Girls walk to school in South Africa’s poor Eastern Cape province. 1 minute Eastern Cape communities are pinning their hopes on Premier Oscar Mabuyane to come up with tangible and practical solutions to socio-economic challenges plaguing the province. Mabuyane will deliver his State Of the Province Address (SOPA) for the seventh administration tomorrow in Bhisho. Poverty,…
CONTRALESA President Kgosi Mathupa Mokoena The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) has weighed in on the Bafana Bafana saga where the national team was stripped off 3 points for fielding an ineligible player, Teboho Mokoena in the qualifier against Lesotho. And we have qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup!!!! Yeeeeeeessssssss!!!! Let…
Funeral service for seven of the 10 victims of the bus crash underway in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal. Live stream below:
Deputy President Paul Mashatile laying a wreath at the Langa Memorial, Kariega, in the Eastern Cape. 2 minutes Human Rights Day is an emotional time for the affected families of the victims who were gunned down at the Langa Massacre in Kariega. Some of these families lost their breadwinners and this has left lifelong scars…
Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko Pick n Pay previously said proceeds from the IPO could be between R6bn and R8bn ($339m and $452m). The retailer said in a statement that the Boxer IPO would include an overallotment option, which was not expected to exceed R500m and would be settled through the issuance of new shares. An overallotment…
1 minute The Free State High Court delivers judgment in the application by Moroadi Cholota, the former personal assistant of the then Free State premier Ace Magashule, in a bid to have her arrest declared unlawful. Live proceedings below:
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in action against Coco Gauff of the United States in the semi-final of the women’s singles at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on January 25, 2024. 1 minute World number one and defending champion, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus has made it through to the fourth round of the Australian…
The logo of state power utility Eskom is seen outside Cape Town’s Koeberg nuclear power plant. 1 minute Eskom says it has saved more than R16 billion in diesel compared to last year. The power utility’s top brass, including the board, appeared before Parliament’s Electricity and Energy Committee to among others, discuss its performance and…
City Power in Johannesburg has announced that it will start converting all its non-vending prepaid residential customers to postpaid billing accounts as of 12 November 2025. The aim is to recover lost revenue. 2 318 prepaid customers have already been identified as non-vending. City Power also says it’s seeking to address meter tampering, illegal connections, and ensure…
[File image] South Africa’s unemployment rate has increased to 33.2% in the 2nd quarter of 2025 from 32.9 recorded during the first quarter. The country created 19 thousand jobs in the first quarter. More than 140 000 jobs were lost. Unemployment has ticked up in the South African economy. Releasing the Quarterly Labour Force Survey,…
