Jacky Ickx waves the chequered flag as McLaren’s Oscar Piastri wins the Belgian Grand Prix McLaren’s Oscar Piastri beat teammate and title rival Lando Norris in a rain-delayed Belgian Grand Prix to stretch his Formula One lead to 16 points on Sunday. Charles Leclerc was a distant third for Ferrari, with teammate Lewis Hamilton finishing…
Pikitup logo 1 minute Johannesburg’s waste management entity, Pikitup, is warning the public about a fake job advertisement circulating on social media and online job sites. The advertisement falsely claims Pikitup is hiring general workers. The scam appears to be a modified version of a legitimate Pikitup job posting from May 2024. Pikitup spokesperson Muzi…
Cast members seen at a movie set. The R7.5 billion Durban Film City project is seeing renewed progress following decades of legal disputes and municipal hurdles that stalled the beachfront development. Strategic interventions by the Presidential eThekwini Working Group have cleared the path for veteran producer Anant Singh to move forward with the world-class precinct….
Graphic representing a fatal shooting The Cape Crime Crises Coalition says there is much anger in communities across the Cape Town Metro over the ongoing killings happening, almost on a daily basis. This after the Western Cape Premier Alan Winde tabled a report by the province’s Police Ombud during a sitting of the Provincial Parliament….
Chief Albert Luthuli. 2 minutes A Durban man has testified in the re-opened inquest into the death of African National Congress (ANC) leader Inkosi Albert Luthuli that he was told by a relative that one of his uncles saw Luthuli being assaulted next to a stationary train on the rail line at Groutville in 1967….
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi talks with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir during a meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, in this handout picture released on April 25, 2026. U.S. negotiators are scheduled to leave for Pakistan on Saturday, but Iran said its officials did not plan to meet…
Kroonstad Magistrates Court, Free State. Where a bail hearing is underway. An 80-year-old farmer and his 16-year-old grandson are alleged to have murdered a 25-year-old man. The state has submitted that it is not in the interest of justice for the court to grant bail to an 80-year-old Free State man, accused of being involved…
The newly appointed members of the NETC. Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube says the appointment of the new members of the National Education and Training Council (NETC) marks the start of a new era for policymaking in basic education. Gwarube says it reflects a deliberate effort to bring together a wide spectrum of expertise in…
KZN schools face challenges ahead of reopening Just three days before schools reopen on Wednesday, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has confirmed that there are challenges in terms of school readiness. The department says it is working around the clock with unions to mitigate the impact. Spokesperson Muzi Mahlambi says they are in constant contact…
Police have confirmed that one of the men implicated at the Madlanga Commission has taken his own life. 41-year-old Wiandre Pretorius allegedly shot himself at a filling station in Brakpan, east of Johannesburg, in front of his partner, a police Sergeant. Marius van der Merwe, who testified under the name of Witness D, implicated Pretorius…
