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A severe storm caused extensive damage across the Eastern Cape's Amathole district and Buffalo City Metro. Powerful winds, heavy rainfall, and hail destroyed homes, damaged public buildings, and caused widespread power outages. No fatalities have been reported, but dozens of families have been...

The Border Management Authority is intensifying security operations at key Free State border posts during the festive season. Commissioner Michael Masiapato is overseeing the enhanced measures at crossings like Ficksburg and Maseru Bridge. The initiative aims to manage increased holiday traffic...

Senior government officials recently visited the Baken Park Catalytic Housing Project in Bethlehem. The development, with a budget exceeding R370 million, aims to construct over twelve hundred mixed-income homes. Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane, Free State Premier MaQueen...

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party acknowledges that its internal leadership changes are a consequence of its rushed formation ahead of the 2024 elections. Spokesperson Sihle Ngubane framed these shifts as a normal organizational process for a new political entity. The party, founded by former President...

Eskom recorded a substantial profit for the last financial year, a significant reversal from prior heavy losses. The state utility announced a R16 billion net profit, a major improvement over the previous year's R55 billion deficit. This marks its first annual profit in eight years. A primary...

The national Human Settlements Department will hand over new homes in Bethlehem's Bakenpark Extensions 6 and 7. Minister Thembi Simelane, Free State Premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae, and MEC Saki Mokoena will officiate the event. The project provides fully subsidized Breaking New Ground houses to...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has called for the United Nations to intervene in the escalating crisis between the United States and Venezuela. Speaking from Mexico City, she criticized the UN's current absence and offered her country as a neutral site for diplomatic talks. This appeal...

Police arrested four people in Diepkloof, Soweto, for allegedly running a truck hijacking operation. A coordinated team from Johannesburg Metro Police and Gauteng units, along with private security firms Randtrack and Tracker, recovered a stolen truck and its cargo of alcohol. One suspect...

A major new LPG terminal is planned for Durban harbor. Transnet National Ports Authority signed a twenty-five-year deal with a partnership of WASAA Gases and the Central Energy Fund to build the R1.4 billion facility. The project, backed by the Development Bank of Southern Africa, aims to add...

President Cyril Ramaphosa is chairing a virtual SADC summit focusing on Madagascar. Leaders from the sixteen member states will review a fact-finding report concerning political stability on the island nation. The meeting underscores regional efforts to address governance and electoral...

Cynthia Dumakude, a 44-year-old marketing manager from South Africa's Wild Coast Sun, won the Ms Transcontinental 2026 title in the United States. Hailing from a small town and raising a child as a single mother, she represented the African continent in the international pageant. Her victory is...

The Madlanga Commission has handed its interim report to President Cyril Ramaphosa. This judicial inquiry, chaired by retired Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, is investigating corruption and political interference within South Africa's criminal justice system. It has heard testimony from thirty-seven...

Johannesburg's water supply got messed up after recent maintenance by Rand Water. City Manager Floyd Brink stated the work at the Zuikerbosch plant impacted systems more than anticipated, draining key reservoirs. Over a hundred suburbs, including Soweto and Randburg, experienced low pressure or...

Marius van der Merwe was laid to rest in Brakpan. The funeral for the 41-year-old whistleblower, known as Witness D at the Madlanga Commission, drew a crowd of mourners. Van der Merwe was assassinated outside his Brenthurst home in early December, shot multiple times in front of his wife and...

Two suspected robbers got wiped out by police in Kempton Park. The shootout went down during a botched attempt to hit a courier vehicle east of Johannesburg. A third suspect got wounded and is currently under guard in a hospital. No cops or bystanders were hurt. Authorities, working with...

Zero-G dropped a new Kontakt instrument called Fathom, made by producer Si Begg. This thing is all about dark, messed-up sounds for scoring dystopian scenes. It packs over 270 samples into a slick interface where you can mess with three layers at once, blending them or splitting them across your...

Essa Wally just scored a major industry award. The head of Gambia's clearing and customs agents association, also running Inter-Estate Agents, got the Most Outstanding Personality Award from the All Walks of Life group. Wally, a two-time ACCFA president and the first Gambian to lead the ECOWAS...

Bigwigs and tech heads met up in Banjul to figure out the Sahel's food situation. The meeting was for a program called P2-P2RS, which tries to fix hunger and malnutrition in nine countries. Key groups like the African Development Bank and CILSS sent people, along with reps from those nations...

A political group is doing a free vision care event this weekend. The UNITE Movement for Change, or UMC, will offer eye exams and glasses to 350 people in two towns, Jarra Soma and Farafenni. Qualified staff will perform the check-ups on Saturday and Sunday, with prescription glasses given out...

A farmers' federation is putting serious money into a new cold storage project. The North Bank Regional Marketing Federation, known as SOLICITA, contributed one million dalasis for the facility's construction in Ndungu Kebbeh. The group's president, Fatoumata Jagne, credited a separate...