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FILE PHOTO: A shopper looks for goods during an electricity load-shedding blackout in Johannesburg, South Africa. 1 minute Some energy analysts believe President Cyril Ramaphosa is likely to announce government’s plans to mitigate load shedding when he delivers the State of the Nation Address (SONA) this evening. Eskom implemented stage three load shedding last Friday…
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula during a media briefing. 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) has lashed out at the Democratic Alliance (DA) for being against the 0,5% VAT increase. The DA and other parties including the EFF, MK Party and the ATM say they will not support the passing of the budget. ANC Secretary-General…
Flags of the Democratic Alliance are seen at the party’s Eastern Cape Elective Congress on 27 February 2026. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says the window is open for party members to be nominated for positions ahead of the party’s elective congress on the 11th of April. DA Deputy leader in the Western Cape, Geordin Hill-Lewis, has been nominated as…
Brown Mogotsi testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, 18 November 2025. Commissioner Sesi Baloyi has raised concerns over the credibility of North-West businessman Brown Mogotsi’s testimony at the Madlanga hearings in Pretoria. The commission will resume on Thursday. Baloyi on Wednesday accused Mogotsi of not backing the claims he has made before the commission….
Used blister packets that contained HIV medication. 1 minute The KwaZulu-Natal Health Department has raised concern over the high number of people living with HIV who are defaulting on their treatment. It says more than 200 000 HIV-positive people in the province are not taking their medication. The National Health Department in collaboration with the…
Ouma Katrina Esau is the last remaining fluent speaker of the N!UU language 1 minute Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie has called for living legends to receive tangible benefits from their contributions. Speaking at an event in Upington honouring 92-year-old Ouma Katrina Esau, the world’s last fluent speaker of the critically endangered…
[FILE IMAGE]: Damaged boat in a lake. 3 minutes Environmental experts have warned of the historical mismanagement of mines that fail to adhere to maintenance regulations enforced by the Department of Mineral Resources. This follows public alarm in Boksburg, where residents say their local lake has turned a rusty red, reportedly due to acid mine…
FILE| Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis. The Democratic Alliance’s (DA) federal leadership have refused to be drawn into speculation about the possibility of Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, succeeding John Steenhuisen as party leader. This comes as Hill-Lewis confirmed via social media posts that he had been approached by party members to stand, following Steenhuisen’s…
Owner with her prepaid meter in a house. 2 minutes Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom will extend working hours to accommodate customers who still need to update their prepaid electricity meters. He announced this while visiting Eskom offices in Soweto. Johannesburg’s City Power says it will also extend it’s working hours. City Power…
