74th Dusi Canoe Marathon begins in Pietermaritzburg

The Dusi Committee confirmed a change in the start location from Campsdrift to Bishopstowe Country Club. 1 minute The 74th Dusi Canoe Marathon starts today at the Bishopstowe Country Club outside Pietermaritzburg. In the men’s race, Andy Birkett is aiming for his 15th Dusi title. His main competitors include Matthew Fenn and Msawenkosi Mtolo, who…

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Deliberation will ensure a budget that works for all: Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses Parliament. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa wishes to assure South Africans that Cabinet’s continuing deliberations on the Budget will deliver outcomes that will protect vulnerable citizens and lay a platform for economic growth. The President says, in a statement, that the postponement of the tabling of the Budget in Parliament was…

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Five killed, one child missing in KZN mudslides

File Image: A general view of a mudslide which destroyed several houses during flooding in Mzinyathi near Durban, 2022. 2 minutes Five people have been killed in mudslides at Winklespruit near Amanzimtoti, south of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. This according to the Provincial Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA). In one incident, it is…

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City Power to resume operations in Alexandra today

A City Power employee seen on site working to restore electricity. 1 minute City Power in Johannesburg says it will resume its operations in Alexandra, Johannesburg, this morning. It says this follows a constructive meeting with community leaders on Wednesday. The power utility’s technicians were supposed to work on the outages in the area, but…

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Antonelli plans to follow Hamilton’s advice

Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton during the launch of 2025 car 3 minutes Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli was eight-years-old when he first entered the Formula One paddock after being smuggled in by his racing driver dad inside a stack of tyres with an umbrella on top. The Italian, now 18, showed Reuters the photographic evidence on…

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