Category: News

Police have arrested 14 people alleged to be part of a kidnapping syndicate in Gauteng. Authorities were investigating the kidnapping of a Zimbabwean businessman, with evidence leading them to several locations around Johannesburg. Assisted by private security and multiple other police units, the anti-kidnapping task team carried out arrests on Monday in Greenstone Park and… Read more

Eskom has announced that the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has granted the power utility a licence to continue operating Koeberg Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 for another 20 years, until 21 July 2044. The licence application was submitted by Eskom to the NNR last year. Unit 1 provides 930MW to the grid. It joins 120… Read more

South African Airways (SAA) might be heading for turbulence again – three years after exiting business rescue and a failed Takatso transaction. This is according to the airline’s chief commercial officer, Tebogo Tsimane, who said the airline needs an equity partner to save it. Tsimane made these remarks at an AviaDev aviation seminar recently Earlier… Read more

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu plans to bring out the big guns to fight high crime levels with various urgent interventions, including measures to combat gang violence, the construction mafia and the killing of women and children. “We have spent the first week in office meeting the executive management, provincial commissioners and divisional heads of the… Read more

The first day of the strike by aviation sector workers affiliated to the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) saw little disruption to flights yesterday, but if it continues there could be delays. Airports in major cities, such as Cape Town, East London, Port Elizabeth, Durban and Johannesburg, are experiencing operational challenges. Airlink… Read more

Home affairs Minister Leon Schreiber says in the coming year, his department will intensify inspections at restaurants, spaza shops, farms and mines by over 50% and take action – including deportations – against people illegally employed. The initiative was started under his predecessor, Aaron Motsoaledi, who earlier this year called for harsher sanctions against business… Read more

Afire that destroyed five classrooms at the Noordgesig Secondary School in Soweto last month has been blamed for just 25 of its Grade 8 pupils passing exams. The school governing body (SGB) says the fire also affected the administration block but the damage has yet to be repaired. Pupils and parents protested outside the school… Read more

The long-waited Seshego water treatment plant which fuelled 99% of water protest marches in Polokwane is finally complete, the council said yesterday. Construction work on the plant began in 2019 and lasted for four years. The council said it was busy with titivations and testing of the plant this year. Polokwane mayor John Mpe said:… Read more

In today’s news, former EFF national spokesperson Dali Mpofu said the party will pay back ill-gotten donations, the Department of Home Affairs said it is increasing its inspections of farms and restaurants to battle illegal employment, and Free State health MEC Monyatso Mahlatsi called for calm after a four-year-old girl died in hospital after a… Read more

Nonresidential building owners risk five years’ imprisonment or a fine of R5 million if they do not register for an energy performance certificate. The South African National Energy Development Institute (Sanedi) under the directive of the department of mineral resources and energy (DMRE), has set a deadline of the end of next year for nonresidential… Read more