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The City of Cape Town saves more than eight billion liters of drinking water per year. (Photo: Unsplash) The City of Cape Town now saves more than eight billion liters of drinking water per year thanks to the increasing use of treated waste water. Zahid Badroodien, the city’s mayoral committee member for water and sanitation, says this is possible thanks to the cooperation of the municipality’s water and sanitation directorate, residents and businesses. Badroodien recently visited the treated wastewater reuse (TER) pumping stations with the water demand management and regulation team in Bellville and Scottsdene. “With dam levels currently below…
6 April 2026 Maroela editorial How would you like to share the article? Between Thursday and Saturday, 934 motorists were arrested across the country for drunk driving. (Archive photo for illustration.) Alcohol-related arrests were up 39% on Saturday compared to Easter weekend last year. Simon Zwane, spokesperson for the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) says law enforcement officers are intensifying efforts to save lives on the roads this year, because drunk driving is a major headache over the Easter period. Between Thursday and Saturday, 934 motorists were arrested across the country. Zwane says this is 263 more arrests compared to…
Photo for illustration. (Photo: iStock) The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NIOD) is warning South Africans to get their flu vaccinations on time, as the flu season starts earlier than usual. The NIOD says the season already made its appearance in the week of March 9. “The flu season is declared by the NIOD’s surveillance system when the presence of the disease remains above the established threshold for two consecutive weeks.” The NIOD says that although this year’s season started earlier than in recent years, it is similar to last year, when the season started in the week of March…
School rugby always provides loads of entertainment. (Photo: Charmaine Visser) The early autumn sun shone warmly on the action of the Pretoria Boys High (PBHS) Easter Tournament on Monday and, as usual, the school rugby stars frolicked in its rays. The tournament is a celebration of the school’s 125th anniversary and the final day’s matches were almost a festival for school rugby connoisseurs. After all, there was something of everything – from enthusiastic supporters and Chino-wearing coaches blaring instructions over two-way radios, to rock-hard paint jobs and spectacular tries on the field of play. The Afrikaans Hoër Seunskool (Affies) made…
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A FORMER Gagasi FM and Jozi FM presenter, Penny Ntuli, made most of the women suffer through sexual harassment in their jobs. Penny has become adulterous by making her hate acting which is the profession she studied and grew up wanting to do. This lady pointed to an actor she did not reveal but who was starring in a popular drama broadcast on SABC 2. He said that he had done everything to achieve his dream of acting in television shows so much so that he knew everything. He said the matter was ruined when he went to do an…
6 April 2026 Maroela editorial How would you like to share the article? Albert Mazibuko. (Photo: Facebook) Albert Mazibuko, singer of the acclaimed group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, died on Sunday morning. Mazibuko joined the group in 1969 and was part of the group for a total of 55 years, which had many hits over the years. One of them was “World in Union”, with PJ Powers. The group’s first Grammy Award was in 1988 for their album Shaka Zulu and the last one was in 2018 for Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration. Mazibuko became a member of the group…
Nanda singer, Naledi Aphiwe, shocked many when she appeared on stage at the 2K Festival at Belgravia Sports Club in Zimbabwe on Saturday.Although others said that she had an abortion, Naledi Aphiwe said that she saw a person who was bleeding, and ran away because she was afraid of him. It will be remembered that he is just going to Zimbabwe and he recently apologized to the people there after speaking badly about them on social media.It was not the first time Naledi left the stage in this way. At the Mthandeni Music Experience in Mdletsheni, Hlabisa, last year, he…
6 April 2026 Jana Smit How would you like to share the article? Siphelele Mkhulisi was arrested again. (Photo: Provided) One of the eight detainees who escaped from the isolation police station in the Eastern Cape’s holding cells on Saturday was re-apprehended on Monday. Brig. Police spokesperson Nobuntu Gantana says a multidisciplinary task force arrested Siphelele Mkhulisi on Monday morning around 08:00 at his aunt’s house in Masakala, which is located near the border in Matatiele, where he was lying down and sleeping. The task force consisted of visible policing units, K9 and detectives. “The team approached the premises tactically…
The wedding, which was supposed to take place at 11h00 on Sunday in Newcastle, was canceled after the groom and his father were arrested for drunk driving. RTI arrested 45 drivers on Saturday night and Sunday morning. Those arrested include:• The groom and his father• 1 Teacher• 1 Security Manager• 2 teachers• 2 nurses• One pharmacist• An official working in the local municipality• 1 StudentIn another campaign called #NenzaniLaEzweni which was conducted in Mhlanga and Durban North, Operation Shanela led by Mr. Siboniso Duma who is the Minister for Transport and Human Settlement led to the arrest of 167 drivers…