# Cosatu het Eskom se nasionale bekendstelling van slimmeters verwelkom. Die projek is deel van die kragvoorsiener se groter plan om die nasionale netwerk te moderniseer. Eskom beoog om oor die volgende drie jaar 7,2-miljoen slimmeters deur die land te installeer. Die huidige fase van die bekendstelling sal na verwagting sowat 800-duisend kliënte bevoordeel. Matthew […]
# The Railway Safety Regulator has recorded nine-thousand-200 safety-related incidents in its 2024/25 report, a 7.2-percent decrease from last year. Fatalities dropped to 81, the lowest in five years, however, injuries rose to 336, the highest in the same period. The regulator says operational incidents, up by nearly eleven-percent, were driven by infrastructure decay and […]
# Vier olifante is opgemerk naby Zutshwa in die Kgalagadi-streek in Botswana, net 70-kilometer vanaf die Kgalagadi-oorgrenspark op die grens met die Noord-Kaap. Dis die naaste waarneming aan die park in byna ʼn dekade. JP Smith van SANParke sê Botswana se Departement van Natuurlewe en Nasionale Parke het die waarneming bevestig, wat ʼn verskuiwing in […]
# Durban photographer Chris Clark has captured global attention after his image of two mirror dinghies battling giant swells was selected among the top 120 finalists in the prestigious Pantaenius Yacht Racing Images competition. A Hillcrest local and member of the Hillcrest Camera Club, Clark took the shot during the Marriott Mirror Worlds regatta in […]
# The Afrika Mayibuye Movement’s national officials have unanimously decided to dismiss the first deputy president, Nolubabalo Mcinga, for political misconduct. The party says one of the reasons for her removal is her unsanctioned meeting with MK Party leader Jacob Zuma. The movement’s leader, Floyd Shivambu, says Mcinga’s membership of the organisation has been retained […]
# ‘n Gewese ANC-parlementslid wat skuldig bevind is aan bedrog, Manyaba Rubben Mohlaloga, het sy tronkstraf van 20-jaar begin nadat hy gister by die Handelsmisdaadhof in Pretoria aangemeld het. Sy skuldigbevinding aan bedrog en geldwassery hou verband met ‘n onwettige toelaag van ses-miljoen-rand aan ‘n instelling met net ‘n mondelinge opdrag van die destydse uitvoerende […]
# ActionSA says there is a disturbing pattern of cooperation between corrupt individuals operating within both the South African Police Service and the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department structures. Evidence before Parliament’s ad hoc committee implicates a JMPD officer in assisting a murder accused businessperson through the misuse of state systems. ActionSA’s Zwelithini Mtshali says the […]
# Cosatu has welcomed Eskom’s national rollout of smart meters. The project is part of the power utility’s broader plan to modernise the national grid. Over the next three years, Eskom aims to install 7.2 million smart meters across the country. The current phase of the rollout is expected to benefit about 800-thousand customers. Cosatu’s […]
# Four elephants have been spotted near Zutshwa in Botswana’s Kgalagadi region, just 70 kilometres from the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park on the border of the Northern Cape, marking the closest approach in nearly a decade. SANParks’ JP Smith says this sighting has been confirmed by Botswana’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks. Smith says this […]
