Domestic

Girls from 19 schools nationwide will learn how to code courtesy of Vodacom.

The suspect, who lives on a plot outside Hartbeespoortdam, was approached by his 66-year-old tenant complaining that there was no electricity or water at his place.

A 30-year-old alleged drug mule from Namibia is expected to make her first appearance in the Kempton Park Magistrates Court on Wednesday after excreting 68 bullets of suspected cocaine.

The South African National Parks (SANParks) says a missing hiker, who was presumed to be lost on Table Mountain was found deceased on Sunday. SANParks Head of Communications JP Louw says the female hiker, from the United States, left her accommodation at noon.

A 30-year-old drug mule from Namibia is currently under police guard in hospital following her arrest at the OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) on Sunday. National police spokesperson Brigadier Antlenda Mathe says they were following up on intelligence from SAPS that a drug mule would land in Johannesburg on an early morning flight from Sau Paulo.

 Eskom said as things stand, there was still the possibility of no loadshedding through the coming summer months – until at least 31 March 2025. Eskom was on Saturday nearing the 200-day mark without needing to cut the power.

Students urged to make use of the opportunity to apply for NSFAS bursaries and loans. Cabinet made the appeal on Friday after the application process opened.

The implementation of the Two-Pot Retirement system exposed thousands of employers deducting contributions from employees but failing to transfer the money to the retirement funds, instead using it to subsidise cash flow.

Hundreds of prisoners at Kgosi Mampuru II C-Max and Ebongweni Super-Maximum Correctional Centre are held in isolation for 23 hours a day, the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) has found. These conditions amount to solitary confinement have serious effects on prisoners’ mental and physical health and violate national and international norms and prisoners’ constitutional rights, JICS says.