Domestic

Concerted efforts by the South African Police Services' Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI) and Eskom have led to the arrest of a former contractor employee at the embattled power utility’s Matla Power Station in Mpumalanga on Friday. The arrest is in connection with alleged prior transgressions committed while the suspect was employed by Eskom in the capacity of Senior Buyer at Arnot Power Station, also situated in the province, in 2014.

The National Prosecuting Authority has welcomed the five life sentences imposed on taxi hitman, Mjabuliseni Luthuli in the Pretoria High Court.

The South African National Defence Force says it is busy verifying media reports that one of its members was involved in a shootout with police this week.

The majority of communities and various sectors of society including SANTACO, the National Taxi Association, the Road Freight Association and organized structures within communities, have rejected the EFF's call for a national shutdown on the 20th of March.

Asisa released its long-term insurance statistics, showing that one million more recurring premium policies lapsed during the course of 2022, compared with 2021. In total, 8.4 million policies lapsed, which occurs when a policyholder stops paying premiums for a risk policy with no fund value.

DA federal leader, John Steenhuisen, will face a double challenge for the leadership of the opposition party at its elective Federal Congress which starts on 1 April.

Three people have been arrested for allegedly defrauding the SA Revenue Service out of more than R13.9 million.

The water situation in KwaNojoli, formerly Somerset East, took a turn for the worst on Tuesday morning. Shocked residents described the liquid that came out of the taps, especially in the morning, as a brownish murky goo.

The Automobile Association of South Africa said unaudited mid-month fuel price data from the Central Energy Fund is pointing to possible increases of around 25 cents a litre to the prices of petrol in April.