Tatenda Kombora BULAWAYO-BASED author Tatenda Unika Kombora (24) has penned a book titled, I Loved a Dictator, which sheds light on the dark underbelly of Zimbabwe’s political system, laying bare the devastating consequences of poverty, governance failures and systemic injustices. Written last year and currently being publicised, the book looks at the political system in…
Cape Town at night 2 minutes The City of Cape Town has activated a protection plan against loadshedding following the news of its return. Eskom announced the implementation of Stage 3 loadshedding this weekend after about 10 months of non-interrupted power supply countrywide. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says they will continue building energy security through independent…
Person with a knife 1 minute The Gauteng Department of Education has confirmed that a grade eight learner stabbed an educator at Hoërskool Die Burger, in Randburg this morning. The police and parents were informed and the learner has been apprehended. Department Spokesperson Steve Mabona says the educator received immediate medical attention and was rushed…
FILE: Firefighters work at Parliament The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) says it anticipates that the rebuilding of Parliament will be completed by the end of next year. The bank briefed the Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament on progress made in rebuilding the damaged structures. The bank was commissioned to do…
Democratic Alliance (DA) press conference. Two Democratic Alliance (DA) Ward Councilors from George in the Western Cape – both serving on the Mayoral Committee – have resigned to join the Patriotic Alliance. Their move not only triggers two by-elections in the coming months, but also strips the DA of its majority in council. The Democratic…
Food inspected at a spaza shop. 2 minutes With President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 21-day spaza shop registration process deadline fast approaching, the Gauteng government says it will embark on a process to determine those who qualify to own spaza shops. The deadline is five pm on Tuesday. Acting Gauteng Premier, Lebogang Maile has briefed members of…
[FILE IMAGE]: Parliament’s Ah Hoc Committee sitting. Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee will again ask for an extension on its revised deadline of the end of November. The committee was established by a motion following allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system. These allegations were made by KZN Police Commissioner, Lt-General…
North West Province road sign. 1 minute The North West Housing Corporation (NWHC) says it will continue with the province’s mega and smart city projects, despite the North West Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements’ instruction to halt the projects. North West Housing Corporation CEO Sello Mogodiri says as an entity of the provincial government,…
A doctor at a hospital 1 minute Medical Ombudsman Professor Taole Mokoena has launched an investigation into the death of a medical intern at Durban’s Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital last week. It’s alleged that the 25-year-old Dr. Alulutho Mazwi collapsed at work after being denied sick leave by his manager. Several trade unions and associations…
Police are investigating a cash-in-transit heist where a teen was injured in Thokoza, in the East Rand Police are on the scene of a cash-in-transit robbery scene along Khumalo street in Thokoza, Ekurhuleni. It is believed a gang of robbers driving in a private vehicle rammed onto a security cash van. A charred vehicle believed…
