VW vehicles at a workshop Volkswagen South Africa (VWSA) will recall over 25 000 VW Polo vehicles sold between February 2025 and February this year. The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has confirmed that the recall is to correct the handbrake fittings. The NCC says the handbrake may pose a safety risk, particularly when the vehicle…
Suliman Carrim appearing before the Madlanga Commission, 6 February 2026. Evidence leader Adila Hassim has put it to the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria that North West businessman Sulliman Carrim was offered witness protection by the Inquiry. The Madlanga Commission was hearing an application from Carrim requesting that his testimony be heard in camera and not…
Container ships wait to load and offload goods in port during a 21-day nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Cape Town, South Africa, April 17, 2020. The Standard Bank Africa Trade Barometer shows improved trade within the continent. That’s despite the continent’s trade deficit of about 39 billion US…
Residents collect water from a tanker. Residents in the Western suburbs and parts of the Northern areas of Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) in the Eastern Cape, are continuing to face ongoing water outages, leaving many households without reliable access to water for the past two weeks. Bonke Mvimbi says the intermittent supply has disrupted daily…
Student working on a laptop The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has promised to release the first accommodation funding for 2026 next week Friday. Some student accommodation providers have expressed frustration with delays in payments for students they are housing. Some of the landlords also want the financial aid scheme to pay their historical…
A low-lying bridge almost submerged by flood waters Four people are missing after a bakkie was swept away by flood water when the driver tried to cross a low bridge in the Msinga area in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday night. The provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) says there were eight people in…
Person walks with umbrella in the rain The South African Weather Service (SAWS) says residents in Gauteng should prepare for cloudy conditions with widespread showers and thundershowers the whole of Friday, with an 80% chance of rain across the province. South African Weather Service senior forecaster Tokelo Chiloane says the wet weather is expected to…
Emergency crews assess the structural damage after the multi-storey building gave way in Ormonde, south of Johannesburg. South Africa’s largest construction industry body, Master Builders South Africa, has highlighted poor design and unqualified contractors as some of the leading causes of building collapses. This follows Monday’s collapse at Ormonde, south of Johannesburg, where a concrete…
Former COPE leader and Free State premier, Mosiuoa Lekota Former Congress of the People (COPE) Leader, Mosioua Lekota, will be honoured with a Special Official Funeral Category 2 next Saturday. President Cyril Ramaphosa has also ordered that flags be flown at half-mast at all flag stations from Saturday until the day of his burial. Lekota…
[File] Court gavel The Mothibistad Regional Court sitting in Kuruman in the Northern Cape has sentenced two men to 20 years each for the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl. During the trial, the court heard that, on 21 April 2019, the two accused, aged 32 and 37, had repeatedly raped a minor in Dithakong…
