Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton 2 minutes Lewis Hamilton has expressed his total confidence in Ferrari after the Italian Formula One team’s double disqualification in China. The cars of seven times world champion Hamilton and teammate Charles Leclerc failed post-race technical checks at the second round of the season in Shanghai after they finished sixth and fifth respectively. “I…
File Image: Traffic officials conduct a roadblock. 3 minutes The Mpumalanga provincial government has launched its road safety campaign in Middleburg. The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) also launched the Hlokomela Campaign – a road safety program aimed at reducing taxi-related accidents. The campaign also entails improving customer care and promoting responsible driving, among…
A disused mine shaft. 2 minutes Residents of Khuma near Stilfontein in the North West are still hopeful that a government-assisted retrieval operation will start soon. A front loader was sent to shaft eleven to clear the site before heavy machinery that would be used to retrieve workers are brought in. Hundreds of illegal miners…
Thembekile Letlape, the celebrity chef. The man accused of the 2024 murder of celebrity pastry chef Thembekile Letlape has been found guilty in the Johannesburg High Court. Sibusiso Zitha pleaded guilty to killing his partner, affectionately known as ‘The Pastry Chef’, by stabbing her multiple times during an argument in front of their then 10-year-old…
Leather cricket ball. 2 minutes Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Daniel Vettori felt the slow pitches on their home ground did not suit their free-scoring batters after the side crashed out of the playoff race of this year’s Indian Premier League. The 2016 champions became the third team – after Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings…
Springboks training on the field, 9 July 2025. Springbok wing Edwill van der Merwe says the presence of veteran fullback Willie le Roux will provide him with the assurance to play his natural game tomorrow afternoon. Van der Merwe will make his second appearance against Italy. He made his first appearance more than a year…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hailed former President Nelson Mandela as a champion of reconciliation, who not only united South Africa but also forgave his oppressors. Albanese participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at Freedom Park in Pretoria this morning, commemorating fallen heroes who fought against the apartheid era and…
A man stands at a branch of the South African Post Office. The South African Post Office has suspended all outbound parcel services containing goods to the US with immediate effect until further notice. However, the Post Office says that documents, letters, and exempt mail, such as military mail, will still be delivered to the…
Xiphos Protection Group vehicles. 1 minute The Bellville Regional Court has convicted Xiphos Security Services and its director, Philip Johannes October, on multiple charges related to tax evasion and fraud. Hawks Spokesperson Siyabulela Vukubi says the convictions followed a Section 112 plea agreement. The charges include fraud, tax evasion, and failure to pay taxes such…
Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi speaking at a SAPS Awards ceremony. KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi will be the first witness to testify before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry when hearings begin in Pretoria on the 17th of September. The Commission, appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, confirmed at a briefing on Monday that consultations with Mkhwanazi…
