# Police are investigating an armed robbery targeting an investigator linked to the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial. The investigator, traveling in a state vehicle, was ambushed in Lombardy East, Johannesburg. He escaped after suspects attempted to force him into a boot of their car. The suspects fled with a state firearm, USB drives, and copies […]
# KwaZulu-Natal police have launched a manhunt after eight people were shot dead at Zama informal settlement in Umlazi’s U Section last night. Police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says the victims, six men and two women aged 22 to 40, were found with multiple gunshot wounds. Netshiunda say unknown suspects stormed a dwelling and opened fire. […]
# Eskom het herklemtoon dat die kragnetwerk steeds beperk is, ten spyte van ‘n meer bestendige kragstelsel en beurtkrag wat opgeskort is. Eskom-woordvoerder Daphne Mokoena sê meer as tweeduisend-600 megawatt sal teen Maandagaand weer in gebruik wees om in die winteraanvraag te voorsien. Onbeplande onderbrekings is op veillige vlakke op gemiddeld meer as 14-duisend megawatt. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa word volgende week tydens sy Withuis-besoek deur vier Kabinetsministers vergesel. Die Presidensie het bevestig die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge, Ronald Lamola, die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, en die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, gaan saam. Ramaphosa ontmoet die Amerikaanse president […]
# Eskom has reiterated that despite a more stable power system and load-shedding being suspended, the grid remains constrained. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokoena says over two-thousand-600-Megawatt is expected back online by Monday evening to help meet winter demand. Unplanned outages average over 14-thousand-Megawatt, above safe levels. She urges South Africans to avoid illegal connections and […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has applied to the Gauteng High Court for leave to appeal a ruling declaring his signing of the NHI Act reviewable. The court had ordered him to submit decision records to the Board of Healthcare Funders within ten days. Ramaphosa argues the ruling overlooked presidential discretion and plans to petition the […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will visit the White House next week, accompanied by four Cabinet ministers. The Presidency confirmed that International Relations minister Ronald Lamola, minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, Trade, Industries and Competition minister Parks Tau, and Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen will join the trip. Ramaphosa is set to meet US president Donald […]
# The Transport Department is accelerating transformation in the sector following the completion of the revised transport sector codes draft which will be open for public comment soon. This includes an enterprise and supplier development fund to boost black-owned small, medium, and micro enterprises. Transport minister Barbara Creecy says SANRAL, PRASA, and Transnet are aligning […]
# The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia is commemorating the World Health Organisation’s decision to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder, 35 years on. Today, on 17th May, policymakers, media, and the public are urged to fight violence and discrimination against LGBTQ persons. Running under the theme “The Power of Communities,” it seeks […]
