# Eskom says it has successfully reconnected unit one at the Koeberg nuclear power station in Cape Town to the national grid. The unit was shut early this year for the second phase of its long-term operation maintenance programme, a requirement of its 20-year life extension granted by the National Nuclear Regulator. Both units one […]
# Die dodetal styg steeds waar Orkaan Melissa ‘n pad van vernietiging in die Karibiese eilande gelaat het. Orkaan Melissa, nou ‘n Kategorie 1 storm, spoed deur die Bahamas met gepaardgaande swaar reën en verwoestende winde. Die owerheid in Jamaika het vier lyke gevind en ten minste 23 mense, tien van hulle kinders, is in […]
# The City of Cape Town’s corps of Disaster Risk Management volunteers showcased their skills at this year’s Disaster Risk Management Annual First Aid and Firefighting Competition. Twenty-six teams were vying for top honours, 12 participating in the firefighting competition, and 14 in the first aid competition. Mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP […]
# Gauteng-polisie se Teen-bende-eenheid het ʼn 20-jarige verdagte gearresteer in verband met die dodelike bendeskietery in Westbury vroeër die maand. Vier tieners het ʼn groep van sewe seuns tussen 13 en 19 jaar genader en op hulle losgebrand. Twee is dood en vyf beseer voor die tieners van die toneel weggestap het. Polisiewoordvoerder Brenda Muridili […]
# Durban University of Technology student, Lindani Sibisi’s short film Amanzi won the best editing award at the Canada Mobile International Film Festival. Amanzi, which means “water” in Zulu, tells the story of a woman tormented by ancestral spirits demanding that she embrace her calling as a traditional healer. The short film was nominated in three categories: […]
# The 4th G20 Culture Working Group Ministerial Meeting has adopted the KwaDukuza Declaration on Culture. The meeting was hosted by Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, in KwaZulu-Natal. The declaration outlines a collective framework for cooperation in preserving cultural heritage, promoting creative industries, and fostering cultural diversity and dialogue among member countries. The department’s […]
# Die Regering van Nasionale Eenheid se Geskiloplossingsmeganisme het sy opdrag aanvaar na ʼn vergadering onder voorsitterskap van adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile. President Cyril Ramaphosa het in 2024 die stigting van die meganisme aangekondig om beleidsgeskille onder die RNE se tien lede op te los. Die Presidensie sê die meganisme het ingestem dat voldoende konsensus slegs […]
# ActionSA has welcomed the news that the South African Revenue Service has exceeded its mid-fiscal year tax collection revenue estimate by 18-billion-rand. For the first half of the 2025/2026 fiscal year, SARS collected a net amount of 925-billion-rand, while the initial estimate for the period was 907-billion-rand. ActionSA’s spokesperson, Matthew George, says the party […]
# The World Health Organisation has condemned the reported killing of more than 460 patients, as well as the abduction of six health workers, from the Saudi Maternity Hospital in El Fasher, Sudan. Before this latest attack, the WHO had verified 185 attacks on health care in Sudan with one-thousand-204 deaths and 416 injuries of […]
