President Cyril Ramaphosa’s inaugural presidential imbizo at the weekend was characterised by pleas and promises. Community members from surrounding areas in the Ngaka Modiri Molema district in Mahikeng gathered in a marquee at the Mmabatho stadium, hoping to get a glimpse of SA’s first citizen. More importantly, they desperately wanted[…]
South Africans have reacted with frustration to the return of load-shedding on Monday afternoon, with many taking to social media to vent. Eskom initially announced that the lights would go off at 9pm, but 20 minutes later moved the starting time forward by four hours. Spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha said the[…]
Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula, is assessing work on the upgrade of Metrorail Southern Line infrastructure which was vandalised when the service was stopped because of the pandemic. This comes after the Western Cape was granted a certificate to run the new Electric Motor Unit (EMU). The EMU relies less[…]
A senior Hamas delegation on Friday met with Hezbollah’s official in charge of Palestinian relations, Hassan Hoballah, and his assistant Atallah Hammoud in Beirut. In a statement, Hamas said that the delegation included Hamas’s Head of Arab and Islamic Relations Khalil Al-Hayya, Hamas’s representative in Lebanon Ahmed Abdel Hadi, member of the[…]
Libya’s renegade General Khalifa Haftar has welcomed the east-based parliament’s decision to appoint Fathi Bashaga as the new prime minister. The Tobruk- based House of Representatives in eastern Libya said its decision yesterday followed the failure of Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, the incumbent prime minister, to hold elections in December, something that was agreed[…]
The Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Bassam Mawlawi, has instructed the security services to prevent the holding of two activities organised by a Bahraini opposition group and investigate the organisers. In a statement, Mawlawi said he has instructed the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces and the General[…]
The ties between Turkey and China seem to be on the up and up, if the warm exchanges between their top diplomats are any indication. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been engaging in a friendly dialogue with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, encouraging China to invest in Turkey. Turkey’s economy[…]
JUST IN: Eskom has announced that Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented from 11:00 this morning until 05:00 on Monday. According to the power utility, this bout of loadshedding is necessary due to a shortage of generation capacity following breakdowns of two more generating units during the night. Photo: Sourced/Pixabay
The country’s first digital Census is due to begin this week and will conclude at the end of February. The nationwide population count will be conducted through telephone, digital computer-assisted counting and physical door-to-door visits. Stats SA has appealed to all communities to register before the end of January for the online count[…]
Six inmates escaped after an armed gang ambushed the police truck they were travelling in en route to court, Gauteng police said on Friday. Police spokesperson Brig Brenda Muridili said the truck was ambushed by three armed suspects driving a silver Audi on the corner of Barry Marais and Rondebult[…]
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