Power utility Eskom on Wednesday called on consumers to switch off geysers, pool pumps and all non-essential appliances from 6pm to 8pm to prevent the need for power cuts. “The power system is severely constrained today and will remain so for the rest of the week,” chief executive Tshediso Matona[…]
Reports that two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Bafana Bafana goalkeeper and captain Senzo Meyiwa are not true, Gauteng police said on Thursday. “There is nothing like that. We are still investigating… the reports are untrue,” Brigadier Neville Malila said. The SABC reported on Wednesday[…]
A background screening process commissioned by the DA has provided more proof that SABC chairwoman Ellen Tshabalala does not have a degree, the party said on Thursday. “The DA enlisted the services of Managed Integrity Evaluation to check Ms Tshabalala’s qualifications against the National Qualifications Register, a process referred to[…]
A UN official has warned that Israel’s plans for further settlements in East Jerusalem could ignite more violence and threaten the viability of the future Palestinian state. UN political chief Jeffrey Feltman called on Israel on Wednesday “to rescind” its plan to build 1,000 new homes, which he said was[…]
Tension has soared in Jerusalem after a gunman on a motorcycle shot and seriously wounded a prominent right-wing Jewish activist. Israel announced shutting down of the al-Aqsa mosque following Wednesday’s shooting of Yehuda Glick, who has advocated for greater Jewish access to the sensitive holy site known to Jews as[…]
Gaironiesa Foundation director Shahied Stakala appeared before the Athlone Magistrates Court on Wednesday where the case was postponed to the 1st December 2014. According to the presiding judge, the matter will soon move to a commercial court for further ruling. Stakala sat in the front dock as aggrieved mu’tamireen waited for[…]
It was a packed house at the Gift of the Givers warehouse in Athlone last night where community members, activists, businesspeople and journalists gathered for the Cape Town launch of the humanitarian agency’s book launch. Imtiaz Sooliman and the Gift of the Givers: A Mercy to All is written by[…]
Newly appointed police major-general of Mitchell’s Pain, Gregory Goss says while circumstances look bleak, police are making inroads into crime in the area, but not at the required rate. He was addressing community members and crime fighters at the Lentegeur Civic Centre, at a crime strategy meeting called by the[…]
Amidst a storm of controversy surrounding the suspension of Etv boss, Marcel Golding, one political analyst has expressed concern over the surfacing of allegations pertaining to political interference, in the station’s news coverage. It comes two days after Golding resigned from the post, after an unsuccessful bid to stop disciplinary[…]
In a bit to help ease the emotional trauma on Gaza’s youth, the Al-Quds Foundation has announced the launch of a new project entitled the Balls for Gaza programme. The project will seek to provide much needed trauma counseling to the children of Palestine, using the medium of sport and[…]
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