Siya Kolisi The Springboks’ 28 year old skipper Siya Kolisi will earn his 50th Test cap in Saturday's Rugby World Cup final against England in Yokohama. He made his debut in 2013 against Scotland in Nelspruit. He was given the full-time Bok captaincy in 2018 when Rassie Erasmus replaced Allister Coetzee as national coach. A serious knee injury threatened his [...]
South Gauteng High Court 33 year old Bongani Lucky Masuku was handed down 20 life sentences, and 758 years behind bars at the Gauteng High Court on Tuesday. He committed 126 crimes he committed between 2010 and 2018. He was reportedly part of a syndicate that targeted homes in Soshanguve, Tshwane, Winterveld, Itsoseng [...]
Botswana Flag The Botswana Independent Electoral Commission said it expected the more than 2,000 voting stations in that country to open at 6:30 am on Wednesday. The country will see 1.2 million citizens cast their votes for the national Parliament and local government councils. The IEC said it expected all results to be [...]
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says Eskom is closer to receiving a R59 billion bailout in terms of the Special Appropriation Bill, which was passed by the National Assembly on Tuesday. The bill must also be approved by the National Council of Provinces before President Cyril Ramaphosa can sign it into law. [...]
Scotland is questioning whether the sport’s controlling body’s misconduct charge is appropriate, following their comments about a deadly typhoon. World Rugby has taken Scotland to a disputes panel over what it called disappointing remarks before their final pool match against Japan. The game was threatened with cancellation because of Typhoon Hagibis. Scottish Rugby chief Mark [...]
Over the past financial year the Special Investigating Unit has recovered 137-million-Rands through its investigations and prevented losses to the State of 53-point-four-million-Rands. The unit briefed Parliament’s public account committee today on its investigations in several municipalities. Head of the SIU Andy Mothibi says in the Eastern Cape’s Alfred Nzo district municipality, they looked into [...]
Picture taken from News24: (Phill Magakoe, Gallo Images, file) Convicted rapist Nicholas Ninow says he was 13 when he started using drugs and that he has been on anti-depression medication for most of his life. He testified in mitigation of sentence in the Pretoria High Court today. Ninow was found guilty of raping a [...]
The Automobile Association says fuel prices are showing a mixed picture for next month, with some predicted to climb as others will fall. The AA was commenting on unaudited mid-month fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund. Spokesperson Layton Beard says at first glance, the oil price seems to be finding its way [...]
South Africa is facing another major tax shortfall. Momentum Investments expects that the Revenue Services will collect around fifty billion Rands less tax than projected in last year’s budget. The financial services provider says Sars is facing shortfalls in personal income tax, corporate income tax and VAT. Fin24 reports that Finance Minister Toto Mboweni is [...]
Eskom announced that stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented from nine o’clock this morning till eleven o’clock tonight. This is due to a shortage of capacity.
