Giant fists for children to use to punch each other, make-up containing “a laundry list of chemical ingredients”, and a 60-round capacity projector “Blaster” were just three of 10 toys named as the worst on the market this Christmas.

MK MPLs banged their fists on tables, stomped their feet, jabbed their fingers in the faces of police officers and sang Umshini Wami. The legislature was disrupted for more than an hour until Speaker Nontembeko Boyce called for a vote, and MK’s motion of no confidence in Premier Thami Ntuli was squashed.

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Eskom has quietly taken an important step in the roll-out of its long-awaited virtual wheeling product, awarding a significant contract in the past few weeks to Johannesburg-based Enerweb to build a software platform that will automate and scale the utility’s new wheeling model.

A Slovak-Australian woman was among 15 people killed in an attack on a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, Slovak officials said on Monday.

The South African Weather Service has warned of hot and humid conditions in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, while isolated thunderstorms are forecast for other parts of the country.

Nick Reiner, 32, was arrested on Sunday evening and was being held on $4 million bail, booking information from the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office showed.

The ANC Youth League’s 27th national congress at the University of Limpopo in Polokwane got off to a shambolic start.