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Members of the Tshwane Metro Council shortly before the council meeting began. (Photo: Tania Heyns/Maroela Media) The Tshwane Metro Council approved its budget for the 2026-27 financial year on Thursday. This is the second fully funded budget tabled and passed under the multi-party coalition government. According to the metro, the budget meets the requirements of the Municipal Financial Management Act (MFMA) and has been endorsed as funded and compliant by the national treasury. Among other things, the budget prioritizes the upgrading of water and electricity infrastructure, roads and water systems, waste management, public safety, housing and economic development. Eugene Modise,…
Where the hobby of rare coin collecting used to be the domain of established enthusiasts, bidders in their twenties and thirties are now aggressively competing to acquire quality bullion and rare proof coins, says Coleske. (Photo: Bassani’s/Facbook) It is now the younger generation that is interested in old precious metals and coins these days.Landon Coleske, senior numismatic expert at Bassani Auction House, says the market has changed beyond recognition in the past five years and now includes large numbers of millennials and generation Z investors. Where the hobby used to be the domain of established enthusiasts, bidders in their twenties…
Matthew Perry in 2022. (Photo: Phillip Faraone/AFP)Kenneth Iwamasa, the personal assistant to actor Matthew Perry, was sentenced Wednesday to three years and five months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine, which led to Perry’s death.Iwamasa (61) is the fifth person to be sentenced in connection with the death of the former Friends-ster.Prosecutors said Iwamasa administered ketamine to Perry more than 25 times in the days before his death in 2023, including at least three injections on the day of his death.According to court documents, on his last day Perry told Iwamasa, who lived with him in…
The fear of human jobs being lost on a large scale due to Artificial Intelligence (AI) was spread all over the world, the truth about which was revealed several weeks ago by Sridhar Vembu of Zoho. Interestingly, now Sam Altman and Jeff Bezos have also changed their opinion regarding AI.Laying off in the name of AI is completely wrong… Sridhar Vembu had already revealed the secrets of companies, now Sam Altman and Bezos also agreed.AI: Over the past few years, big tech companies have invested billions in AI infrastructure, investors have poured money into startups, and executives have repeatedly warned…
The United States has announced its intention to designate two Brazilian gangs as “terrorist” organisations, continuing a push under President Donald Trump to blur the distinction between criminal and “terrorist” activity.Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that the designations would target the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and the Comando Vermelho, the two largest criminal networks in Brazil.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe “Foreign Terrorist Organization” label will be effective starting June 5.In the meantime, Rubio explained that they had already been assigned to the category of “Specially Designated Global Terrorists”, a similar category that draws its…
THERE was a shock and a stir in the field of horse racing, caused by the conviction of the well-known jockey Smanga Khumalo, after an investigation by the National Horseracing Authority (NHA).This came to light on Monday, when the board that was investigating Khumalo, regarding the charges involving breaking the law of the way things are done in the game, found him guilty of corruption, bribery and breaking the law of the way things are done.Khumalo from KwaMashu, Durban, and who has won the major Durban July horse racing competition, was facing these three crimes which he is said to…
ISOLO Misuzulu Sinqobile of Zwelithini has sought another position for former Chancellor of Zulu, Mr. Malusi Zondi. Although Zulu’s Royal Palace did not reveal the new position given to Zondi, It is a country found out that he is going to be the eye of Mbube at the palace in KwaMashu, Mbelebeli, and guard the people of Silo in the hostels.The decision to give Zondi another position was taken at a meeting of the Royal Children at the palace in Mashobeni. Zondi was left without a position in the Royal Family after Mbube announced that he was closing the office…
Migrant businessmen want officials of Nkosi Langalibalele Municipality and the mayor, Mr. Mduduzi “Sobholenyoni” Myeza to be allowed to approach their shops.88 businessmen who work in the town of Mtshezi filed an urgent application at the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, seeking an injunction to prevent council officials and Meeza from approaching their shops.Immigrant businessmen also want the court to issue an injunction that will stop council officials and Meeza from closing their shops and making speeches that discriminate against immigrants.The businessmen presented themselves in court after Myeza gave them yesterday’s deadline to leave Mtshezi. Immigrant shops in Mtshezi have since…
FORMER Minister of Police, Mr Bheki Cele, and former MEC for Community Development, Mrs Sisisi Tolashe, are among the five ANC leaders who will face disciplinary action.The names of Cele and Mrs Tolashe appear in the list of five ANC leaders in the report of the integrity committee in the ANC which suggests that action should be taken.This was expressed by the Secretary General of the ANC, Mr. Fikile Mbalula, when he spoke to the media in Gauteng yesterday.Cele was summoned before the integrity committee to answer allegations that he was given money by a businessman who is facing a…
The councilor of Pietermaritzburg reprimands the spread of false allegations, following the spread of news that immigrants kidnapped students of KwaMpumuza school on Tuesday.According to Solezwe, the incident of theft of a taxi with students took place at the time of school entry in the morning.Speaking to Solezwe, a councilor near the scene of the incident, Mr. Sbu Mtshali, said that although a taxi was taken with the students inside, the suspects were not immigrants.”The taxi was taken while the driver was still out, he went into a house, leaving four students inside,” said Mtshali.He said when the driver entered…