# Severe weather is causing widespread damage across the Western, Eastern and Southern Cape with downed power lines and damaged water pipes reported in several areas. Strong winds and heavy rain have disrupted essential services, leaving some communities including the town of Prince Albert without electricity and affecting water supplies. Emergency crews are restoring damaged […]
# Die staat sê die leerdervervoerbestuurder Ayanda Dludla se lewe kan in gevaar wees indien hy borgtog kry, weens voortgesette openbare woede oor die ongeluk waarin 14 leerders vroeër vanjaar in Vanderbijlpark dood is. Die staat het aan die Vanderbijlpark-landdroshof gesê Dludla se vrylating sal nie in belang van geregtigheid wees nie. Dludla staan tereg […]
# According to the state, scholar transport driver Ayanda Dludla’s life could be in danger if he is granted bail, due to continued public anger over the accident that killed 14 learners in Vanderbijlpark earlier this year. The state told the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court that Dludla’s release would not be in the interests of justice. […]
# Eskom sê hy kon ten volle in die elektrisiteitsvraag gedurende die 2026-winter voorsien, met Suid-Afrika wat nou reeds 476 agtereenvolgende dae sonder beurtkrag is. Die nutsmaatskappy se energiebeskikbaarheidsfaktor het op ‘n jaargrondslag tot 67,79-persent gestyg, die hoogste sedert 2020, terwyl onbeplande onderbrekings tot 19,47-persent gedaal het. Eskom-woordvoerder Daphne Mokwena sê dieseluitgawes het met 4,84-miljard-rand […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof het uitspraak voorbehou in president Cyril Ramaphosa se aansoek om die Artikel 89-verslag deur die Onafhanklike Paneel oor die Phala Phala-skandaal tersyde te stel. Die driedag-verhoor is deur regterpresident Nolwazi Mabindla-Boqwana gelei en moes bepaal of die Konstitusionele Hof binne sy mandaat was met sy bevindinge oor die verslag. Ramaphosa se […]
# Die GOOD Party sê die jongste syfers oor voedselarmoede beklemtoon die ontoereikendheid van die maatskaplike verligtingstoelaag van 370-rand. Die party voer aan die toelaag is heelwat laer as die maandelikse bedrag van 868-rand wat nodig is om in ‘n volwassene se basiese daaglikse voedselbehoeftes te voorsien. Die sekretaris-generaal van GOOD, Brett Herron doen ‘n […]
# The GOOD Party says the latest food poverty figures highlight the inadequacy of the 370-rand social relief of distress grant. The party argues the grant falls well below the 868-rand monthly amount needed to meet an adult’s basic daily food requirements. GOOD secretary-general Brett Herron calls for the SRD grant to be replaced with […]
# Eskom says it fully met electricity demand during the 2026 winter, with South Africa recording 476 consecutive days without load-shedding. The utility’s year-to-date Energy Availability Factor rose to 67.79-percent, its highest since 2020, while unplanned outages fell to 19.47-percent. Eskom Spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says diesel expenditure dropped by 4.84-billion-rand to 1.08-billion-rand. She says more […]
# The Western Cape High Court reserved judgment in president Cyril Ramaphosa’s bid to overturn the Section 89 Independent Panel report on the Phala Phala farm scandal. The three-day hearing led by Judge President Nolwazi Mabindla-Boqwana, considered whether the Constitutional Court stayed within its mandate while making its findings on the report. Ramaphosa’s legal team […]
