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Stock Photo (Photo: Shutterstock) Residents and businesses in Kakamas and surrounding towns live in daily fear that their electricity supply could be suspended at any moment without warning due to the Kai !Garib municipality’s enormous debt to Eskom. The Kakamas interest group says the municipality owes Eskom around R1.036 billion in outstanding electricity bills – almost three times more than the municipality’s income of R376 million, as indicated in its financial statements for June last year. Eskom confirmed in a statement last week that the suspension of bulk electricity supply has been temporarily lifted pending an urgent court application which…
It is reported that Brown Mogotsi left the commission on Friday afternoon.It is said that he will appear at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Mogotsi was arrested by a SAPS police team while driving from Pretoria to Johannesburg – about 45 minutes after he left the commission, and spent about four hours being interrogated. During his testimony, Mogotsi kept repeating that he did not want to “incriminate himself” when he was pressed by the leader of the evidence and the commissioners about many important things. The police have confirmed that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of…
On Monday, Stephan Pretorios pleaded not guilty to the murder of his estranged wife. (Photo: Isabel Venter / Maroela Media).The trial of Stephan Pretorius, who is charged with the murder of his wife, Charlene Pretorius, continued this week in the magistrate’s court in Pretoria with emotional testimony by Charlene’s son, Jason Venter.According to Action Society, the charges relate to the incident on 27 May 2023 when petrol was allegedly poured over Charlene at the family home in Pretoria North and set on fire. She later died of her injuries in hospital.Jason testified this week about the events of his mother’s…
THE COACH of MaZulu FC, Arthur Zwane, feels it is appropriate for Orlando Pirates to receive a reward for their persistence in the race for the title of the Betway Premiership league for years in a row.Pirates, who finished second behind Mamelodi Sundowns for three consecutive seasons from 2022/2023, need three points from Durban City at Orlando Amstel Arena, Soweto, tomorrow at 3 pm, to win the league that ended in the 2011/2012 season. Sundowns have won the league title for eight consecutive seasons. “Yes, anything can happen but in Orlando there is no going back. Sometimes we have to…
A VETERAN in music and dance who has been involved in politics, Gezane Eric Kobane, popularly known as Papa Penny – lamented the leadership of the political party Mkhonto Wesizwe Party (MK) when he abruptly resigned from the party on Friday. In his letter of resignation addressed to the leader of the party Mr. Jacob Zuma, Papa Penny said that resigning from being a member of the MKP and becoming its member of Parliament was a very difficult decision that broke his heart.He said he joined the MK Party himself because he wanted to liberate the people of this country,…
Milford FC’s forward, Siphosethu Ndlabi, emphasizes the importance of winning their Motsepe Foundation Championship season-ending match against Hungry Lions to secure a place in the PSL Promotion Play-Offs. Milford will face Lions in one of the Motsepe Foundation Championship games at 3pm at Mxolisi Dicky Jacobs Stadium, Upington. What makes the match between Lions and Milford so eagerly awaited is that both teams are in contention for a place in the Play-Offs to fight for promotion to the Betway Premiership.Kruger United will be officially crowned as the 2025/26 champions of the Motsepe Championship tomorrow after their match against The Bees,…
A photo of a great white shark. (Photo: The Malibu Artist/AFP)A man in his thirties was killed by a great white shark in Western Australia on Saturday, police and officials confirmed to AFP.The 38-year-old man was bitten by the predator near Rottnest Island, outside Perth, at around 10am, police said.”Unfortunately, the man could not be brought to his senses,” Western Australian police said.The state’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development told AFP the man was bitten by a four-metre long great white shark.The public has been advised to be “extra cautious” in the waters around the area, which is…
WHEN counting the ladies who came to be heard in music last year, the name of the lady from Mlaza, south of Durban is not left out – De Rose who is one of the artists who came to be heard, doing wonders with the song Lutho from DJ Jaivane’s album Onkgopotse. Apart from Lutho who sold more than 50 million streams, De Rose also brought in his song with Sfarzo called Hello, which also did well selling double platinum, and he also did well with his first album that came out in November last year called 925. Narrating how…
NewsFeedSixty-five people have died in a new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo’s Ituri province with 246 suspected cases. A Congolese man has also died of the virus in Uganda’s capital Kampala, raising fears of further cross-border spread.Published On 16 May 202616 May 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
(Photo: Christin Hume/Unsplash.)”I can’t possibly drive my own vehicle to that work appointment which is so far away. Yes, I know I can claim this fuel expense back, but then I don’t get it until the end of the month. I simply can’t afford it.”This is one of the situations that an employer had to defuse recently when an employee who felt the economic pressure of higher oil and food prices due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East expressed his frustration.It shows how the effects of geopolitical uncertainty reverberate into the workplace and directly affect workers’ daily lives.Aadil…