Comrades Marathon cancelled‚ but virtual run to go ahead
The 2021 edition of the Comrades Marathon scheduled for June 13 has been cancelled‚ organisers announced on Wednesday.
Continue reading →Regional racing action returns to Aldo Scribante
The event saw a return to action for deprived motorsport lovers as the season got under way at Aldo Scribante Raceway with drivers in each class doing battle over three races for the day’s overall honours.
Continue reading →Sickly R1.8m fraud accused granted bail
The early onset of motor neuron disease, failing kidneys and his age were some of the factors taken into consideration by a Port Elizabeth magistrate who granted alleged fraudster Stephanus Janse van Rensburg R5,000 bail.
Continue reading →Woman’s battered body found on Brighton beach
The naked body of an unidentified woman was found at Brighton beach on Wednesday morning by private security officials doing patrols along the coastline.
Continue reading →WATCH | ‘We will not waste the money’: Mkhize updates SA on ‘ineffective’ AstraZeneca vaccine
Health minister Zweli Mkhize hosted a public briefing on Wednesday morning to address the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine’s lack of effectiveness against the 501Y.V2 Covid-19 variant.
Continue reading →Brace yourself for stage 3 load-shedding
Stage 3 rolling blackouts will be implemented from 1pm, Eskom warned in an alert on Wednesday.
Continue reading →Only a donkey cart can transport coffin to grave
Roads in an Eastern Cape village are so bad that a funeral parlour has to hire a donkey cart to transport a coffin to the graveyard.
Continue reading →Zondo ‘troubled’ by Eskom board that mistakenly approved R1.6bn for Gupta company
State capture inquiry chair Raymond Zondo said it was “troubling” that a whole board of 12 members was so incompetent that it would allow such a costly lapse in oversight.
Continue reading →Eskom keen to get rid of cash-burning flats
The Wilge Residential Development Project near Kusile power station in Mpumalanga should be Eskom’s showcase of dynamism and appreciation of its employees.
Continue reading →Atul Gupta met Thabo Mbeki in India in 2003, Zondo commission hears
Long-time Eskom employee and former Eskom board member Pat Naidoo says a South African delegation on a state visit in India met with Atul Gupta in 2003.
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