The ailing utility says that for the next four days, stage 4 load shedding will continue to be implemented until 8PM in evening, thereafter it’s stage 6 until 5AM in morning.

The purpose of the meeting was to gain an understanding from different community organisations on what to do to bring about political change in South Africa.

DA leader John Steenhuisen conducted an aerial inspection in Durban, as Transnet continues to struggle with the backlog of arriving ships and containers at the port.

On Sunday, Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa was at pains to stress that the power utility had not implemented stage 8 load shedding and that the power cuts had only reached stage 6.

The Nedbank group hired Quinn from rival bank Absa as the lender's next CEO, replacing Mike Brown.

The Israeli government and the Palestinian militant group have agreed to a hostage release deal that will involve a four-day pause in fighting.

The department is warning that common bacteria that cause infections like tuberculosis, pneumonia and sexually transmitted diseases have become increasingly difficult to treat due to the development of resistance against antibiotics.

Thembikosi Lorch was convicted of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm after he attacked his former girlfriend, Fundiswa Mathithibala, in 2020.

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has found herself in hot water over her remarks that the scheme by 28 banks to devalue the rand was part of the private sector’s ongoing efforts to destabilise the government.

Pretoria is hosting a virtual meeting of BRICS nations that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa aimed at drawing up a common response to the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Thembinkosi Lorch appeared in the Randburg Magistrates Court on Tuesday, where he was granted a three-year direct imprisonment order, which was suspended for five years with conditions.

Speaking during a media briefing on Monday, the IEC's chief electoral officer, Sy Mamambolo, said that sporadic community protests affected the opening and operations of several registration centres around the country, including Gauteng, Limpopo, the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape.

The IEC said that though the registration drive over the weekend yielded promising results, especially among young women, more needed to be done to encourage young men and first-time voters to take part in the electoral process.

The IEC on Monday released the numbers of its first voter registration weekend ahead of the 2024 general elections.

Citizens across the country came out in their numbers to register and update their information ahead of next year's general elections.

The federation's director of public policy Benji Shulman said the government needs to be clear where it stands regarding the ICC.

This comes after the Competition Commission and British multi-national bank Standard Chartered reached an agreement after eight years of litigation.

The orginisation, as well as the South African Zionist Federation, met with the African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday to raise the concerns of the Jewish community living in South Africa.