[FILE IMAGE]: Person walks past Eskom powerlines. Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, alongside Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo, has unveiled the process to pre-qualify potential bidders for the country’s Independent Transmission Programme. The initiative aims to expand the country’s transmission infrastructure, with a target of building over 14,000 kilometres of new transmission lines by…
Eskom’s CEO Dan Marokane. 1 minute Eskom has announced a net loss of R25. 5 billion before tax. Eskom chair Mteto Nyati says this is an improvement from the R34. 6 billion loss in the 2023 financial year. The power utility released its financial results on Thursday. Eskom is facing mounting debt levels compounded by…
SANDF soldiers. 2 minutes The first group of 249 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members that arrived in the country on Friday night from the Democratic Republic of Congo has been taken to Bloemfontein in the Free State to receive psychological counselling. They were deployed in the eastern DRC as part of the Southern…
Former MKP Deputy Secretary Nombuso Mkhize and Former MKP SG ,Floyd Shivambu reunite in Mayibuye Afrika. The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP)Deputy Secretary General , Nombuso Mkhize, has reportedly resigned from her position and joined Floyd Shivambu’s Mayibuye Dialogue initiative. Shivambu’s camp confirmed her departure in a statement, saying Mkhize will now form part of the…
Forensic officials hold a meeting outside a tavern, the scene of an early morning shooting in Bekkersdal The gruesome mass shooting that claimed nine lives and left ten others wounded in Bekkersdal on Gauteng’s West Rand has left the community devastated and reeling in shock. An eyewitness, who hid behind a door during the attack…
File image: The Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein. 1 minute Four prison warders from the Mangaung Correctional Centre are expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court in connection with the death of an inmate. They were arrested last night following the death of 37-year-old Mpho Mkhumbeni. Mkhumbeni died after allegedly being assaulted and tortured…
Gwede Mantashe is saying that coal is making a comeback Mantashe used the opportunity to play both sides of the energy table by outlining the country’s commitment to sustainable coal mining, highlighting the Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) project – a holy grail initiative aimed at reducing carbon emissions and prolonging the use of…
Clinical lead doctor points to an x-ray showing a pair of lungs infected with TB. Professor Limakatso Lebina, Director of Clinical Trials at the Africa Health Research Institute, says it’s important for South Africa to prepare early for rolling out new TB vaccines, which are currently undergoing clinical trials. The institute, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, is…
[File photo] 2 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Western Cape has condemned the alleged racist incident on a FlySafair flight in which a woman is seen having an altercation with flight crew members. The incident took place during a flight from Durban to Cape Town. In a video that has gone viral on…
Businessman Brown Mogotsi, speaking to the SABC. North West businessman Brown Mogotsi says he is still a subject of police investigations. Police raided his business premises in Seweding village near Mahikeng, in the North West, in November last year. At the time of the raid, police indicated that it was part of its ongoing investigations…
