Uncut diamonds from southern Africa and Canada are seen at De Beers headquarters in London, Britain, January 17, 2011. Namibia’s central bank governor Johannes !Gawaxab called on Wednesday for an extension to a royalty discount granted to Namdeb to help the diamond miner through a protracted global market downturn, marked by falling demand and a…
Orlando Pirates dropped crucial points after being held to a 1–1 draw by Siwelele FC Betway Premiership leaders Orlando Pirates title aspirations have suffered a major blow. The Buccaneers had to come from behind to play a 1-all draw with Siwelele F.C. Pirates dropped two valuable points, and now lead second-placed Mamelodi Sundowns by just…
A person carries buckets of water into the house. Residents of Kabe Village outside Mahikeng in the North West say access to water has become a major crisis. The community had hopes of having access to clean drinking water when six boreholes were drilled in the area in 2019, allegedly by the Ngaka Modiri Molema…
NewsDay spoke to business leaders on their views about the festival. LAST week, the third Ideas Festival hosted by media mogul Trevor Ncube in Nyanga provided a galaxy of ideas on how Zimbabwe could be transformed. NewsDay spoke to business leaders on their views about the festival. Trevor Ncube — Alpha Media Holdings chairman Seeing…
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria. LIVE STREAM:
Unicef country representative Atona Ekole THE United Nations Children’s Education Fund (Unicef) yesterday extended a begging bowl seeking US$34 million funding for the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector to build community resilience across Zimbabwe in the face of climate change. The appeal was made at a time when Zimbabwe is enduring the devastating effects…
FILE PHOTO: Workers renovate an electricity pylon. 1 minute Electrical companies that the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has contracted are threatening to down tools on Monday should the municipality fail to pay them. Some of the contractors claim that the municipality has not paid them for over four months. Bandile Sibiya is president of…
18-year-old fast bowler Kwena Maphaka. 1 minute South Africa’s 18-year-old fast bowler, Kwena Maphaka, will make his Test debut for the Protea men when the second cricket Test against Pakistan starts in Cape Town today. Maphaka replaces Dane Paterson in the starting 11 and is one of three changes to the team. The other changes…
Government officials including Deputy Minister of Education Reginah Mhaule attend Professor Bengu’s memorial service in Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal. 2 minutes Deputy Minister of Education Dr Reginah Mhaule says Professor Sibusiso Bengu’s memorial service is not meant to mourn him but to celebrate his work. Bengu’s memorial service is underway in Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal. He died last week…
File: The Convenor of the African National Congress’ (ANC) Provincial Task Team in KwaZulu-Natal, Jeff Radebe speaks outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court where an inquest into the death of former party President, Chief Albert Luthuli is being heard on April 22, 2025. The African National Congress’s (ANC) Provincial Convenor in KwaZulu-Natal, Jeff Radebe has described this…
