Sunday World News Updates

Three companies used in an R8.5-million fraud scheme at Eskom’s Duvha Power Station are now at the centre of a R7.7-million asset restraint order secured by the Hawks following their convictions for money laundering-related offences. Phoenix Motion Enterprise, Hustle Hard Development and Itireleng Masheleng, a Sesotho phrase loosely translated as… Read more »

South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago has come under sharp criticism over the country’s struggling economy. The exchange, initiated by Kamvelihle Goba, who describes himself as an ANC activist, unfolded at the Reserve Bank’s headquarters in Pretoria this week. Kganyago and his team were presenting the Monetary Policy Review… Read more »

The clock is winding down, and it is less than 48 hours until Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns treat football lovers to a showdown at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in a much-anticipated MTN8 final on Saturday night. Pirates have dominated the MTN8 in the last four years and will be… Read more »

My favourite soul and R&B singers are exiting this world, but their voices are staying behind with us. Luther Vandross, the king of ballads, departed prematurely at the age of 54 back in July 2005. It took me a while to accept Teddy Pendergrass passing away in 2010. Then nine… Read more »

Limpopo musician King Monada’s music company is facing an order of execution over an outstanding debt of more than R111 000, with a sheriff instructed to attach and sell its movable assets to recover the money. Court documents seen by Sunday World show that Monate Africa (Pty) Ltd obtained a… Read more »

El Nino is expected to intensify further before reaching its peak in December and could become one of the strongest such events since at least 1950, the United Nations weather agency said on Thursday. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said the phenomenon would likely bring above-average temperatures to much of… Read more »

Caster Semenya has spent years proving herself on the world’s biggest athletics stages, but her latest competitive outing delivered a different kind of lesson: sometimes, strength and determination are not enough to secure a win. The sporting icon has become the first celebrity contestant to exit Tropika Island of Treasure:… Read more »

Johannesburg is giving residents plenty of reasons to leave the house this weekend. From a major hip-hop festival celebrating two decades of culture to an outdoor festival built around music, food, family and sustainability, the weekend offers something for almost every mood. There is live jazz, underground electronic music, comedy,… Read more »

Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize underlined the importance of maintaining an organised international order, the… Read more »

The Johannesburg High Court has declared the removal of Andile Lungisa from the party’s Nelson Mandela Bay proportional representation candidate list unconstitutional and unlawful. The political irony of the judgment could hardly be more devastating as secretary-general Fikile Mbalula, charged with safeguarding organisational discipline, has found himself on the receiving… Read more »