EFF supporters outside the High Court in Johannesburg on 16 February 2022. Picture: Neil McCartney
In today’s news update, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) painted Moses Mabhida Stadium in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) red for the party’s manifesto launch on Saturday, while the police has provided an update on the murder case of Kiernan “AKA” Forbes.
Furthermore, Eskom has announced that Stage 6 load shedding will remain in place schedule until further notice.
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Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has stressed that his party is targeting victory in this year’s national and provincial elections.
Malema delivered a keynote address at the EFF’s manifesto launch held at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on Saturday.
He told the crowd that his party’s main objective for this year was to emerge victorious in the general elections.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has reacted to worsening load shedding after his hope-filled messages on the topic in his State of the Nation Address, calling the end of power cuts a “process”.
Electricity shortages have left millions in the dark, affecting businesses, the economy, education, international investment, and basic services.
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Police have appealed for calm as fans and the family of Kiernan “AKA” Forbes lament the lack of arrests a year after he was murdered along with his close friend Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane.
Saturday marks a year since the murders of AKA, an award-winning rapper, and chef Motsoane outside Durban’s Wish nightclub.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said a team of specialists, detectives and analysts are on the case.
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Eskom has announced that Stage 6 load shedding will remain in place schedule until further notice as the utility battles to bring back generating units at its power stations online.
In a brief statement, Eskom said it has faced setbacks as a result of at least 10 generating units being offline since last Thursday.
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Nearly a year after a gunman killed five people and injured two others, police have made a breakthrough.
Among the five killed in Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, last March were three security guards who were escorting the chairperson of a taxi association.
They were ambushed after the gunman allegedly killed two others in a separate incident not far from the scene.
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Black Coffee has broken his silence since being involved in an airplane accident a month ago, letting his fans know he will be back behind the decks soon.
Using the hashtag “God’s very own”, the South African DJ released a statement via social media on Friday and provided an update on his recovery.
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The Sunrisers Eastern Cape are the champions of the SA20 competition — for the second year in a row.
After topping the log after the league phase, the Sunrisers of Aiden Markram went on to win their qualifier earlier in the week in Cape Town (also against Durban’s Super Giants) and on Saturday, also at Newlands, they hammered DSG by 89 runs to capture a second title in as many years.
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South Africa’s top swimmers will be looking to flaunt their form in the build-up to this year’s Paris Olympics when they take on the global elite at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha next week.
Veteran butterfly star Chad le Clos will lead the 12-member national squad when competition gets underway in the pool in the Qatari capital on Sunday.
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