2 minutes The ANC, COSATU, the SACP and SANCO will today march against the potential closure of ArcelorMittal South Africa, which threatens to leave thousands of workers jobless. Despite the company’s decision to delay the closure of its long steel business by a month pending talks with the government to try to save the business,…
A miner sits on a wall as a giant excavator drives past at a mine. 1 minute The mining sector in South Africa is showing signs of strain, with production declining by 0.9% year-on-year in November. This comes after a 1.1% year-on-year increase recorded in the previous month. The largest negative contributors were gold, iron…
Police seized a large quantity of food items destined for illegal miners at various shafts in and around Vaal Reefs. 2 minutes Twenty-two foreign nationals who appeared before the Ventersdorp Magistrate’s Court in the North West, have been remanded in custody awaiting legal representation. The suspects were arrested on Friday, after police monitored activities that…
An Eskom power station. 2 minutes Eskom says it will release its winter plan in the coming weeks. The utility’s Head of Power generation, Bheki Nxumalo says they plan to minimise rolling blackouts this winter season. This is after Eskom failed to maintain its more than 300 days of uninterrupted supply in February due to…
[File image] Forum for South Africa (FOSA) leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, has welcomed the arrest of 10 police officers in Edenvale, east of Johannesburg. The officers are facing charges of fraud and corruption. They are accused of failing to register items seized during a raid in June. During their arrest, authorities recovered some of the missing…
FILE | Coal power station. An energy expert says nuclear energy has played a role in efforts to diversify energy sources in Africa, but gas, coal and oil will continue to play a big role. Delegates have been attending the Continental Energy and Infrastructure Investment Forum in Sun City in the North West province. This…
Illegal miners. 1 minute Police in Theunissen in the Free State have intercepted food items intended for underground illegal miners. They arrested six people, including three men aged between 29 and 64, as well as three women aged between 18 and 51 while they were busy with food packaging. They discovered 2 500 cans of…
Afrikaners being welcomed by US officials 2 minutes The White House has criticised a decision by the US Episcopal Church not to help resettle Afrikaners in the United States, while deciding to conclude its refugee resettlement agreement with the US government. In a letter to congregants, Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe wrote that it had been…
Four inmates and a police officer have died after the vehicle they were travelling in overturned outside Mookgopong in Limpopo today. Police Spokesperson Hlulani Mashaba says the van was transporting inmates from Mokopane to Mookgopong for a court appearance. Mashaba says the injured have been taken to hospital. He says, “We can confirm as the…
The surgical team that performed South Africa’s first robotic donor nephrectomy at Tygerberg Hospital. Doctors at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town have successfully performed South Africa’s first living donor kidney removal using robotic surgery technology. The procedure involved a 45-year-old woman donating a kidney to her 24-year-old daughter. Urologist Dr. Danelo du Plessis, who carried…
