The South African Police Service (SAPS) Border Policing Team, through Operation Vala Umgodi, has arrested 23 foreigners for contravening the Immigration Act at Beitbridge at the weekend. According to Colonel Malesela Ledwaba, the police also seized a homemade wooden step ladder and five donkey carts on the western side of Beitbridge at Marooi area in Vhembe District. ALSO READ: Home Affairs official jailed for issuing birth certificates to foreigners for cash Illegal equipment believed to have been used for smuggling persons and counterfeit goods across the Limpopo River between Zimbabwe and S ..read more

As tributes continue to pour in for slain Pretoria DJ, MC and comedian Peter ‘Mashata’ Mabuse, the football community is also doing its bit to remember him. The popular entertainer who also worked as a stadium announcer at Mamelodi Sundowns home games was shot and killed last Saturday while traveling from a gig in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria on Sunday. Mabuse formed a strong bond with Sundowns players as a result of work at Loftus Versfeld. Club captain Themba Zwane and goalkeeper coach Kennedy Mweene also paid tribute to Mabuse. “I’d like to offer my condolences to his family. We ..read more

Mikel Arteta says Chelsea deserve to be higher in the Premier League table as he prepares his title-chasing Arsenal team for a testing London derby on Tuesday. ALSO READ: African players in Europe: Gueye, Foster end goal droughts The Gunners returned to the top of the league at the weekend, beating Wolves 2-0 to leapfrog defending champions Manchester City. They are level on 74 points with second-placed Liverpool but have a superior goal difference. City are one point behind with a game in hand. Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea were beaten by City in their FA Cup semi-final on Saturday but are u ..read more

Senegalese Idrissa Gueye and South African Lyle Foster ended Premier League goal droughts at the weekend while helping Everton and Burnley to victories. READ MORE: Bafana’s Foster nets as Burnley thrash Sheffield United Midfielder Gueye notched his first goal for Everton since 2017 as they defeated fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest 2-0 at Goodison Park. Forward Foster ended a nine-match drought with the third goal for lowly Burnley in a 4-1 victory over bottom club Sheffield United at Bramall Lane. Here, AFP Sport highlights African headline-makers in the major European leagues: ENGLAND LYL ..read more

Energy regulator Nersa will have to go back to court and ask for an extension of the 12 months it was given to develop a new methodology for municipal tariff increases to lawfully approve them in time for implementation on 1 July 2024. This is according to MC Botha, an attorney at MC Botha Incorporated with specialised knowledge of electricity regulation and tariffs. ALSO READ: Tshwane successfully appeals electricity reconnection order Nersa’s electricity sub-committee is expected to “consider different options” at a special meeting this week. If it decides to proceed with approving municipal ..read more

The Bulls and Stormers suffered disappointing defeats on home soil over the weekend that has firmly put their goals of finishing in the United Rugby Championship (URC) top four to secure a home playoff in jeopardy. A 14-man Bulls were beaten 27-22 by defending champs Munster at Loftus, while the Stormers were downed 27-21 by Ospreys in Cape Town. ALSO READ: Stormers promise to bounce back from ‘worst performance of season’ The Bulls will be bitterly disappointed with their loss, as they were favourites for the match due to their impressive home form this season. They had also chosen to leave m ..read more

Police have confiscated R15-million worth of cocaine at a port in KwaZulu-Natal. Several international and local authorities, including the Hawks, SA Revenue Service and the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) seized the drugs on Monday. The ship was travelling from Columbia to Richards Bay and was also carrying iron. Authorities confiscated the bricks of cocaine on Monday. Picture: Supplied/ SAPS “An enquiry was registered and a disruptive operation was planned. A search was conducted upon arrival of the vessel and during the search blocks of cocaine to the street value of R15 million were found ..read more

The City of Tshwane (CoT) has successfully appealed a high court judgment ordering it to, among other things, reconnect the electricity supply to the owner of six units in a sectional title scheme at the Zambezi Retail Park shopping centre in Pretoria. The appeal followed an interim order handed down in the High Court in Pretoria in June 2022 to an application brought by Vresthena (Pty) Ltd, owner of the six units. ALSO READ: WATCH: Tshwane residents who owe the city are ‘relatively well off’, says mayor (VIDEO) Vresthena brought the urgent application when the city in January 2022 implemented ..read more

Will the ANC lose KwaZulu-Natal to a new coalition of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), Democratic Alliance (DA) and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party or will it stay put in the seat of power in the fiercely contested province? While experts differ on whether MK will beat the ANC in KZN in next month’s general election, they agree that MK is a real threat to the ANC. ALSO READ: ‘They are throwing a last dice and hoping it will bring us down’ – ANC to appeal MK logo judgment Political analyst Prof Lesiba Teffo said the ANC would be ousted by a combined MK, IFP and DA after the election. He said a deal ..read more

For an event which had such a profound effect on the history of the African continent, the Carnation Revolution seems a soft way to describe what happened in Portugal 50 years ago. On 25 April, 1974, disgruntled soldiers drove into Lisbon to overthrow the 48-year dictatorship which had been led by Antonio Salazar and later Marcelo Caetano. It was an almost bloodless transfer of power. Red carnations were handed out to the soldiers, who placed them in the muzzles of their guns, ultimately giving the revolution its name. ALSO READ: Former Portugal PM Socrates appeals move to try him for corrupti ..read more