Author: staff
The City of Johannesburg’s electricity provider, City Power, is still battling to clear the backlog of outage calls resulting from the prolonged power supply interruptions caused by heavy rains, overnight flooding, cable theft and vandalism.
France captain Antoine Dupont is unlikely to play any further part in this season’s Six Nations after suffering what an angry Fabien Galthie described as a “fairly serious knee injury” in Saturday’s 42-27 demolition of Ireland in Dublin.
Orlando Pirates’ relentless pursuit of a historic Nedbank Cup three-peat is very much alive after they triumphed 5-4 in a penalty shootout over a resilient SuperSport United at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium on Saturday, securing their spot in the semi-final.
Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa vowed to visit problematic power stations to investigate three recent rounds of load shedding, indicating that it could be due to human performance issues rather than technical reasons.
A young giraffe made a remarkable recovery just a week after groundbreaking leg surgery, thanks to innovative splinting of its leg with PVC pipes and wrapping. Experts did the surgery outdoors, on rocky terrain, after approaching on horseback.
Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Ashton Schippers believes a Bloemfontein judge may have misapplied the law in her treatment of a crucial State witness in the R24.9million Nulane scam case – and says this had a devastating impact on the State’s case.
After claiming that Starlink was not allowed to operate in South Africa because he is not black, Elon Musk reposted a claim that the country had banned Starlink. This is untrue. Starlink owner SpaceX has not applied for a licence to operate in SA.
The dilapidated Plettenberg Bay Airport was set to receive a massive overhaul to quadruple its passenger volumes in the coming years. However, a contractual dispute between the local municipality and the new private operator has caused the deal to fall apart.
The fatal shooting at the upscale Solo restaurant in Sandton on Thursday evening, in which three people were killed and four others injured, has ignited a debate within the Gauteng legislature concerning the regulation of private bodyguards and their weapons.
Jason Goliath is best known as a master of ceremonies, for cracking jokes and for driving a Siyaya taxi against a Formula One car in a Red Bull promo ad on Cape Town’s streets. But he is also a husband, presenter, motivator, and petrolhead. News24 Motoring editor Janine van der Post finds out what the comedian drives.