# Western Cape police have launched a manhunt following the fatal shooting of five people in Langa last night. Police responded to a complaint regarding a shooting at a house in Winnie Mandela Street, Phase Three. On arrival, officers found four men and one woman with fatal gunshot wounds. No arrests have been made and […]
# The ANC Greater Joburg Region has rejected a Social Research Foundation poll showing the DA with 42-percent support in Johannesburg, compared with 18-percent for the ANC. The party questions the poll’s independence and wants its methodology, and commissioning details released. ANC spokesperson Mantombi Nkosi acknowledges residents’ concerns over service delivery, crime, unemployment and corruption. […]
# The Home Affairs Department and Border Management Authority say operations at the Musina repatriation centre have been scaled down. Authorities say the number of undocumented migrants being verified and processed at the centre has declined. The reduction follows a decrease in the number of people requiring processing at the facility. Home Affairs and the […]
# Soccer: Orlando Pirates have reached the MTN8 semi-finals after beating Durban City FC 2-1 in extra time at the Orlando Arena. Patrick Maswanganyi opened the score from the penalty spot in the first half after Durban City’s Brooklyn Poggenpoel was sent off. City equalised through Jean Lwamba before new signing Gamphani Lungu struck a […]
# Soccer: Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi is mourning the death of his father, Jorge Messi, who has died aged 68 after a prolonged illness. Jorge passed away yesterday morning at a medical clinic in Rosario, Argentina. He was a key figure in Lionel’s soccer career nationally and internationally since he was 14, serving as […]
# South Africans continue to face mounting financial pressure as the cost of a basic household food basket has risen from just over three-thousand-400 in 2020 to more than five-thousand-500 this year – an increase of 62-percent. Investec chief economist Annabel Bishop, says rising fuel and transport costs, inflation, interest rates, exchange rate fluctuations and […]
# Soccer: Banyana Banyana have missed out on automatic qualification for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup after a 2–1 quarterfinal defeat to hosts Morocco at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat. The loss ended South Africa’s title defence and eliminated them from the tournament’s main competition. However, Desiree Ellis’ side still has […]
# ActionSA says KwaZulu-Natal must move from opposition benches to government, with the party’s Tshwane mayoral candidate Nasiphi Moya, highlighting eThekwini’s importance to the province’s economy. Speaking in KwaMashu, Durban, Moya said failures in infrastructure, sewage and municipal governance hurt businesses, tourism, investment and jobs. She says ActionSA councillors have challenged outsourcing, and demanded greater […]
# Eskom says 504-thousand-977 smart meters have been installed on load-reduction feeders country-wide, reaching 87.4-percent of its target in high-priority areas. The utility says 565 feeders have been removed from load reduction. An estimated 1.2 million customers are no longer affected, representing 70.8-percent of those targeted. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says illegal connections, electricity theft […]
