Kohli celebrates the wicket of Punjab Kings’ Shreyas Iyer 2 minutes Royal Challengers Bengaluru and their talisman Virat Kohli ended a 17-season drought by winning their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title, beating Punjab Kings by six runs in the final in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Bengaluru posted a modest 190-9 with Kohli, their leading scorer…
A picture of houses in Langa in Cape Town taken on 29 October 2016. 2 minutes A documentary aimed at recording the history of community centres in Cape Town’s townships including Gugulethu, Manenberg and Langa has been launched. It is the brainchild of the Heritage Education and Research Project (HERP), an initiative which kicked off…
KwaDukuza deputy mayor Scelinjalbulo Cele(L) and Mayor, Ali Ngidi. (R) Residents of the KwaDukuza Municipality, north of Durban, have mixed reactions about the news that the African National Congress (ANC) has decided to remove the mayor, Ali Ngidi, and deputy mayor, Scelinjalbulo Cele, from office. The decision by the ANC’s provincial task team comes after…
Mourners gather at the memorial service of the Soshanguve mass shooting victims. 2 minutes The death toll in the brutal killings at the Marry Me Informal settlement in Soshanguve in Gauteng has risen to seven. A seventh community patroller has died of his injuries in hospital. Residents in the informal settlement are calling for the…
Candles lit amid a power outage. The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in the Eastern Cape is currently facing a major power outage affecting large parts of the Metro. Areas affected include Forest Hill, Newton Park as well as the Western Suburbs. The municipality has also has urged residents to exercise extreme caution as windy conditions…
An NSRI motorboat used in rescue operations. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), in the Western Cape has rescued several people at sea, including two children. It has commended the role played by good Samaritans in saving lives. Spokesperson, Craig Lambinon, says two girls were rescued at Miller’s Point near Simon’s Town Beach. Lambinon says…
The High Court in Polokwane is expected to hear the Hawks’ urgent application to compel the executive mayor of the Polokwane Municipality John Mpe, to furnish them with documents. This application was previously withdrawn last Thursday, with no indication of the reason for the withdrawal. Mpe is under investigation for alleged corruption, including granting municipal tenders…
A shopper looks at grocery items in Johannesburg, South Africa, June 17, 2020. 2 minutes South Africans are having to cut back on food to keep the lights on. This is according to the chief legal officer at Debt Rescue South Africa, Annaline van der Poel. Van der Poel says these were the findings of…
2 minutes Technology companies attending the electronic voting conference in Cape Town have emphasized the need for digital transformation to enable an electronic electoral voting process in South Africa. The three-day conference, which ended on Wednesday, brought together political leaders, decision-makers, business representatives, civil society, and the public to discuss the feasibility of implementing e-voting…
FILE| Lehlohonolo Chauke also known as Shebe Maburna appearing before a Limpopo court, Dec 2025. The urgent application by artist Lehlohonolo Chauke, popularly known as Shebe Maburna, to appeal the decision to deny him bail has been dismissed at the Polokwane High Court in Limpopo. Maburna was denied bail by the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court last…
