300 displaced by Dakota fire
A fire that broke out in the early hours of Tuesday morning, around 3am, ravaged 200 informal homes, leaving 300 homeless. The eThekwini Municipality’s Fire and Emergency Services, and Disaster…
Action Group plans shutdown protest in Kimberley on Monday
The Kimberley Action Group has announced plans of a shutdown in protest action on the 14th July 2025. Kagiso Makodi, of the Group and its Allied Stakeholders, said in a…
Lesotho’s growth outlook expected to dip in the FY2025/26
Lesotho’s growth outlook has dipped from 2.6 percent in the last financial year (FY24/25), to a GDP of about 1.4 percent in the current FY25/26. This emerged from the most…
Africa’s R528 billion water investment gap
Pemmy Majodina, Minister of Water and Sanitation, used last week’s 43rd Southern African Development Community metting (SADC), held in Harare, to profile the upcoming AU-AIP Africa Water Investment Summit. The…
Spill from sewer pipe in popular beach in Gqeberha
A 600 mmm diameter sewer pipe in popular South End beach, failed over the weekend, spewing into Kings Beach, in Humewood, part of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro. The Metro…
Unit 4 Medupi returns to the grid
Unit 4 of the Medupi Power Station (Lephalale) was returned to the system, on Sunday evening, around at 20:29. Eskom said this secures another 800 Megawatts (MW) to the national…
Syria battles multiple fires for the fourth day
The militant group “Saraya Ansar al-Sunna” has claimed responsibility for ongoing multiple fires in Syria. The Forest fires, started in the Latakia mountains, northwest of the country, on Thursday. Raed…
Mop up underway in the Western Cape, following weekend floods
Mop-up operations and humanitarian aid, continue in parts of areas affected by floods this weekend. Anton Bredell, Minister of the Western Cape Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, said…
Rand water cautions vandalizers
Rand Water has urged communities not to temper with highly pressurised pipelines, as these may kill vandalizers. Technicians discovered two pipe bursts on the C11 pipeline between Zwartkopjes Farm and…
Marshalltown plunged in darkness, due to cable theft
Parts of the inner City Precinct, in Johannesburg were plunged into darkness by cable theft. City Power said on Saturday, about 260 meters of cables were stolen, that are significant…