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Eskom has extended its waiver on registration-related charges for eligible customer-owned solar systems of up to 50 kilovolt-amperes connected directly to its distribution network. The waiver, which was due to end yesterday, will now remain in place until further notice. Eskom says the registration requirement itself remains. The power utility spokesperson Daphne Mokoena explains 

Zimbabwean tenderpreneur Lawrence Mudzinganyama has been granted bail of 15-thousand rand by the Randburg Magistrate. Mudzinganyama was arrested and released on a warning following a viral video that showed him threatening women inside an upmarket restaurant restroom in Sandton. Bongiwe Zwane spoke to SABC news reporter Calvin Dludla Gender-Based Violence and Femicide activist Andile Gaelesiwe 

Proteas skipper, Temba Bavuma hailed a productive and winning One Day International series against Australia, despite losing in the third ODI in Potchefstroom last night...The Proteas won the series 2-1 and now must refocus their efforts ahead of the Test series which begins on October the ninth. Simon Burke has more...

The race to develop artificial intelligence or AI is intensifying a global debate over who should control and how to protect humanity from its risks. U.S. President Donald Trump has backed a voluntary safety accord with leading technology companies after a White House meeting, stressing industry self-regulation and American leadership. But that flies in the face of calls from others, including the U.N. Secretary General who has pushed for a multi-lateral AI risk-management framework, while Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is calling for stronger safeguards, including legislation. As Sherwin Bryce-Pease reports, at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on AI last week, warnings were clear that the increasingly powerful systems could threaten humanity if poorly managed.

More than 17-thousand candidates will contest the upcoming local government election in Limpopo. The IEC says 126 political parties and 106 independent candidates will compete. Twenty political parties that are contesting in all municipalities signed the Electoral Code of Conduct in Polokwane. The IEC says the high number of political parties and independent candidates reflects the level of interest in the elections. Rendani Raliphaswa has more....

Many people in Giyani and surrounding areas in Limpopo say they still face what they call chronic water shortages. Villages such as Siyandhani, Bode and Makhuva, have seen very little to no water for many years. Stalled and delayed water projects in the area have been blamed for severe water challenges. Vutivi Maluleke has more...

The Hessequa Municipality in the Garden Route region of the Western Cape has unveiled a 210-million rand solar power plant at Riversdale. This is set to reduce its reliance on Eskom and keep electricity costs down for consumers. The ten-megawatt solar field allows excess power generated during the day to be stored and used when demand and electricity costs rise. The project is being hailed as a milestone in municipal energy generation. Sagree Chetty reports...

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is pushing for further changes to the country's electoral laws, months after amendments extended his current term by two years. Addressing Parliament, Mnangagwa called for changes to the Electoral Act and Constitutional Court Act. The amendments have moved Zimbabwe's next election to 2030 -- but also triggered legal challenges over the extension of the current term and changes to how future presidents will be elected. Ditaba Tsotetsi reports...

Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Nonceba Mhlauli, says government is creating multiple pathways for young people to enter the economy. She says the Youth Employment Services programme placed more than five-thousand young people into workplace experience opportunities during the first quarter. Mhlauli says the National Youth Service recruited nearly three-thousand young people, while the NYDA provided more than five-thousand enterprise support opportunities to young entrepreneurs during the same period. Mhlauli was ealier briefing the media on the release of the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI) Quarterly Progress report

Mpumalanga businessman and taxi boss Joe "Ferrari" Sibanyoni is back on the witness stand at the Madlanga Commission. Sibanyoni says he was not aware of the scale of incidents in which Putco buses were allegedly blocked by taxis in KwaNdebele between October 2024 and January 2025. The commission heard that Putco had reported more than 350 such incidents, with buses allegedly forced to turn around after their routes were blocked.He denied that his comments about people interfering with Putco's business were made on his own behalf, saying he was speaking about the interests of communities and businesses.