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Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan, has confirmed Phakamani Hadebe's permanent appointment as Eskom CEO. Minister Gordhan was briefing the media on changes at the boards of state-owned enterprises in Cape Town. Gordhan said Hadebe's experience at National Treasury made him a favourable candidate

Judge Bert Bam has sentenced the biological mother and stepfather of Poppie van der Merwe to life in prison at the Pretoria High Court. Louisa Koekemoer, Poppie's biological mother, and Kobus Koekemoer, her stepfather, were found guilty of murdering Poppie and abusing a 5-year-old boy back in October 2016. The pair have also been sentenced to 10 years on top of the life sentence for abusing the 5-...

Four taxi owners have been killed following a shooting in the Brakpan CBD East of Johannesburg this morning. They were allegedly shot by the occupants of a private security vehicle. Police say the taxi owners had just finished meeting in Tsakane and were on their way to a taxi association office when they were attacked. Police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo gave us the latest information on t...

North West Premier, Supra Mahumapelo, says he has decided to take early retirement amid allegations of widespread corruption in the province. Mahumapelo made the announcement at the ANC's headquarters, Luthuli House, in Johannesburg earlier today. The North West was rocked by violent protests recently with a faction of the ANC and community members calling for his resignation. Mahumapelo has outli...

Social media is in a frenzy in attempting to assist rescue and help save two lives. This follows the kidnapping of a heavily pregnant woman last week in Voslorus in the East Rand. Police have confirmed that 24-year old Mbali Jiyane was reported missing by her family last week Friday. Her capturers have since sent the family a picture which has been widely shared on social media where she is in tea...

Health Workers in the north-west of the DRC are being vaccinated today, following an Ebola outbreak which has claimed 25 lives so far. Ebola causes internal bleeding and is spread quickly through bodily fluids and initially presents itself as flu. More than 11 000 people died from the disease between 2014 and 2016 in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia before it was contained. The BBC's Rebecca Kesby...

Parliament has described the incident that occurred during a Supersport television broadcast which involved former Springbok winger, Ashwin Willemse and rugby panelists Naas Botha and Nick Mallet as unfortunate and has called for a speedy resolution. Willemse walked off a live broadcast after expressing disdain for what he descibed as being "patronised by two individuals who played in an apartheid...

Judge Seraj Desai of the Cape High Court, is still delivering judgment in the case of triple murder accused Henri Van Breda. Earlier the judge said it is highly unlikely that an intruder would have been able to enter the De Zalze Estate just outside Stellebosch, where Van Breda's family was hacked to death in January 2015. Only the accused and his sister Marli, survived the attack but she could no...

The ANC says it has decided not to amend or change section 25 of the Constitution. The party says it will instead use it in its current form to test the argument that it allows expropriation without compensation. ANC NEC member Ronald Lamola was addressing the media following the party's Land Summit over the weekend.

The son of South Africa's number Andile Ramaphosa will be marrying soon. A delegation is expected to descend on Ghana this afternoon for wedding negotiations with the family of Bridget Rwakairu who is former Ugandan prime minister and presidential candidate Amama Mbabazi's niece.

The Minister of State Security Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba says her department is working on giving more support to the Inspector-General and to do away with any grey areas that make it difficult for him to do his job. She was speaking during a media briefing in Cape Town today following her budget vote. The department has been dogged by many scandals which included a court battle between the Inspector-Ge...

The ANC's Free State elective conference, which is due to start this weekend, remains under threat as a faction of the party seeks to take legal action over credentials of delegates. Provincial Task Team coordinator, William Bulwane has vowed that the conference will go ahead despite attempts by a disgruntled faction to stop it from happening. The faction contesting the legitimacy of the conferenc...

Higher Education Minister, Naledi Pandor and her deputy, Buti Manamela, have embarked on a career advice and guidance campaign at the train and bus terminus in Cape Town ahead of the department's budget vote in Parliament. They're also distributing education material on how to access the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. Pandor has also encouraged students to apply on time for placings at ter...

Judge Dayalin Chetty has dismissed the leave to appeal the conviction of Christopher Panayiotou, and his co-accused, Sinethemba Nenembe, and Zolani Sibeko at the Port Elizabeth High Court. Panayiotou was found guilty of the murder of his wife Jayed Panayiotou who was killed in April 2015, and sentenced to life imprisonment with co accused Sinethemba Nenembe. Zolani Sibeko got a 15 years jail term...

Growing disputes among traders at the Fragrance Street Market in Durban have spilled over into court matters where some traders are claiming their right to trade is being violated by other traders. Dozens of traders gathered outside the Chatsworth Magistrate Court, south of Durban in support of traders who alleged that they are being harassed and intimidated. Protestors carried placards that read...

Some residents of the North West province, led by the ANC, have embarked on what they call a peace march in Mmabatho aimed at creating reconciliation and the renewal of the province. The march comes after the community in the province embarked on a violent protest last month demanding Premier Supra Mahumapelo to step down from his position because of the alleged corruption surrounding him. Our rep...

Two cash-in-transit vehicles have been bombed during a heist on Atlas road in Boksburg‚ Ekurhuleni today. The scene was littered with debris and the cash vans torn apart by the force of the blasts. Bullet shells were also scattered across the road which has now been closed off by police. We spoke to Anti-Crime activist, Yusuf Abramjee.

Eskom board chairperson Jabulani Mabuza has once again reiterated that the risk of load shedding is not likely to occur this winter. He was briefing the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (scopa) in Parliament, on the debt burden created by defaulting municipalities

Many South Africa football fans believe Mamelodi Sundowns can beat Spanish giants, Barcelona. The two teams meet tomorrow (Wednesday) evening at the FNB Stadium, as part of the Nelson Mandela Centenary Celebrations. Themba Shiba reports

Port Elizabeth police are investigating a case of attempted murder after shots were fired at the whistleblower in the case against controversial Nigerian Pastor, Timothy Omotoso. The incident happened outside her house at KwaZakhele. Olwethu Matsipane reports.

EFF leader Julius Malema has slammed African governments which were part of the ceremony for the inauguration of the US embassy in Jerusalem. The ceremony, which was endorsed by more than two-dozen African countries including Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Angola, and Zambia, marked the official recognition of Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel. The move has been met with fierce criticis...

The Inter-Ministerial task team appointed to probe governance issues in the North West will soon release its report on their preliminary findings. The team, led by Minister in the presidency Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has tabled its report before Cabinet. The team was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa following violent protests in the province over calls for Supra Mahumapelo to be removed as pre...

The situation at Tshepong Hospital in the North West province is becoming dire as the strike by NEHAWU members intensifies. The hospital, which is biggest in the province, is now only attending to patients requiring urgent medical help. The strikers have been intimidating doctors and other staff members and they even hauled some of them from operating theatres last week. The strike has been going...

The Minister for the Department of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe, has emphasized once again the importance of adhering to strict health and safety standards at mines. He was speaking during the memorial service of the seven miners who died last week during a seismic event at Sibanye Still-Water Mine in Driefontein, west of Johannesburg.. In a statement released following these deaths, the depar...

Former Western Cape Police Commissioner Arno Lamoer will serve an effective six-year jail term on corruption charges. This after the High Court in Cape Town sentenced him to eight years in prison, two of which were suspended for five years. The three co accused tow truck company owner Salim Dawjee, and police officers Darius van der Ross and Colin Governder will also serve jail terms.