Six warthogs seized during an operation on the N1
Six warthogs were seized while being transported from a zone considered to have African Swine Fever (ASF), on Tuesday. This was during an operation led by Ewan Botha, MEC of…
Does your area have no water? Here is a list of areas under maintenance
Nahoon (Eastern Cape) A shutdown is in effect at the Nahoon Dam Water Treatment Works (WTW), in East London. Work to replace clarifier disludge valves is expected to take about…
Closure of Carriageway between Mount Edgecombe and the Sibaya Interchange on Saturday evening
This carriageway between Mount Edgecombe and the Sibaya Interchange, will be fully closed from Saturday, at 10pm into Sunday, the 22 August 2026 to 02:00am. The South African National Roads…
Over 117,000 people without power in Hawaii, due to tropical storm Lala
One person died when tropical storm Lala landed in Hawaii, on Monday. A power outage affected 117,000 households, in Kula, Hāʻikū, Olinda and Piʻiholo, along with parts of West, Central…
An Electricity Imbizo gets underway in Alexandra on Tuesday
City Power’s Regional Electricity Imbizo, is expected to get underway, in Alexandra on Tuesday. The engagement will be led by Dada Morero, the Executive Mayor. City Power said the Imbizo…
An aftershock 5,9 quake struck Indonesia on Monday
Another earthquake struck Indonesia’s Flores Island on Monday. It had a magnitude of 5.9 (not 5.0). This was confirmed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences, who also believe the…
Conservationists are celebrating the birth of a Baby Beale’s Eyed Turtle
The Turtle Survival Alliance wrote this article. On August 1, at our Turtle Survival Center, this little Beale’s Eyed Turtle emerged from its shell. For a species facing an uncertain…
84 bodies recovered from Lake Kariba, after ferry Mbuya Nehanda capsized
About 84 bodies were recovered from Lake Kariba, after ferry Mbuya Nehanda capsized, last week (11 August 2026). There were 77 people rescued from the incident, from a suspected 160…
Residents of Buffalo City received building materials from the City
Residents from seven areas in the Buffalo City Municipality, received building materials, from the City, on Monday. This is after their homes were damaged, by several storms recently. Nobuntu Vellem,…
A wall of Samancor’s tailings dam broke on Thursday
The tailings dam wall at Samancor Chrome’s Dikwena operation, collapsed on Thursday afternoon. The dam is located at the mine’s facility near the town of Brits in the North West.…