Tottenham Hotspur are in a rut from which they seemingly are unable to emerge. Their Champions League loss to Atlético Madrid marked a sixth successive defeat across competitions.

Major electricity outages in Nelson Mandela Bay are linked to corroded pylons on the Chelsea-Summerstrand-Arlington 132 kilovolt line. Authorities say R35-million is urgently needed to replace the line and prevent further power failures.

The ANC will soon be compelled to move into election mode across the country, telling voters why its leaders deserve another chance in many councils. For the moment, there appears to be little indication that the party is focused on what it will take to retain a fraction of the local government power it currently has.

At a memorial service in Soweto’s historic Regina Mundi Catholic Church, family, comrades and political leaders remembered former Cope leader Mosiua Lekota as a fearless freedom fighter, principled politician and lifelong activist who remained deeply concerned about the country’s social challenges until his final days.

Residents in the Joburg communities where the SANDF was finally deployed on Wednesday welcomed the move, but said more must be done to fight crime.

One of five family members who died in a horrific accident between a hatchback and a Zimbabwe-bound bus near East London had been preparing for a family member’s funeral when she lost her life.

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Residents in parts of Johannesburg have experienced delays in waste collection since last Friday, with the DA blaming a lack of payments and strike action, while Pikitup blamed operational difficulties.

For the second time this year, sulphur-laced air has drifted across Johannesburg, triggering health complaints and renewed scrutiny of weak monitoring systems, regulatory leniency and delayed enforcement against major emitters.

ANC deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane has not ruled out the possibility of getting into talks with Cope leaders to try and bring them back into the fold.

The move follows an announcement earlier this week of the launch of public consultations on proposals to streamline South Africa’s Environmental Impact Assessment system to cut red tape around projects seen as having low or insignificant environmental impacts.

The company’s mills must open soon for the sugarcane harvest, but its bank accounts are frozen.