Last year, I went to Pretoria to meet the energy minister Gwede Mantashe. It has become a tradition for Mantashe to invite me to his office, even though I have been begging for one-on-one interviews. On that day, the minister,…
With the retro-styled Tank 300 coming to South Africa later this year, the high-end Haval division of Great Wall Motors (GWM) is preparing to unveil another SUV as evidenced by new spy images spotted in China. What is that? Spotted…
It is hard to believe that it has been a year since the death of South African rapper, singer, songwriter and producer Riky Rick, born Rikhado Makhado, on February 23, 2022. Soon after the news of his suicide spread across…
Emfuleni Local Municipality in the south of Johannesburg continues to be in the news for all the wrong reasons. These are concerns about poor service delivery conditions that remain unresolved. Some of the service delivery issues that have been raised…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has delivered his Budget 2023 speech, with a key focus on taxation, Eskom and infrastructure. This is another balancing act for Godongwana when it comes to the exact details of Eskom’s debt relief as well as…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his second national budget in a diverse global economic climate. The International Monetary Fund projects global economic growth to drop from 3.4% in 2022 to 2.9% in 2023. While global inflation is anticipated to decrease…
The African National Congress (ANC) has lashed out at former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter after he accused the party of enabling corruption at the beleaguered electricity utility. Eskom announced De Ruyter’s early departure “with immediate effect” on Wednesday evening…
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has called for former Eskom group chief executive (GCE) André de Ruyter to be summoned to appear before Parliament. This follows De Ruyter’s explosive interview with eNCA this week in which he alleged that the…
The mystery surrounding the disappearance of AKA’s tombstone has finally been revealed, setting all rumors alight. Fans are still baffled when they visit the rapper’s grave only to find his headstone missing, despite being seen a few days earlier at…
Psychologists have warned that the downsizing is having a profound effect on South Africans, causing anxiety and depression for many and possibly being fatal. South Africa has been dealing with relentless and deliberate power cuts at an unprecedented rate affecting…