An Eskom customer service centre 2 minutes Residents at Siyandhani near Giyani in Limpopo have closed the Eskom customer service offices to protest against load reduction. The residents are calling for answers for the implementation of load reduction in their area. They allege that Eskom implemented load reduction without warning, despite promising to do assessments…
Moroadi Cholota in court 2 minutes Former Personal Assistant of former Free State Premier Ace Magashule, Moroadi Cholota, is heading to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA). Cholota told the Free State High Court that she intends to appeal its ruling to dismiss her application to have her arrest and extradition from the USA declared…
Forensic Pathologists examine the scene where two people are alleged to have died during service delivery protests, sparked by ongoing frustrations over poor service delivery, in Diepkloof 2 minutes Two people have died and another sustained injury following protest by hostel residents in Diepkloof, Soweto on Monday. Residents blockaded the highways and Chris Hani Road…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. 2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa has hit out at the business fraternity for what he says was trying to dictate political terms in the fallout between the ANC and the Democratic Alliance (DA). Ramaphosa says the ANC will not be influenced by business and emphasised that the party…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivering his Budget Speech in 2024. 2 minutes With the 2025 National Budget Speech just a day away, critical tax and economic policy changes will soon be unveiled. Experts believe that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will announce a raft of tax adjustments including value-added tax (VAT), personal income tax and corporate…
The vehicle that claimed the life of Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa’s driver. 1 minute The Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has confirmed that Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa is safe and at home with his family after his security team’s vehicle was involved in a fatal crash on the N2. The crash occurred in the northbound…
Getrude Shope at an event 1 minute Tributes are pouring for the late ANC stalwart and struggle veteran Gertrude Shope. She died at her home in Gauteng yesterday at the age of 99. Ma -Shope, as she was affectionately known, was born in Johannesburg but grew up in Zimbabwe. She was trained as a teacher…
South African rand notes. 1 minute The rand is trading at R18.31 to the US dollar; R23.11 to pound sterling, and R19.25 to the euro. The euro is trading at $1.05, and the dollar is trading at 152.1-1 Japanese yen. In China, a dollar is changing hands at 7-yuan-25 and in India at 86-rupees-56. Bourses…
Anti-bullying campaign at Knysna Secondary School 1 minute The Knysna Secondary school in Hornlee in the Garden Route region of the Western Cape has embarked on an anti-bullying campaign. This after videos of two separate incidents involving violence among learners were shared on social media. Along with the Departments of Education, Social Development, SAPS and concerned…
The Blitzboks in Dubai. 1 minute To be the best, you have to beat the best. That’s the attitude of the South African Sevens rugby team as it heads into the third leg of World Rugby’s Sevens series in Perth this weekend. After a dismal start to the series in Dubai in December, the Blitz…
