-songwriter Jonathan Butler; renowned clinical infectious diseases epidemiologist professor Salim Safrudeen Abdool Karim; and the country’s longest-serving director-general, Dr Philemon Mjwara, formerly of the Department of Science and Innovation, will receive…
