# South Africa will mark 365 days without load-shedding this week with the last significant load-shedding implemented on 15 May last year. Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the milestone reflects progress towards a stable electricity supply. He told SABC News all provinces are expected to overcome load-reduction by March 2027. Ramokgopa confirmed plans […]
# ‘n Ekonoom aan die Noordwes-Universiteit se Sakeskool, professor Raymond Parsons, sê Suid-Afrika se jongste werkloosheidsyfer is ‘n waarskuwingsteken oor die skok wat die wêreldwye energiekrisis begin veroorsaak. Die amptelike syfer het in die eerste kwartaal van vanjaar met 1,3-persent gestyg tot 32,7-persent. Parsons sê hoe langer die Midde-Oosterse oorlog voortduur, hoe groter is die […]
# Twenty-three farmworkers and their families were rescued on a farm along the old N1 roadway between Worcester and Rawsonville in the Western Cape. It is believed they had been trapped on the rooftops of farm structures due to the rising floodwaters since Monday. The National Sea Rescue Institute’s Craig Lambinon says the bodies of […]
# Die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, sê haar departement is besig om ‘n diensverskaffer aan te stel om die handboektender van 1,6-miljard-rand te ondersoek. ‘n Gedeelte van die tender vir die publikasie van leerwerk- en onderrig-ondersteuningsmateriaal vir grondslagfase-leerders is toegeken aan die nuutgestigte Lighthouse Publishing, wat oor geen vorige ervaring beskik nie. Gwarube […]
# The National Consumer Commission says Lexus South Africa is recalling certain Lexus RC-F high performance sports cars due to a fuel pump-related defect. The recall affects 22 vehicles that were distributed in the South African market. The affected models are the Lexus RZ-F 60C, Lexus RZ-F Track Edition 60L and Lexus RZ-F 60M, made […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says the Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the first quarter of 2026 shows that unemployment is worsening. The official unemployment rate climbed from 31.4-percent to 32.7-percent, while the expanded unemployment rate, which includes discouraged work-seekers, rose to 43.7-percent. GIWUSA president, Mametlwe Sebei, says the only answer […]
# Renowned South African designer, publicist, entrepreneur and DJ, Maria McCloy, has passed away at the age of 50. She died at the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg on Tuesday evening, after suffering heart failure. Her celebrity clientele as a publicist in recent years included Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Thandiswa Mazwai and Sjava. McCloy’s family has described […]
# Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, says her department is in the process of appointing a firm to investigate the 1.6-billion-rand textbook tender. A portion of the tender for the publishing of learning and teaching support materials for foundation phase learners was awarded to newly-formed Lighthouse Publishing, with no track record in the sector. Gwarube […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Agentskap vir Maatskaplike Sekerheid het begunstigdes gerusgestel dat maatskaplike toelaes sal voortgaan ten spyte van die voortgesette regsgeskil met die Posbank. Die bank vra tussentydse verligting om te keer dat SASSA die diensooreenkoms staak en voer aan miljoene begunstigdes kan bankkoste in die gesig staar en beskerming teen ongemagtigde aftrekkings verloor as […]
