Newcastle connects transformers for indebted indigent households
Newcastle mayor Xolani Dube has defended his council’s decision to help reconnect electricity to residents cut off for nonpayment.
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LISTEN | Macpherson charges IDT CEO Malaka, spokesperson over ‘bribe’
Watching video of alleged bribe being offered ‘made me sick to my stomach and left me in disbelief’, says public works and infrastructure minister
1963 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster heads to auction in the UK
A rare 1963 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster will go under the hammer at H&H Classics’ inaugural auction at Kelham Hall in Nottinghamshire, UK, on September 10.
AdvTech lifts presence in Kenya with acquisition of Nairobi academy
The group recently introduced a new executive role to oversee the company’s operations as it expands its international footprint
US millionaire fatally attacked by buffalo in Limpopo
American trophy hunter Asher Watkins died after a Cape buffalo bull gored him during a hunting trip in South Africa.
Two MTV VMA nominations for Tyla
The 23-year-old singer received nods in the categories of Best Afrobeats and Best Choreography for her single ‘Push 2 Start’.
Government doesn’t track foreign patients in public healthcare: Motsoaledi
Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi says the department does not keep track of the number of documented or undocumented foreigners who use public healthcare facilities.
UK says British Steel’s Chinese owners demanding millions
Jingye still owns the Scunthorpe plant that was taken over by the government under emergency powers.
SA’s most poorly run province revealed – and it’s not the one you’d expect
The Auditor-General of South Africa has named the country’s worst-run province, exposing a governance crisis.
Body of 81-year-old found at cliff crash scene on the Garden Route
Police have opened a culpable homicide docket after the discovery of an elderly missing man’s body in a vehicle at the bottom of a cliff on the Garden Route.
THE CONVERSATION: How can the James Webb Space Telescope see so far? An astrophysicist explains its super-cold secret
The James Webb Space Telescope produces incredible images by capturing infrared light.
Five Durban beaches closed due to poor water quality – here’s what to know
The eThekwini Municipality has closed five Durban beaches for swimming due to poor water quality. Here’s why…
Street light repair crew forced to flee Orlando site after attack
City Power contractors repairing street lights in Orlando, Soweto, were forced to abandon work and flee for their lives after being attacked and robbed, the entity said.
News24 | SAHRC probes podcast for calling coloured people ‘incestuous’ and ‘crazy’
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it has been inundated with complaints about comments in an episode that described coloured people as “incestuous”, “crazy” people who “sleep with their siblings”.
REFRESHED AND READY: Proteas look to conquer Darwin and get a fast start against Australia in T20 series
The Proteas are away from the big cities in their white-ball tour of Australia as they get their T20 World Cup preparations under way.
Macpherson lays criminal charges against suspended IDT execs caught in R60k bribery scandal
Minister of public works and infrastructure Dean Macpherson has opened a criminal case against the suspended CEO of the Independent Development Trust Tebogo Malaka and spokesperson Phasha Makgolane.
Maddison to miss majority of season with torn ACL
Tottenham midfielder James Maddison will miss a significant period of the 2025-26 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament injury.
Fall in viewers for Wallace and Torode’s last MasterChef series
The viewing figures may have been impacted by the launch episode going out later in the year.
TRADE TURMOIL: Ramaphosa, Trump discuss ‘bilateral trade matters’ in phone call as tariffs come into effect
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni suggested that there was still room to reach a trade agreement between the US and South Africa.
News24 | Nominations revealed for SA Sports Awards
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has announced the nominations for the 18th edition of the South African Sport Awards (SASA).