CYCLING Zimbabwe CYCLING Zimbabwe has announced the team which will represent Zimbabwe at the 2024 edition of the CAC Road Africa Championships, which begins in Eldoret, Kenya, next weekend. The continental competition will run from October 9 to 13. Zimbabwe have selected a strong 18-member team to represent the country and is composed of athletes…
Candles lit in a room. A former SABC journalist Xola Ngcelwane has passed on. The veteran broadcaster died yesterday in East London. He was 75-years-old. He was part of the first group of the television news journalists in the country.
Supporters of uMkhonto weSizwe Party. The uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s members will march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria this morning. The party’s Deputy President, John Hlophe, will lead the total shutdown march, which is aimed at demonstrating the MK Party’s support for KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. This follows Mkhwanazi’s allegations that senior police…
Police at Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, have opened an investigation after a 22-year-old man from Limpopo went missing at East Beach on Friday. It is alleged that three friends, two males and a female, who are Rhodes University students, had gone swimming at East Beach when all three may have been caught in rip currents….
President Cyril Ramaphosa 2 minutes As the nation winds down on the year 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa says this year has been better than last year, and was marked by triumphs and struggles. Ramaphosa, in his weekly letter, notes progress through several features of the country’s maturing democracy despite challenges. This includes celebrating 30 years…
Light bulb 1 minute Eskom has announced they have implemented loadshedding from 17h30 this afternoon. In a statement, the power utility says Stage 3 power cuts will be implemented until further notice. Eskom adds that they encountered another temporary setback but will update the public tomorrow. #PowerAlert1 Saturday , 22 February 2025: Following over 20…
The High Court in Cape Town. The cross-examination of the state expert in the trial of alleged underworld boss, Jerome Booysen and eleven others, is expected to continue in the High Court in Cape Town on Tuesday. The state had earlier led evidence on the intercepted cellphone records of murder accused Booysen from 2016. At…
Pylons carry electricity from a sub-station of state power utility Eskom outside Cape Town in this picture taken March 20, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings The National Council of Provinces has approved the Eskom Debt Relief Amendment Bill. This is in concurrence with the National Assembly which has passed the proposed changes recently. The amendment is part…
Finance minister, Enoch Gondogwana. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says the key message being taken to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum in January, is that South Africa is ripe for investment and ready to do business. Speaking to the media at a pre-WEF business breakfast, Godongwana said trade negotiations with the United States are…
Soccer player and ball. 2 minutes A Nigerian club, the league and the country’s football federation (NFF) were found negligent for the death of player Chineme Martins after he collapsed during a game in March 2020, players’ union FIFPRO said on Thursday. Martins, who played for Nasarawa United, died aged 23 when he collapsed during…
