Domestic

Eskom said a fire at Unit 6 of the Kriel power station would not impact on the utility's current generation capacity, nor would it result in load shedding.

Police and members of the SANDF have strategically blocked communities in and around the shafts from delivering food parcels and water to force them to the surface.

Scores of people living outside the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town were evicted on Friday morning. The Cape High Court granted the order to the Public Works and Infrastructure Department in September.

They allegedly advertised seven 100g Perth gold bars on social media, each selling for R120 000. According to police, a male buyer purchased the bars for a total of R700 000 but later discovered they were counterfeit upon verifying it in Gauteng.

Current unaudited fuel data from the Central Energy Fund is pointing to an increase for all grades of fuel in November.

Western Cape police arrested a couple in Melkbostrand on charges of rape and human trafficking after their victim managed to escape their clutches.

She flew to Nigeria in September, where she won a Miss Universe pageant after being welcomed with open arms. On November 16, she will represent Nigeria in the Miss Universe 2024 competition in Mexico.

Two former Nedbank employees appeared in court on Wednesday with 12 other co-accused in a multi-million-rand bank fraud case.

From millions of African penguins in the early 1900s, only about 8,000 breeding pairs are left. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has elevated the bird’s risk of extinction status to “critically endangered”.