# Eskom says between the first of April this year and 17 July, diesel consumption is 48.4-percent lower compared to the same period last year and remains within the budget allocated, helping maintain operational efficiency when needed. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says the power utility spent 5.8-billion-rand on fuel for its open-cycle gas turbine plants, generating 941.75-gigawatt-hour of electricity:
# The ANC secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, says the minister of Police Senzo Mchunu has not been found guilty or charged by any court of the law in the country. Mchunu was placed on leave of absence after explosive corruption allegations about criminal activities within the police by KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner, Nhlahla Mkhwanazi. Mabulula says […]
# The Free State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed that case of foot-and-mouth disease in Metsimaholo Local Municipality. It says the source of the outbreak is linked to feedlot in one of the neighbouring provinces. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the Free State to two. The department says […]
# The ATM is calling on the police and the Ministry of Police to immediately launch a 72-hour manhunt to apprehend the perpetrators of the Choba informal settlement mass shooting. Five people were killed at a tavern in Olievenhoutbosch in Centurion on Friday night. The ATM’s spokesperson, Zama Ntshona says the fact that approximately ten […]
# The GOOD Party says South Africa has a crime, gangsterism and violence crisis that is terrorising communities. The party says the mass shooting at a tavern in Shoba Informal Settlement in Olievehoutbosch, Centurion in which five people were killed, is devastating. GOOD Secretary-General, Brett Herron, says South Africa’s cannot ignore the pattern that is […]
# A mother and her 18-month-old baby have died when their home caught fire at the Kennedy Road Informal Settlement in eThekwini early this morning. The city’s spokesperson, Gugu Sisilana, says eThekwini Municipality’s Fire and Emergency Services, as well disaster management teams, responded swiftly to the devastating fire just after midnight. She says emergency personnel […]
# Five suspects are expected to appear before the Sekhukhune Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo on Monday in connection with the alleged kidnapping of a 43-year-old Ugandan woman. Police spokesperson, Malesela Ledwaba says the victim was threatened and kidnapped at gunpoint on Tuesday by the suspects when she was travelling through Atok village. He says the […]
# The Freedom Front Plus is calling on the minister of Employment and Labour, Nomakhosazana Meth to urgently address the ongoing crisis of all maternity leave claims in South Africa. The party’s Heloïse Denner says the party regularly receives enquiries from all over the country from women who, in some cases, have been struggling for […]
# Gauteng police have launched a manhunt for approximately ten suspects after five people were shot and killed and three others injured at a tavern in the Shoba Informal Settlement in Olievehoutbosch, Centurion last night. Police spokesperson, Mavela Masondo says the suspects reportedly entered the tavern and started shooting randomly, without saying a word. The motive […]
