# A powerful eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatau has forced the temporary closure of Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and three regional hubs. Flight operations were suspended early today, after dangerous volcanic ash clouds drifted into major flight paths. The disruption has grounded over 209 flights, leaving more than 22-thousand passengers stranded. Major international routes […]
# Die Afrika Mayibuye-beweging het gister sy eerste herdenking gevier met die bekendstelling van sy manifes in Tembisa vir die 2026-plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing op 4 November. Mayibuye se president, Floyd Shivambu, het Gauteng se burgemeesterskandidate bekendgestel, insluitend Themba “Skeem-GP” Nzimande vir Ekurhuleni. Tshwane, Emfuleni, Sedibeng en Midvaal se kandidate is ook bekend, terwyl Johannesburg afsonderlik aangekondig sal […]
# Rugby: Die Springbok-vroue het met 52-20 teen Nieu-Seeland se Swart Varings verloor in ‘n geskiedkundige toets op die FNB-stadion in Johannesburg. Suid-Afrika het hard teruggeveg, maar Nieu-Seeland se spoed en kragtige aanvalle was deurslaggewend. Mede-hoofafrigter, Laurian Johannes-Haupt, sê die span het hulle geloofwaardigheid gevestig, veral in die skrum en voorryspel. Sy sê die Springbok-vroue […]
# Die 19de FNB Art Joburg sluit vandag af by die Sandton-konferensiesentrum, met meer as 100 kunstenaars, galerye en uitstallers oor agt saamgestelde afdelings wat verteenwoordig word. Hoogtepunte sluit in George Mahashe se interaktiewe camera obscura en die Botswana-gebore beeldhouer Kelebogile Marope, wat die 2026 FNB-kunsprys gewen het. Die uitstalling het ook “Women’s March to […]
# The 19th FNB Art Joburg concludes today at Sandton Convention Centre, with more than 100 artists, galleries and exhibitors across eight curated sections represented. Highlights include George Mahashe’s interactive camera obscura and Botswana-born sculptor Kelebogile Marope, winner of the 2026 FNB Art Prize. The fair featured “Women’s March to Freedom”, an exhibition revisiting women’s […]
# The Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal approve, with conditions, Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund Two’s proposed acquisition of Mainstream Renewable Power South Africa. EMIF Two develops and operates distributed solar solutions, while Mainstream focuses on utility-scale renewable energy projects, including solar and wind. The Commission says the transaction is unlikely to substantially […]
# Die Mededingingskommissie het aanbeveel dat die Mededingingstribunaal, met voorwaardes, die Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund Two se voorgestelde verkryging van Mainstream Renewable Power South Africa goedkeur. EMIF Two ontwikkel en bedryf sonkragoplossings, terwyl Mainstream fokus op hernubare energieprojekte insluitend sonkrag en wind. Die Kommissie sê die transaksie sal waarskynlik nie mededinging wesenlik verminder nie. EMIF […]
# A new political movement, the African Cultural Identity Movement, or ACIM, has officially been launched in Botshabelo in the Free State. ACIM spokesperson Thato Khoathela says the movement was formed to address challenges facing African communities, with a focus on restoring African identity and culture. He says ACIM wants Africans to play a greater […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema has vowed to write off municipal debt owed by poor residents if the party takes control of Mbombela in Mpumalanga. Malema was speaking at the EFF’s Mpumalanga provincial manifesto launch in eMalahleni, ahead of the 4 November local government elections, where he criticised ANC officials leadership. He said that the […]
