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South Africa

Correctional Services Minister advocates for alternative sentencing to curb overcrowding

Today at 15:36 PM, via SAnews

Correctional Services Minister advocates for alternative sentencing to curb overcrowding

The Minister of Correctional Services, Dr Pieter Groenewald, has advocated for alternative approaches to address overcrowding in the country’s correctional services.

Speaking during a Parliamentary Questions for Oral Reply session for the Peace and Security cluster on Wednesday, the Minister...

South Africa

IEC officially launches the 2026 Local Government Elections campaign

Today at 15:07 PM, via SAnews

IEC officially launches the 2026 Local Government Elections campaign

The Electoral Commission has officially launched the 2026 Local Government Elections (LGE), marking the commencement of the mass awareness campaign towards Election Day in November. This is after President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced 4 November 2026 as the date for South Africa’s upcoming Local Government...

South Africa

Construction begins on Eskom’s R1.2 billion 75MW solar power plant

Today at 15:07 PM, via SAnews

Construction begins on Eskom’s R1.2 billion 75MW solar power plant

Eskom has broken ground on a new R1.2 billion 75MW solar power plant to be based at the Lethabo Power Station in the Free State, marking a major step in integrating renewable generation within the power utility’s coal-fired power station-heavy fleet.

“Once completed, the plant is expected to generate approximately...

South Africa

Government moves to tackle student housing disputes

Today at 14:45 PM, via SAnews

Government moves to tackle student housing disputes

The Department of Human Settlements and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) are set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at addressing growing disputes between student tenants and landlords in the rental housing sector.

Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane announced the planned agreement when she...

World

Trump gathers Cabinet as he looks to seal deal to end war

Today at 07:37 AM, via NPR

President Trump will meet with his Cabinet on Wednesday at a precarious moment for talks aimed at ending the war with Iran. The emerging deal has already exposed the president to fierce criticism.

Africa

Eswatini’s oil reserve gamble

Today at 03:25 AM, via Mail & Guardian

Eswatini has signed a $300 million agreement with Taiwan to build a massive strategic oil reserve but the project is raising difficult questions in a country battling deepening poverty, soaring unemployment and allegations of elite enrichment

Business

Eskom launches new R1.2 billion solar project 

Today at 15:28 PM, via BusinessTech

Eskom Green has launched a R1.2 billion initiative to integrate renewable energy into its existing coal-fired power station network, starting with a 75 MW solar facility at the Lethabo plant.

Politics

ANC NWC resolve to show Tolashe the door

Today at 12:03 PM, via Mail & Guardian

The decisions follows the working committee’s meeting on monday where it resolved that Tolashe should resign as an MP and the president of the ANC’s woman league

Entertainment

5 of 7 people trapped in Laos cave found alive

Today at 15:58 PM, via The Citizen

Specialist divers and local rescue crews continue searching for two missing villagers after five survivors were found in a remote cave system in Laos.

Science/Tech

South Africa’s right-to-repair vacuum

Today at 15:29 PM, via TechCentral

South Africa moved to fix the car industry’s right-to-repair gap in 2021; nothing similar for electronics has followed.

Health

‘When I was 14 I thought I was dying’

Today at 15:43 PM, via BBC News

BBC Radio Sheffield presenter Ellie Colton’s symptoms of endometriosis started when she was a young teenager. But she wasn’t diagnosed until she was 24.

Health

Endometriosis: ‘I thought I was dying’

Today at 10:43 AM, via BBC News

The BBC’s Ellie Colton shares her experience of living with endometriosis – and meets a scientist hoping to cut the length of time it takes to be diagnosed with a simple new test.