# Gauteng households face a week of load reduction cuts from 7 to 14 September. According to Eskom’s schedule, power will be cut daily between 05:00 to 09:00 and 17:00 to 22:00. Today areas including Vereeniging, Sharpeville and Sebokeng were cut in the morning, while Orange Farm, Stretford Ext 2, Sharpeville, Sebokeng and Zonkizizwe, Protea […]
# South African National Parks has unveiled the new Letaba High Bridge in Kruger National Park amid Tourism Month and SANParks Week. SANParks spokesperson JP Louw told the SABC that the upgraded bridge will withstand future flooding and climate change impacts, with a wider culvert allowing improved water flow. Letaba Rest Camp is also reopening […]
# Leading industry trade body Eurometal forecasts the loss of 300-thousand manufacturing jobs in Europe by the end of this year due to intensifying competition from China. China’s manufacturing exports to the European Union have driven the EU’s trade deficit to a record high of 18.52-billion-rand per day. Eurometal president Alexander Julius says the problem […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority is ready to proceed with the firearm case against TV personality Molemo Maarohanye, known as Jub Jub. He faces charges linked to an alleged altercation with an e-hailing driver on 14 June. NPA spokesperson Magaboke Mohlatlole confirms Maarohanye appeared before the Germiston Magistrates’ Court in Gauteng today after failing to […]
# eThekwini mayor, Cyril Xaba has announced that GO!Durban’s bus service will go live in December this year. This follows an agreement between the city and the Provincial and National Departments of Transport over the project. The mayor says the city will procure 22 buses that will operate on the main GO!Durban route, while operators […]
# Israelse lugaanvalle op ‘n dorp in die suide van Libanon het minstens 11 lewens geëis, insluitend twee kinders. Die aanvalle het ‘n drieverdieping-woonstelgebou en ‘n burgerlike voertuig in Kfar Rumman getref. Die Israelse Weermag sê die aanvalle was vergelding vir hommeltuigaanvalle deur die gewapende groep Hisbollah op sy soldate in besette gebiede. Die Libanese […]
# Motorsport: Die sewemalige Formule Een-wêreldkampioen, Lewis Hamilton, sê Ferrari het wedyweringsreëls nodig. Die Brit was in die vierde wegspring-posisie in die Italiaanse Grand Prix, maar sy spanmaat, Charles Leclerc van Monaco, het in die eerste ronde teen hom gebots. Leclerc moes later onttrek. Hamilton was sesde en is nou 76 punte agter die kampioenskaps-voorloper, […]
# Beaufort West Municipality in the Western Cape says it remains unclear when water supply to the Central Karoo town will be fully restored. Last week, flash floods damaged the main pipeline, disrupting supply. Water tankers from neighbouring municipalities are assisting affected residents, while a Joint Operations Centre coordinates the emergency response. Acting Municipal Manager […]
# Two farm attacks have raised rural safety concerns in Stellenbosch and the Cape Winelands. According to reports, a highly coordinated attack occurred in the Klapmuts area over the weekend, where six-armed men broke into a farmhouse, assaulted a couple with cable ties before stealing valuables. Separately, Western Cape police spokesperson Captain Frederick van Wyk […]
