A profound public health and service delivery crisis has gripped the township of Seshego, prompting Polokwane Municipality Executive Mayor John Mpe to schedule an emergency oversight visit to the troubled Zone 4 water plant today. This urgent intervention follows weeks of escalating complaints from residents about foul-smelling, discolored tap water, which local clinics now directly…
Rand Water has commenced the third and final phase of its planned maintenance programme, bringing a 54-hour water shutdown to several parts of Johannesburg. The interruption, which began this week, is expected to affect areas including Roodepoort, Fleurhof, Doornkop, Meadowlands and Braamfischerville. Johannesburg Water has cautioned residents that while the shutdown is scheduled to last…
In a scene of extraordinary political and legal theater, former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stood before a packed Manhattan federal courtroom on Monday, transforming his arraignment into a defiant political platform. The deposed leader, facing a sweeping indictment for narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, and weapons offenses, entered a resounding plea of not guilty while rejecting the…
The courtroom in the Limpopo Division of the High Court is braced for a moment of tense reckoning today as it prepares to deliver its sentence in the fraud case against Livhuwani Madadzhe, the comedian and social media influencer better known to his hundreds of thousands of followers as “SABC Livhu.” The judgment marks the culmination…
In a dazzling and thunderous display of post-pandemic optimism and competitive prestige, Japanese sushi magnate Kiyoshi Kimura, famously known as the “Tuna King,” secured a historic victory at Tokyo’s Toyosu market on Monday, paying a staggering 450 million yen ($3.2 million) for a single giant bluefin tuna. The purchase at the annual New Year’s auction…
A New Year’s Day gathering meant to mark hope and renewal instead descended into a scene of profound tragedy, leaving a family shattered and a community in disbelief after a 60-year-old father allegedly stabbed and killed his 43-year-old son following a heated argument. What began as a family celebration in the early hours of January…
A sombre cloud has settled over Limpopo following a devastating single-vehicle crash that ripped through a minibus taxi on one of South Africa’s busiest highways, claiming one life and injuring fourteen others. The incident has cast a pall over the post-festive season return, raising urgent questions about road safety during peak travel periods. The tragedy…
A community is cloaked in grief and a nation is confronted, once again, with a devastating failure of its most basic promises. A six-year-old girl, whose name is being withheld to protect the family’s privacy, died a horrific death on Friday, 2 January 2026, after falling into a dilapidated pit toilet in the yard of…
Against a backdrop of both internal turbulence and profound national expectation, the African National Congress’s (ANC) highest decision-making body, the National Executive Committee (NEC), will convene in the Platinum City on Monday, January 5, 2026. This special gathering, held on the eve of the party’s 114th anniversary celebrations, is more than a routine pre-event meeting;…
The world is holding its breath as the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) prepares to convene on Monday, January 5, 2026, for an emergency session that will cast a stark light on a new and volatile chapter in international relations. At the center of the debate: the controversial and unilateral military intervention by the United…
