Orlando Pirates players seen on a soccer field. The stage is set as Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila FC will take on Orlando Pirates at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in the round of the 32 of the Nedbank Cup later on Saturday. Last season’s finalists, Pirates, will be hoping to continue with their impressive run across all…
2 minutes Moody’s has revised its GDP growth forecast for South Africa downward to 1.5% for 2025, down from its earlier projection of 1.7%. The credit rating agency attributed the revision to global policy uncertainty and escalating trade tensions, which have prompted downward adjustments to growth forecasts worldwide. Global credit rating agency Moody’s has revised…
[FILE PHOTO] The logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is seen inside its headquarters in Vienna, Austria OPEC+ is likely to leave oil output levels for the first quarter of 2026 unchanged at its meetings on Sunday, three delegates from the group said on Saturday, moderating a push to regain market…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile. As the African National Congress‘s (ANC) National General Council (NGC) gets underway this week in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the gathering will not discuss leadership changes. He says President Cyril Ramaphosa will remain in office until the end of his term, with leadership matters reserved for…
Police man a roadblock 2 minutes The Eastern Cape Department of Transport has vowed to intensify its road safety operations with special attention on drunk and driving. Nearly a 100 people have been arrested for drunk driving over a period of five days in the province. To date, over 500 people have been brought to…
2 minutes The bail application of a 29-year-old man accused of raping and impregnating an 11-year-old girl is expected to resume at the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court, east of Johannesburg today. Last week, the court last week ruled that it would only grant media permission to record audio and not film the court proceedings of the…
Manchester City’s Rodri celebrates scoring their second goal against Aston Villa at Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain on May 22, 2022. 1 minute Manchester City’s Rodri said he is aiming to return from a serious knee injury before the end of the current campaign despite the Spanish midfielder being ruled out for the season in September….
City Power employees working on powerlines. 1 minute Johannesburg’s City Power says it has lost R1.5 billion to ageing infrastructure in the past financial year. City Power CEO Tshifularo Mashava addressed the media in Fordsburg, Johannesburg, this morning on the entity’s operations and new developments. Mashava says some of the infrastructure is over 90 years…
Kenya’s Hellen Obiri after winning the women’s elite race Kenya swept the men’s and women’s podiums at the New York City Marathon on Sunday, as Benson Kipruto survived a thrilling sprint finish in two hours eight minutes and nine seconds and Hellen Obiri won the women’s race in a course record 2:19:51. Kipruto ran flat…
A broken windscreen. Two more people have died in hospital after being seriously injured in a crash in Limpopo. This brings to six the number of people killed in the crash, which happened when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned on the R524 Punda Maria road outside Thohoyandou. The Limpopo Transport MEC’s spokesperson, Tshifhiwa…
