Ecobank in the Bulawayo city centre ARMED robbers Thursday afternoon pounced on a Safeguard Security transit vehicle delivering money to Ecobank on corner Fife Street and 9th Avenue at the National Railways Building in Bulawayo’s central business district and got away with about US$4 million. When Southern Eye visited the bank at around 3:20pm, the police were…
Solar panels being installed. 1 minute The Drakenstein municipality in the Boland of the Western Cape says it will not penalise property owners who installed alternative energy sources without pre-approval from the municipality. The municipality has announced an amnesty period that will run until the end of March. Municipal spokesperson Riana Geldenhuys says there was…
The Durban beachfront. 2 minutes Tourism Minister Patricia De Lille says efforts by a Presidential task team to attract holidaymakers back to Durban this festive season are yielding positive results. The task team, established in February, aimed to address declining tourist numbers caused by the 2021 civil unrest and water quality concerns at Durban beaches….
The donated house 1 minute Christmas has come early for a 71-year-old grandmother from Lower Gcobonco Village outside Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape, after she received a house. The house was handed over to Nophindile Joji by the Chippa Mpengesi Foundation. Joji’s house collapsed during torrential rain last year. It took one neighbour to make…
SACP spokesperson Alex Mashilo. 2 minutes The South African Communist Party (SACP) has vowed to keep its status as a registered political party and to contest future elections in line with the resolutions of its previous conferences. This follows the Independent Electoral Commission’s earlier notice to de-register the party with other 191 political which remain…
A busy highway 2 minutes Amid concerns over the number of road fatalities this festive season, the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Road Traffic Inspectorate says human negligence is the primary cause of road crashes. Traffic volumes are on the increase in KZN as people are making their way to various holiday destinations ahead of Christmas. The N3…
Coco Gauff (USA) hits a shot as she defeated Maria Sakkari (not pictured) 5 minutes Carlos Alcaraz kept his Indian Wells “three-peat” campaign on track with a pristine 6-2 6-4 win against Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the third round on Monday, as a crowd of Americans fed off the home fans to reach the final…
Scene from the final day of the 3rd Annual Kalahari Arts and Heritage Festival in Philandersbron (27 January 2024) 2 minutes Saturday marked the last day of the Kalahari Arts and Heritage Festival at Rietfontein close to the Namibian border in the Northern Cape. The two-day festival aims to celebrate the Khoi and San culture….
The Public Servants Association (PSA) has received a large number of calls from union members in response to the 13.4% increase in membership subscriptions for the Government Employees Medical Scheme (Gems) for the upcoming year. 1 minute The Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) has clarified its decision to implement a 13.4% subscription increase for next…
Australia flyhalf Noah Lolesio 2 minutes Australia flyhalf Noah Lolesio will return to action for the ACT Brumbies against Fijian Drua in Super Rugby Pacific on Friday after three weeks on the sidelines with concussion. The playmaker suffered a head knock in the season-opening win over the Drua and missed the Brumbies’ losses to Western…
