# Rugby: The Lions’ United Rugby Championship playoff aspirations suffered a significant blow with a 15-10 home defeat to Benetton. Despite a second-half try from Asenathi Ntlabakanye leveling the score, a late Benetton try by Ignacio Mendy secured the visitors’ victory. This marks the Lions’ third consecutive loss, leaving them 14th in the 16-team standings. […]
# Northern Cape police are offering a 100-thousand-rand reward for information leading to the arrest of suspects who stole three bodies. A baby girl and two adult men were stolen from the Motheo Wa Bophelo funeral parlour in Kuruman on 17 March. Police spokesperson Cherelle Ehlers says the intruders assaulted and tied up a security guard […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Mthatha het die uitsettings van studentekoshuise by die Walter Sisulu Universiteit gestaak. Dit volg nadat die kampusbestuur die studente opdrag gegee het om teen 4-uur gistermiddag die perseel te ontruim. Die uitsettingsbevel volg in die nasleep van gewelddadige studentebetogings wat Dinsdagoggend uitgebreek het en tot die dood van ‘n student gelei […]
# Rugby: Die oud Springbok, Gys Pitzer, het in die ouderdom van 85 gesterf nadat hy die afgelope paar weke in die hospitaal was. Hy het Noord-Transvaal en Suid-Afrika verteenwoordig, in 12 toetswedstryde gespeel en was deel van die wenspan in 1968 teen die Britse en Ierse Leeus. ‘n Besering het sy rugbyloopbaan in 1969 […]
# Eskom sê die kragstelsel bly bestendig met voldoende kapasiteit om voorsiening te maak vir die langnaweek-aanvraag. Deurlopende beplande instandhouding duur voort teen 15,41-persent-opwekkingskapasiteit, wat ‘n 3,8-persent toename is in vergelyking met dieselfde tydperk verlede jaar. Eskom se woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, sê ‘n alghehele drie-duisend-948 megawatt sal Dinsdag voor die aandspitstyd weer in diens gestel […]
# Die KwaZulu-Natalse Vervoerdepartement het ‘n beduidende afname in padongelukke aangeteken op die N2 naby Ashburton ná die bekendstelling van die anti-misdaadtegnologie, Ummemezi Wezimoto. Die departement se woordvoerder, Ndabezinhle Sibiya, sê ongelukke het vanjaar gedaal tot minder as vier vanaf 13 in 2024, en geen sterftes is aangeteken nie. Hy bevestig ook meer as ses-duisend-800 […]
# The Mthatha High Court has halted evictions from student residences at Walter Sisulu University. This comes after campus management instructed students to vacate the premises by 4pm yesterday afternoon. The eviction order comes in the wake of violent student protests that broke out on Tuesday morning, leading to the death of a male student. […]
# Rugby: Former Springbok player, Gys Pitzer, has passed away at the age of 85, after being in hospital for the past few weeks. He represented Northern Transvaal and South Africa, playing 12 Test matches and featuring in the victorious 1968 series against the British and Irish Lions. His rugby career was cut short by […]
# Eskom says the power system remains stable with sufficient capacity to meet the long weekend’s demand. Ongoing planned maintenance continues at 15.41-percent of generation capacity, marking a 3.8-percent increase compared to the same period last year. Eskom’s spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, says a total of three-thousand-948-megawatts will be returned to service before the evening peak on […]
