# The KwaZulu-Natal government is celebrating SANTACO’s 25 years of transformation in the Black taxi industry. SANTACO was formed in 2001 following the National Taxi Task Team to unite operators, end violence and drive economic emancipation. Transport and Human Settlements spokesperson Ndabezinhle Sibiya says the council brought stability, professionalism and business growth to the sector. […]
# Eskom reached 525 consecutive days without load-shedding since 16 May last year as generation recovery hits a six-year high. The utility says its year-to-date energy availability factor rose to 68.1-percent, up from 62.48-percent last year, adding 6.424-megawatt of capacity compared to three years ago. Unplanned outages fell by over seven-thousand megawatt in three years, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Brazilian left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his historic re-election. He secured an unprecedented, non-consecutive fourth presidential term after winning a closely contested runoff election against right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says South Africa and Brazil maintain a close bilateral and strategic relationship founded […]
# The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says it has identified two additional suspected cases of Ebola and 53 primary contacts. The virus was first detected in a woman who arrived in the capital, Abuja, on the eleventh of this month from Uganda. The 42-year-old woman is the wife of a Swiss embassy […]
# The Katlehong mass shooting accused, Fani John Sibeko, has provisionally abandoned his bail application in the Palm Ridge Magistrates’ Court in Gauteng. He faces charges of premeditated murder, attempted murder and firearm offences after allegedly opening fire on mourners, including ANCYL members returning from a memorial service last week. Four people died in the […]
# The Public Servants Association condemns the Department of Home Affairs for allegedly failing to protect employees at the Durban Refugee Reception Centre in KwaZulu-Natal. The PSA’s Claude Naicker says staff fear intimidation, victimisation, assault and loss of life amid a volatile environment, while the DHA offers only administrative measures. He says fears extend beyond […]
# The South African Responsible Gambling Foundation says more than one-thousand-three-hundred South Africans who sought help for gambling-related harm were flagged as high suicide risk in 2025/26. This comes as South Africa marks Mental Health Awareness Month. The Foundation’s executive director Sibongile Simelane-Quntana says of the five-thousand 199 screend, one-thousand-345 were at a high risk […]
# The High Court in Polokwane, Limpopo, dismissed the bail appeal application of suspended Tshwane Metro Police official Peter “Gagash” Nonyane and his wife, attorney Charlotte Tibana, leaving them in custody until 6 November. Judge Karin Leanne Pillay found they failed to show compelling reasons for release and could interfere with witnesses. They face 123 […]
#The Motor Industry Staff Association strongly condemns the murder of a motorist shot during an alleged spiking robbery on the N1, Carousel Plaza in Tshwane recently, saying it forms part of an alarming pattern of organised highway attacks. Citing rock-throwing incidents on the N4 and Bedfordview, spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says criminals exploit poorly lit roads […]
