Electricity pylons. 1 minute Energy Council of South Africa (ECSA) says the country needs to invest R2 trillion in the electricity sector over the next decade. ECSA was briefing Parliament’s Electricity and Energy committee. ECSA and the Independent Power Producers Office were among the stakeholders that updated the Committee on the progress made on the…
3 minutes The South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment has expressed deep concern over a potential avian influenza outbreak affecting endangered seabirds nesting off the coast. As the management authority for the Prince Edward Islands, the department has developed a protocol for managing avian influenza in seabirds, in collaboration with Western Cape…
Soccer Football – FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Group H – Portugal v Ghana – Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar – November 24, 2022 Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after the match. 2 minutes Portugal sealed a Nations League quarter-final berth after a Cristiano Ronaldo double with a penalty and an overhead kick helped them hammer…
A tap with dirty water. 3 minutes Residents of Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, will once again have to wait for clean and drinkable water. This is because the Magalies Klipdrift water plant project has hit another snag. The plant is supposed to provide drinking water to the area. Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina announced…
Boxers Mike Tyson, Jake Paul, Katie Taylor, and Amanda Serrano attend a news conference, ahead of their postponed professional fight which was set to take place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. 2 minutes Streaming platform Netflix was down for thousands of users in the United States late on Friday, outage tracking website Downdetector.com said, just…
Stilfontein mine shaft 3 minutes The High Court in Pretoria has ordered that the mine shaft in Stilfontein, North West, where suspected illegal miners have been retrieved must be unblocked for emergency personnel and that no person should block it. This comes after the Society for the Protection of our Constitution approached the court on…
3 minutes Boitekong Public School in the Meloding community, Virginia, has become a beacon of hope and academic excellence. The school has consistently excelled in Mental Maths, Social Science quizzes, and English Spelling Bees, with an impressive seven-year streak as Number 1 in the province for Mental Maths. Mental Maths has become a staple at…
SIU logo and investigation into corruption. 2 minutes The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) in Parliament has expressed unhappiness with the way the government is implementing the recommendations made by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on corruption by state organs. This emerged during the briefing conducted by the Presidency on the reports the SIU…
Doctors in the Eastern Cape have also called on the government to prioritise their safety at public hospitals. 2 minutes Doctors in Eastern Cape are calling on the provincial government to address staff shortages that continue to plague the Department. The public sector doctors and nurses say they are overburdened amid a shortage of staff…
3 minutes It is time for South African men to be better human beings, change their violent ways, and learn to coexist with women and children. Men from across the country gathered for the annual summit to speak about their challenges, hear each other out, confront their traumas and build one another. The EmpowaMen Summit…
