Kelly Smith appears at the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay on April 23, 2025. 1 minute A female suspect has been taken in for questioning after a fire burned down the Middelpos home of Kelly Smith. Smith was yesterday convicted alongside her co-accused, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn, for the kidnapping…
A Rea Vaya bus in Johannesburg. Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero will launch the new phase of the Rea Vaya service in Alexandra during October Transport Month. This will expand the city’s bus rapid transit systems to areas in the north of the city including Berea, Yeoville, Alexandra and Sandton. City of Joburg spokesperson Virgil James…
ArcelorMittal has also proposed that salaries and benefits be reduced by 20% as an alternative to retrenchments. 1 minute Members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) are staging a picket at the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) offices in Sandton, Johannesburg, over planned retrenchments at ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA). AMSA, in which…
South African rands. 1 minute The rand has continued to weaken further against major currencies amid an ongoing selloff in the financial markets triggered by the US tariffs. The currency fell sharply against the US dollar to R19.41. The local unit briefly plummeted to a record low of R25 against the British Pound earlier in…
Newspapers stacked 1 minute Members of the public have expressed mixed views about City Press completing the move to the digital space. This after four decades of being a Sunday newspaper in the country. Management says the move to digital is not just a response to global trends but also a strategic decision to meet…
Food at a school 1 minute The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has confirmed that all outstanding payments to service providers involved in the National School Nutrition Programme were processed successfully as of yesterday. This follows a protest on Monday by service providers who demonstrated outside district offices, claiming they had not been paid for several…
While South Africa’s focus is on Bafana Bafana, Nigeria and Benin’s national football teams have also intensified preparations ahead of their 2026 World Cup qualifier in Uyo, Nigeria, later today. Bafana Bafana take on Rwanda on Tuesday evening at Mbombela Stadium in the Group C 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier match. Benin, who defeated Nigeria…
India’s Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli leave the pitch. 2 minutes India coach Gautam Gambhir said Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have much to offer the team despite their poor run of form in recent matches, stressing the veteran duo will play a key role in this month’s Champions Trophy. Captain Rohit and batter Kohli…
Taxis queueing at a taxi rank. 1 minute Police say 19 security guards have been taken in for questioning in connection with a fatal shooting that left one person dead at the Nyanga taxi rank on the Cape Flats. Seven others were wounded. Western Cape Police Commissioner Thembisile Patekile says 13 rifles and seven handguns…
A worker harvests baby kale grown at the vertical nutrient film technique (NFT) system 4 minutes The pressure on wild food sources in the ocean and on land has reached a point where it cannot sustain the world’s population any longer. That’s according to Durban-based chef, Johannes Richter. He believes that the use of sustainable…
