Greenstreet 1, an investment fund managed by Stanlib Infrastructure Fund II and owned by the Standard Bank Group, will acquire the Scatec 164 and Scatec 165 purpose vehicles holding solar PV independent power producer (IPP) projects. These IPPs, operating under South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPPP), include Project Dreunberg, Project Linde, and…
Candlelight 1 minute Lucas “Masterpieces” Moripe, a South African football icon, has passed away at his home in Atteridgeville in Pretoria. He’d been ill for some time. A dazzling midfielder, Moripe started his professional career with Pretoria Callies in 1971. In 1973, he was named the National Professional Soccer League’s Player of the Year and…
Leaders of the ANCYL in Mpumalanga pictured at the 8th ANCYL Nkangala Regional Congress sitting at Zithabiseni Resort. 2 minutes The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in Mpumalanga has criticised the Mbombela Local Municipality for failing to appoint general workers despite having received thousands of applications. The League says thousands of unemployed youth have applied…
A person seen at the beach. 1 minute The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has urged holidaymakers and visitors to the coast to exercise caution during the final days of the school holidays as the full moon spring tide is set to peak on Wednesday this coming week. NSRI communications manager, Andrew Ingram, says this…
Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Rodney de Kock. 1 minute Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Rodney de Kock has passed on. De Kock was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in December last year. He passed on in Morningside Mediclinic in Johannesburg on Monday. With a career spanning over…
Car burglary 1 minute Police have identified the top hijacking hotspots across the most populated provinces for January to March of this year, with Ivory Park and Mamelodi East in Gauteng taking the first and second positions in the country respectively. Mamelodi East recorded an 80 percent increase in the number of hijackings year on…
Broken windshield after a car crash. 2 minutes Limpopo MEC for Transport, Violet Mathye says the number of people killed in the road crash in Hoedspruit is 13 and not 15 as reported earlier. Mathye visited the R40 road where a bakkie collided head-on with a taxi and caught fire. The 13 were burnt beyond…
Lifeguards on the beach. 1 minute Bathers are being warned to be more cautious when swimming in the sea on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day because the new moon spring tide will peak on these days. This causes high and low tides, increasing the risk of stronger-than-usual rip tides. Lifesaving South Africa President,…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) does not proffer solutions to the country’s multi-faceted crises, with critics saying the statement is uninspiring. Mnangagwa presented Sona in Parliament on Wednesday where he spoke about the country’s socio-economic crisis, hunger and other ills confronting the generality of Zimbabweans. On the currency…
A company logo for fashion brand Shein is seen on a pile of gift bags on its Christmas bus as part of a nationwide promotional tour in Liverpool, Britain, December 14, 2024. 1 minute The European Union today urged fast-fashion retailer Shein to respect EU consumer protection laws and warned it could face fines if…
