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Photo for illustration. (Photo: Andrey Metelev/Unsplash) Eskom says South Africa’s power system is showing signs of recovery as winter demand for electricity increases, with fewer unplanned outages, a higher energy availability factor and a sharp decrease in diesel consumption. According to Eskom’s latest weekly update, the power system’s energy availability factor (EAF) for the financial year so far has risen to 63.24% compared to 57.91% during the same period last year. “This improvement reflects sustained progress with Eskom’s turnaround strategy and represents an improvement of 9.5%, or 4.8 GW, compared to the same period three years ago. “The improvement is…

June 14, 2026 Johann GresseHow would you like to share the article?There is only one Gerda Steyn. (Photo: Pieter Cloete/Maroela Media)The 2026 version of the Comrades came and went for Gerda Steyn – and it was a case of neither victory nor record for the excellent marathon athlete.Now, with the 100th Comrades race beckoning, attention will soon shift to Project 2027 for Steyn.”Everything from now until next year is going to revolve around that race. My big goal for 2027 is the Comrades,” she said.But the building blocks for tomorrow’s success are being laid today and Steyn has shown that…

EXPERIENCED by painful things in life did not stop him from taking care of his body. DJ has been in the gym for two years now.Prince Kaybee said that losing his mother and being in a car accident are some of the things that he did not allow him to stop taking care of himself, even though it hurt his soul.Tomorrow he will start a trip from Johannesburg to Durban by bicycle.He is doing this under the campaign he started HiPace Cycle by Prince Kaybee.Speaking about this trip, he said that others thought that when he was involved in a…

Concerns have arisen over the increase in the number of murders in Johannesburg townships as on Tuesday 12 people were shot dead in Jumpers slums, Cleveland.The Joburg Crisis Alliance (JCA) said it strongly condemns the incident which left eight other people seriously injured after the shooting.According to the police, the killers came to the place in a taxi just after 11 at night, and opened fire on different buildings.Police said 11 people died instantly and one died at the hospital they were taken to. An intelligence team, evidence collection experts and detectives at the provincial level have been assembled to…

Israel orders residents of 29 locations to leave as Iran insists Lebanon must be included in any peace deal with the United States.Published On 14 Jun 202614 Jun 2026The Israeli military has accused Hezbollah of launching three projectiles towards northern Israel in what it described as a blatant ceasefire violation, hours after issuing forced displacement orders for residents of more than two dozen towns in southern Lebanon.Israel continues to attack Lebanon despite Iran saying the country is included in a proposed memorandum of understanding with the US to end the war in the region. Israel says it is responding to…

Evidence Makgopa of Bafana Bafana in Mexico is Gilberto Mora and Thalente Mbatha will be on the ball. (Photo: Yuri Cortez/AFP). The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has apologized for the disruption SABC+ users experienced during the Soccer World Cup match between South Africa and Mexico on Thursday night. According to Mmoni Ngubane, head of communications of the SABC, the problem was caused by a mandatory system update that forms part of standard procedures for major international sports broadcasts, as well as an unusually high volume of users who tried to access the platform at the same time shortly before…

UNATHI Nkayi, who has made a name for herself as a broadcaster, also launched a program that looks at skills in music,Idols South Africa has revealed that one of the things that made him take a break from this industry for a long time without being seen is because he wanted to focus on raising his children.He said that in the past years there were many jobs that he had been doing which made him lose a lot of time that he did not spend with his family.He also said that his father’s passing has stopped him from doing the…

June 14, 2026 Johann Gresse How would you like to share the article? George Kusche is the new Comrades king! (Photo: Pieter Cloete/Maroela Media) “Are you going to run to win?” was one of Maroela Media’s questions to George Kusche in the run-up to the Comrades marathon. The 27-year-old former pupil of the Afrikaans Hoër Seunskool replied that he was not necessarily going to choose a specific position; he is just curious to see how well he will do. And guys, he did a great job! Kusche is the new Comrades champion, after he won the 85.777 km of the…

The end of the days of preparation means the beginning of the hard work of facing the biggest race of all for athletes like Bonmgusa Mthembu, who is a champion of the Comrades Marathon three times and has won gold 12 times, and Joseph Manyedi of Maxed Elite Running Club, Rustenburg, who received the gold medal of the Comrades five times and finished fourth in the Comrades Marathon 2025, are part of this race this year as well.Every year, the Comrades Marathon attracts thousands of runners, fans and spectators to the province, bringing significant benefits to the tourism sector and…

(Photo: Shiraaz Mohamed/AFP)The government must explain how thousands of foreign-owned companies do business across South Africa, while only 33 business visas were approved in the latest financial year.This according to Lerato Ngobeni, ActionSA’s chief whip in parliament, after a parliamentary answer according to her raised serious questions about the application of South Africa’s immigration laws.According to Ngobeni, the Immigration Act requires foreigners who want to establish businesses in South Africa to have a valid business visa. In most cases, they must also provide proof of a minimum capital investment of R5 million.”The Minister of Home Affairs has confirmed that only…