CAPE TOWN, December 13 – Eskom said on Thursday it had signed a loan agreement with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) for R1.5 billion to extend its transmission grid along the west coast. It is the first tranche of a R6.5 billion loan facility agreed last year. The money will be used to pay […]
JOHANNESBURG, December 13 – The African National Congress (ANC) on Thursday said it was encouraged by the outcomes of the municipal by-elections that were held across the country. The by-elections, which took place on Wednesday, saw the party retain a ward in Tshwane with 63.88 percent of the vote. In KwaZulu-Natal, the ANC retained the ward in […]
CAPE TOWN, December 13 – The defence lawyer for one of the men accused of murdering top advocate Pete Mihalik has requested access to video footage that captured the shooter and getaway car. But, state advocate Helene Booysen told the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Thursday that she had provided Vuyile Maliti’s warning statement and […]
JOHANNESBURG, December 13 – A woman has been arrested for suspected child abduction in Johannesburg after she was found with a new-born inside a carrier packet, the Johannesburg Metro Police Department(JMPD) said on Thursday. The arrest took place at the corner of Simmonds and Lilian Ngoye streets. JMPD spokesperson Wayne Minnaar said the woman was […]
JOHANNESBURG, December 13 – Children are being kidnapped for ransom in northern Ekurhuleni, Gauteng community safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi Malobane said on Wednesday. ”I am deeply saddened about the recent incidents of kidnapping and extortion involving young children. These incidents happened within a space of three days and the modus operandi for demanding ransom seems […]
JOHANNESBURG, December 13 – The fate of more than 400 women said to be missing in Gauteng by the province’s member of the executive council for community safety Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane, remains unclear. In July, Nkosi-Malobane said 597 women had been reported missing in 2017, with only 151 subsequently found. She said police were investigating what […]
PRETORIA, December 13 – The North Gauteng High Court has ordered the State Attorney to take all necessary steps, including the institution of civil proceedings to recover the money spent on paying for former president Jacob Zuma’s legal fees. “The State attorney is directed within three months of the date of this order, to file […]
JOHANNESBURG, December 13 – The Durban Regional Court sentenced 31-year-old Mawethu Maquthu to 15 years imprisonment for murder, five years on two counts of attempted murder at the notorious Glebelands Hostel, in Umlazi, Durban. Police said Maquthu was in addition slapped with a five-year-sentence for the illegal possession of ammunition, a similar sentence for the possession of […]
CAPE TOWN, December 13 – Eskom said on Thursday the probability of load-shedding would be low until January 13 as demands drops while businesses close for the festive season. “The probability of loadshedding remains low from today until Sunday 13 January 2019. This is as a result of the expected decrease in demand as businesses […]
PORT ELIZABETH, December 13 – The death toll in Eastern Cape this initiation season has risen to 15 following the death of a teenage boy at Matatiele in the Alfred Nzo district. Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department spokesman Mamkeli Ngam said the 17-year-old initiate who was at an illegal school died on […]