# The City of Johannesburg has approved the tariffs for 2025/2026, which will come into effect from next month. The metro has passed tariffs for municipal services, which will see electricity set at 12.74-percent, water and sewer 13.9-percent, refuse 6.6-percent and property rates set at 4.6-percent. Mayoral committee member for Finance, Margaret Arnolds, says the […]
# National Director of Public Prosecutions, advocate Shamila Batohi, says while the Timothy Omotoso case has been a setback in the fight against gender-based violence cases, all is not yet lost. The Nigerian televangelist pastor was acquitted in April over multiple counts of sexual assault and human trafficking. The National Prosecuting Authority is appealing against […]
# Iran’s diplomatic mission to the United Nations has hit back at US president Donald Trump’s claims that Iranian negotiators want to visit the White House, saying no official has ever asked to grovel at the gates of the White House. Trump said he has offered Iran the ultimate ultimatum as he weighs US military […]
# Motorsport: Governing body, the FIA, has approved Kyalami in Johannesburg’s upgrade plans to become Africa’s only Grade 1 circuit, paving the way for Formula One to return to South African soil. The upgrades, estimated to cost around 180-million-rand, will not alter the track layout, but include modifications to meet modern safety and technical standards. […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, sê Afrika kan en moet ontkoling en nywerheidsontwikkeling nastreef. Hy het op die Afrika-energieforum 2025 in Kaapstad die vals keuse tussen klimaatsoptrede en ontwikkeling verwerp. Ramokgopa beklemtoon 600-miljoen Afrikane is steeds sonder elektrisiteit en sê energie is ‘n basiese mensereg. Hy vra die integrasie van streeksenergie, […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Africa can, and must pursue both decarbonisation and industrialisation. Speaking at the Africa Energy Forum 2025 in Cape Town, Ramokgopa rejected the false choice between climate action and development. Highlighting that 600-million Africans still lack electricity, Ramokgopa stressed energy as a human right. He called for regional […]
# Former MK Party secretary-general Floyd Shivambu will hold a press conference at Mhulu Luxury Boutique Hotel in Midrand today to address urgent national challenges and the current political climate. Following his axing from his position, Shivambu was expected to be a member of Parliament. The briefing follows his absence from the MK Youth Day […]
# Die voormalige sekretaris-generaal van die MK-party, Floyd Shivambu, hou vandag ’n mediakonferensie by die Mhulu Luxury Boutique Hotel in Midrand om dringende nasionale uitdagings en die huidige politieke klimaat te bespreek. Die verwagtig was dat hy ná sy afdanking as ‘n parlementslid sou dien. Die nuuskonferensie volg na sy afwesigheid tydens die MK Jeugdag-optog […]
# Krieket: Die Protea-vroue het die Wes-Indies volgens die Duckworth-Lewis-Stern-metode met 166 lopies verslaan in die derde en laaste eendagwedstryd in Barbados en die reeks met 2-1 beklink. Tazmin Brits het 101 lopies aangeteken in Suid-Afrika se beurt wat weens reën verkort is. Die besoekers se telling was 278 vir ses in 45 boulbeurte en […]
