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The NPA is hyped to restart the Nulane fraud case after the Supreme Court of Appeal flipped a lower court decision that let eight defendants walk. Judge Nompumelelo Gusha had trashed the prosecution for weak evidence in the R24.9 million Gupta-connected scheme, but the SCA clapped back in June...

The National Treasury cut off equitable share payments to 15 broke municipalities in the North West for violating financial rules under Section 216 of the Constitution. The affected councils owe massive debts to water boards and pension funds, with one district alone sitting on R900 million in...

The Transport Department deployed over 800 national traffic cops for the holiday season to crack down on dangerous driving across South Africa. Deputy Minister Mkhuleko Hlengwa announced the massive operation at a safety event on the N3 highway, and teams have already set up more than 458...

Transnet National Ports Authority locked down a 25-year deal with WASAA CEF SOC Ltd to construct and operate a massive liquefied petroleum gas terminal at Durban's Island View Precinct. The R1.4 billion facility will handle 50,000 cubic meters of LPG storage and pump out 800 cubic meters per...

Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina called out board members at Amatola Water Board and Magalies Water Board for taking R3.7 million in unauthorized payments over three years. The Amatola crew grabbed R2.8 million while Magalies members pocketed around R960,000, and all of this went...

People living in Matzikama Municipality are dealing with nasty brown tap water that smells terrible, and residents stormed council chambers after getting fed up with officials saying the sketchy-looking liquid is totally safe to drink. Mayor Johan van der Hoven showed up but refused to commit to...

A temple construction project went sideways when a four-story addition collapsed at the New Ahobilam Temple of Protection in Redcliffe near Verulam, and rescue crews pulled four bodies from the wreckage after workers got buried under concrete slabs. The building gave out during a concrete pour...

South Africa's air traffic control outfit just told travelers their systems are locked in for the holiday crush after some gnarly delays earlier this year when outdated instrument flight procedures left planes sitting on tarmacs at spots like OR Tambo International. ATNS spokesperson Mphilo...

The Sharks grabbed a scrappy win against the Saracens at Kings Park Stadium in Durban under interim coach JP Pietersen, pulling off a 28-23 result despite rain turning the pitch into a slip-and-slide. Siya Kolisi punched in an early try before flyhalf George Whitehead nailed four conversions...

Laptop makers are getting absolutely wrecked by memory shortages, and some research firm says the industry might start pushing 8-gigabyte configurations as the new normal to keep supply chains from completely falling apart. Dell has apparently been tacking on hundreds of extra dollars for...

Google's Tensor G6 chip is apparently stealing some moves from MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 after getting completely dunked on in benchmark tests. The upcoming processor will ditch one efficiency core for an extra performance core while switching to brand-new ARM Cortex-X930 and Cortex-A730 designs...

ASUS quietly dropped another RTX 5060 Ti variant called the EVO edition that shaves off some bulk compared to the regular Dual model. The card switched from a 2.5-slot to a 2.1-slot design, making it about 12 millimeters thinner and 4 millimeters shorter in length. The power connector got moved...

AMD board partners just dropped their custom versions of the RDNA 4 professional cards with completely passive cooling setups, and the designs are pretty bare-bones across the board. PowerColor went with a plain black shroud on its Radeon AI PRO R9700S that does not even have branding, while...

Apple might switch up how it packages the chips inside next year's iPhone 18 lineup by moving from InFO to WMCM tech, and some Weibo leaker says this could actually help with heat management way more than people realize. The new packaging splits the CPU, GPU, and NPU into separate dies instead...

SK hynix basically told reporters the DRAM shortage situation is absolutely cooked right now, and the company is dumping billions into new production facilities to try keeping up with demand that keeps spiking harder than anyone predicted. The Korean chipmaker opened its M15X fab early after...

Samsung Foundry is apparently trying to lock down AMD as a customer for its 2nm chip production, and the two companies might finalize a deal around the start of next year after testing whether the process can actually hit the performance targets AMD needs. The Korean chipmaker has been losing...

Munhenzva bus accident on the Cape Town to Harare route. The Munhenzva bus went up in flames on Sunday, 14 December 2025.

Apple is about to get absolutely wrecked by DRAM price increases when its long-term supply agreements with Samsung and SK Hynix run out, and some leaker on X is telling people to buy their gadgets before manufacturers start charging wild premiums. The memory shortage has gotten bad enough that...

Tanzania and Russia just leveled up their relationship from cold war nostalgia vibes to actual business deals, with Russian Ambassador Andrey Avetisyan pointing out how the countries set up a whole Intergovernmental Commission back in 2022 that's been meeting regularly in Dar es Salaam and St...

The Hadzabe people around Lake Eyasi have this wild marriage tradition where dudes have to hunt specific animals before they can even think about proposing. A guy needs to take down two male baboons, one zebra, one eland, and bring back two containers of honey just to get his foot in the door...