Eskom relieved to burn only R17bn to keep lights on in 2025
Eskom has breathed a sigh of relief after spending only R17-billion in the 2025 financial year to keep South Africa’s lights burning. For a utility that had incinerated... Read more.
South Africa has enough food to feed everyone, but millions still go hungry – NGO
With World Food Day gone and forgotten, one South African organisation has vowed to keep working to ensure citizens help one another fight hunger. Food-rescue non-profit... Read more.
Teen ‘friend’ in dock for stabbing Mbombela girl to death
Two teenage boys have made a brief appearance at the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga following their swift arrest after the gruesome killing of 19-year-old... Read more.
Ipid investigates Mpumalanga cops accused of killing unarmed man
An investigation has been opened by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) into the fatal shooting of Mxolisi Welcome Mphila, a 28-year-old public... Read more.
Deputy minister warns global leaders against trapping poor nations in climate debt
South Africa has called on wealthy nations to stop loading developing countries with loans disguised as climate aid, warning that the next phase of global climate... Read more.
Mpumalanga spends R313k on mobile class and more than half that to scrap it
The Mpumalanga Department of Education is facing severe criticism over a financial equation that reveals the staggering cost for temporary structures, spending R313... Read more.
Court date set as DD Mabuza family ignores advice on bitter dispute
The stage has been set for a dramatic legal showdown next year between the late former deputy president David “DD” Mabuza’s two widows, Emunah Silinda and... Read more.
Mpumalanga leads the pack in international tourist inflows
Tourism figures for September reveal significant shifts in how international visitors are entering South Africa, with Mpumalanga head and shoulders above other provinces... Read more.
Axed Mbombela CFO Ntombifuthi Sibanyoni’s fight to get her job back prolonged
A qualified financial accounting professional, Ntombifuthi Sibanyoni, has found her career in jeopardy – all thanks to two of Mpumalanga’s most influential politicians,... Read more.
Magashule declines Phadi’s 2029 presidential nomination
Former ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has turned down an invitation to contest South Africa’s 2029 presidential elections under a new movement pioneered by... Read more.
