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Eskom’s biggest customers are kissing it goodbye
South African miners are increasingly investing in renewable self-generation to escape soaring Eskom electricity prices that threaten competitiveness and profitability.
TUESDAY, 20 JANUARY 2026, 07:37

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South African miners are increasingly investing in renewable self-generation to escape soaring Eskom electricity prices that threaten competitiveness and profitability.
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Boxing SA has vowed to license Zolani Tete as soon as his four-year ban ends.

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Muhle Ndwalane’s love for all things technology has not only helped build Asante Solutions, but has also enabled him to create 15 jobs.

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Solidarity through music — that is the spirit of Free Palestine, a new song that legendary musician William Mthethwa has been working on.

South Africa
A minibus used as scholar transport and truck collided, claiming the lives of 14 learners on Monday.

South Africa
Defence witness Sifiso Gwabini Zungu has alleged that he was assaulted following his 2020 arrest.

South Africa
Ramaphosa assessed flood damage as over 1 300 homes were hit, while authorities monitor heavy rains.

South Africa
A scholar transport vehicle carrying pupils collided with a a truck this morning.
World
Spain begins three days of national mourning for the 40 people killed in a high-speed train crash that the prime minister has vowed to investigate.

World
Tension is high as the World Economic Forum in Davos opens and President Trump threatens Europe over Greenland.

World
The coastal corridor from Lagos to Abidjan is shaping into a West African megalopolis. Starting in Lagos, Nigeria, we navigate the chaos, the checkpoints, and the road that could change it all.

World
Delegates from Vietnam’s communist party are meeting to choose leadership and chart its economic future. The current General Secretary To Lam is expected to keep his post and seek that of president.

Africa
Kasali Akangbe Ogun, who came from a long line of wood carvers and wanted to preserve local traditions, has been buried following his death after a brief illness.

Africa
Senegalese fans celebrate their team’s victory at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Africa
Police say armed gangs burst into the two churches in Kurmin Wali, Kaduna state, during Sunday service.

Africa
The Ethiopian Orthodox festival of Timket, or Epiphany, commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan.

Business
The rand has seen some its early year gains reversed, with South Africans warned not to expect the same gains seen over the past year or two.

Business
Rosebank International University College (RIUC), the groundbreaking institution launched last year by Africa’s leading private education provider, the ADvTECH Group, today proudly welcomed its inaugural cohort of students.

Business
A host of technology is on offer to farmers, promising to raise farming yields and lower food prices.

Business
We asked six Americans what they make of the US economy one year after President Trump returned to the White House.

Politics
McBride’s testimony is expected to focus on his role in some of the most contentious investigations.

Politics
Khumalo turned himself in at Katlehong police over assault claim by suspected drug dealer.

Politics
Mogotsi has raised concerns about his legal representation and personal security.

Politics
Xolani Khumalo and his co-accused hands themselves at the Katlehong police station in Ekurhuleni

Sport
The son of David and Victoria Beckham has made allegations of “bribery, sabotage, and inappropriate behaviour by his parents”.

Sport
As reports and rumours have continued to link Tony Brown with the All Blacks, the Springbok attack coach has now set the record straight.

Sport
A new Mamelodi Sundowns teenage star was unearthed against Orbit College in the Betway Premiership on Monday. He goes by the name Thato Sibiya.

Sport
English football’s independent regulator will review ‘parachute payments’ to relegated clubs as part of its report into the men’s professional game.
Education
[SNA] – The Minister of Education and National Orientation, Dr. Al-Tohami Al-Zain Hajar, met on Sunday with a delegation from the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), including Umra, IHH’s North and East Africa representative, and Bilal Bahji, the North Africa representative.

Education
Government replaces recruitment goal with plan to increase ‘education exports’ to £40bn a year by 2030
Ministers are scrapping target numbers for international students in the UK and will instead focus on encouraging universities to open hubs abroad, as part of a plan to bring British education to people “on their own doorsteps”.
The government’s new international education strategy will set...
Education
Last fall, the number of new international undergraduates fell by 25 percent compared to the previous year. That drop poses financial and competitive challenges.
Education
[Nyasa Times] Classrooms across Malawi are quietly emptying into psychiatric wards, as officials at Zomba Mental Hospital drop a chilling bombshell: seven out of every ten patients at the country’s main mental health facility are students from secondary schools and universities.

Lifestyle
When it comes to awarding title deeds as a type of land reform on communal/informal properties, a prominent bank chairman is all-in …

Lifestyle
Switzerland – not Geneva. Stella Ndabeni-Anbrahams has become a meme on social media after she touched down in Switzerland this week.

Lifestyle
Prince Harry, Sir Elton John and others are suing The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday’s publisher over alleged unlawful information gathering practices.
Lifestyle

Entertainment
Sansa has warned that the CME is expected to affect Earth from the early hours of Tuesday.

Entertainment
Rights groups say a UK-backed project contradicts unresolved claims by sick former mineworkers and their families.

Entertainment
Johannesburg has six air quality monitoring stations across the city, as well as two dedicated to hydrogen sulphide levels.

Entertainment
Billionaire saviours cannot fix a movement hollowed by years of misrule, as hopes shift from leaders to wallets alone anymore.

Science/Tech
South Africa’s petrol prices reached as high as R25.68 per litre in 2023. Here’s how much less motorists are paying to fill their tanks in January 2026.

Science/Tech
As traders argue about whether the Ethereum price can hit $10,000 in the next big market cycle, the price of SOL has been consolidating recently. While many are anticipating the next major move for Solana, other projects seem to be stealing all the spotlight. Digitap ($TAP) is one such project, surging 251% and showing that […]
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Preparations for the first human spaceflight to the Moon in more than 50 years took a big step forward this weekend with the rollout of the Artemis II rocket to its launch pad. The rocket reached a top speed of just 1 mph on the four-mile, 12-hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space...
Science/Tech
alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: It all started in 1927, when physicist Thomas Parnell at the University of Queensland in Australia filled a closed funnel with the world’s thickest known fluid: pitch, a derivative of tar that was once used to seal ships against the seas. Three years later, in 1930, Parnell cut the funnel’s stem, like a ribbon at an event, heralding the start...

Motoring
Sub-R300,000 models are one of the most popular segments in South Africa’s car market.
Motoring
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Motoring
Isuzu has upgraded its local manufacturing efforts alongside its major panel supplier.

Health
How the third Monday of January came to be known as the most depressing day of the year.

Health
Bosses, in a post to staff, say in hindsight, it was not a good use of charitable funds.

Health
A pilot scheme is rolled out in the north of the Isle of Man by the public health directorate.

Health
The myth of ‘the most depressing day of the year’ won’t die – but does it actually do any harm?