City Power has restored 45% of the electricity supply affected by the latest fire at its Central Substation, bringing power back to key parts of Johannesburg’s inner city earlier than initially anticipated. The power utility said the milestone was reached by 7 pm on Wednesday, September 30, after technical teams worked around the clock to repair damaged infrastructure and reconfigure the network. City Power had previously indicated that restoring supply could take at least seven days following the fire. The…

A former financial adviser who admitted diverting millions of rand belonging to Old Mutual clients into a company he controlled has been convicted of fraud and money laundering. The Bellville Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday, 30 September 2026, found Farouk Khan (45) guilty on 16 counts of fraud and one count of money laundering. Khan, a former employee and financial advisor at Alchemy Financial Services, an Old Mutual agency franchise, was arrested in September 2024 following a warrant of…

More than 5,000 cases of alleged police misconduct were registered by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) in the 2025/26 financial year, including hundreds involving gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF). IPID registered 5,259 cases between April 2025 and March 2026, with assault and torture accounting for the largest share at 3,468 cases. The figures were contained in IPID’s 2025/26 Annual Report, tabled in Parliament on Wednesday by Police Minister Firoz Cachalia. The report also recorded 669 cases involving the discharge…

Two Home Affairs officials have on Wednesday appeared in the Protea Magistrates’ Court in connection with an investigation into an alleged passport racket in which foreign nationals are believed to have paid as much as R100,000 for South African travel documents. Aluwani Andries Netshidaulu and Nthombifuthi Phyllis Mokwebo were arrested on Tuesday, 29 September, during an operation linked to Project Humulani, an investigation that has been running since 2021. They face charges of racketeering, corruption, fraud and contravening the Immigration…

What started as a quiet effort by friends of the late Munghana Lonene FM presenter Foster “Mafosi” Chauke to support his grieving family has snowballed into a remarkable show of solidarity, with the funeral fund now standing at R82,900. The latest figure represents an increase of R33,900 since African Times reported that R49,000 and counting had already been raised as Mafosi’s friends rallied behind his family following his sudden death. And with just one day left for contributions, the Gaza…

Bafana Bafana’s Cairo adventure is not over yet. Fresh from a commanding 5-0 victory over Eritrea, South Africa will remain in the Egyptian capital for a few more days before facing the hosts, the Pharaohs, in an international friendly on Sunday. The emphatic win over Eritrea has given Bafana valuable momentum in their pursuit of a place at the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, with Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania set to jointly host the continental tournament next June. It was…

The case against alleged United Kingdom fugitive Ndodana Tshuma has been postponed in the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court to October 21 for the finalisation of a plea and sentencing agreement between him and the State. Tshuma made a brief appearance in court on Wednesday, with the State expected to address discrepancies identified in the agreement. The 46-year-old is facing a separate extradition application brought after authorities in the UK requested his return to face three murder charges over the deaths of…

Bafana Bafana head into Wednesday evening’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Eritrea in Cairo with confidence, momentum and the knowledge that another victory could strengthen their position in a Group D campaign where there is little room for error. The encounter at the Al-Salam Stadium, scheduled for 18:00 South African time, will be the first senior international meeting between South Africa and Eritrea. South Africa opened their campaign with an impressive 2-1 victory over Guinea at Orlando Amstel Arena…

Medicine prices in South Africa’s private healthcare sector will increase by 2.88% from Thursday as the Department of Health implements an extraordinary second Single Exit Price Adjustment for 2026. The adjustment applies to all registered medicines and scheduled substances listed on the national database as at 30 September 2026, including different pack sizes. The Department of Health said the increase was necessary because of exceptional domestic and geopolitical pressures affecting the pharmaceutical sector. The 2.88% adjustment takes effect on 1…

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s admission that government’s efforts to combat gender-based violence and femicide have “not been enough” has drawn a sharply divided response from political parties and civil society organisations, with opposition voices questioning whether his latest intervention will translate into action on the ground. Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Tuesday night amid mounting public anger over the killings of women in Ekurhuleni, where the bodies of 11 women have been found since July. In his address, Ramaphosa acknowledged that…