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  • ‘Champions’ telenovela is not returning for second season
    by Mbalenhle Zuma on July 27, 2024 at 7:58 am

    Mzansi Magic has confirmed that its telenovela, Champions, will not be renewed after season one. Champions launched on Monday, February 5, and is currently on-air Mondays – Fridays at 7pm. The last episode will broadcast on January 31 2025, with production for the season having concluded last month.  The star-studded telenovela features seasoned actors such

  • SA firefighters to help fight wild Canadian fires
    by Sunday World on July 27, 2024 at 6:00 am

    The Working on Fire-Kishugu Joint Venture (WOF-Kishugu JV) is deploying a team of more than 200 firefighters and management to the Canadian province of Alberta to assist with fire fighting efforts. The Guardian reported on Wednesday that wildfires near the Canadian town of Jasper have forced more than 25,000 to flee one of the country’s

  • KZN social sector gets largest chunk of provincial budget
    by Sunday World on July 27, 2024 at 5:00 am

    The KwaZulu-Natal departments of education, health and social development have been allocated the lion’s share of the provincial budget for the 2024/2025 financial year. KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC, Francois Rodgers presented the provincial government budget for the 2024/2025 financial year. This was at the KZN Legislature in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday. He announced that the bulk of

  • Wool infrastructure Support for emerging Eastern Cape farmers
    by Sunday World on July 27, 2024 at 4:00 am

    The Eastern Cape Rural Development and Agrarian Reform Department (DRDAR) continues to provide wool improvement infrastructure, equipment and training to communal and emerging farmers in the villages. DRDAR MEC Nonceba Kontsiwe on Friday handed over a shearing shed and equipment. The event was held at Mgwalana Shearing Shed in Engcobo. The department said the supplying

  • Three Eskom contract staff out on bail for diesel theft
    by Sunday World on July 26, 2024 at 6:00 pm

    Three Eskom contractor employees have been released on bail after they were found in possession of stolen diesel at the power utility’s Kusile Power Station in Mpumalanga. The excavator operator and two mechanics were arrested on Tuesday for the theft of diesel to the value of R1,000. In a statement on Friday, Eskom said a

  • Illegal military base could be linked to high rape cases – Police
    by Boitumelo Kgobotlo on July 26, 2024 at 5:00 pm

    The illegal military training base discovered in the small farming town of White River in Mpumalanga is suspected to be behind the high rates of rape cases in surrounding areas. The training base was uncovered in a joint operation by the South African Police Service (SAPS), Home Affairs, and police intelligence on Friday. At least

  • ‘Black Motion split again, Morda and Smols hate each other’
    by Julia Madibogo on July 26, 2024 at 4:00 pm

    Afro-house group Black Motion’s power duo Morda and Smols have allegedly split once again and refuse to be in the same room together.   Morda and Smols, real names Bongani Mohosana and Roy Thabo Mabogwane, allegedly refuse to talk to each other. They decline bookings together, don’t take pictures together and can’t be in the

  • Mlindo the Vocalist warns fans on fake Facebook account
    by Mbalenhle Zuma on July 26, 2024 at 2:15 pm

    Musician Lindokuhle Mgedeza, professionally known as Mlindo the Vocalist, has become the latest celebrity to be targeted by scammers. There have been many reports about scammers who will try just about anything to separate people from their money. The most common trend these days is scammers posing as celebrities on social media. Impostor scammers pretend

  • SAHRC investigates Pretoria high school racism
    by Boitumelo Kgobotlo on July 26, 2024 at 1:43 pm

    The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has launched an investigation into alleged racism at Pretoria high school for girls. The commission received complaints about learners who created an exclusively whites only WhatsApp group. The group was allegedly used for racial attacks on black learners. After finding out about the secret racial group, black learners