Athandile Siyo

Athandile Siyo

World Bank loan welcomed for fixing load shedding problems

Athandile Siyo|Published

Experts have cautiously welcomed the World Bank’s recent $1 billion (about R18. 6bn) loan to South Africa aimed at assisting to tackle the country’s energy crisis ...

EC pupils in hospital after eating ‘expired’ snacks

Athandile Siyo|Published

The Eastern Cape police have opened an inquiry after a number of children from four different schools fell ill in the Chris Hani District after apparently consuming ...

Transport minister praises progress on Prasa projects

Athandile Siyo|Published

Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga has lauded the progress made at Prasa construction sites with a focus on building and creating jobs for residents by providing ...

A springtime winter wonderland

Athandile Siyo|Published

The South African Weather Service issued an advisory about a cold front passing over the Northern and Western Cape provinces.

NC child rape suspect nabbed after being on the run since 2016

Athandile Siyo|Published

The collaborative effort of private security, neighbourhood watch members, law enforcement and the police in Kraaifontein, Western Cape, was lauded following the ...

SA told to brace for more freezing conditions

Athandile Siyo|Published

Snow made landfall in the Western Cape and the Northern Cape at the weekend, with icy cold temperatures expected in most parts of the country over the next few days. ...

Fort Hare probes possible sponsorship of student violence

Athandile Siyo|Published

Aggrieved students set fire to a University of Fort Hare exam venue on Sunday night, just hours before the start of mid-year exams.

‘A loving and vibrant soul’: Bester jail decoy Mpholo finally laid to rest in Bloem

Athandile Siyo|Published

Katlego Bereng Mpholo was described as a loving and vibrant soul during his funeral at the Lesley Monnyane Hall in Bloemfontein on Sunday.

1,664 people killed between April-December 2022 - only three convicted

Athandile Siyo|Published

Of 701 murder cases in which 1,664 people were killed between April and December 2022, only three suspects have been convicted.

Oscar Pistorius’s D-Day has finally arrived

Athandile Siyo|Published

In a crime that rocked the world, Pretorius shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine’s Day in 2013.

Kidnapped biokineticist Riana Pretorius home safe and unharmed

Athandile Siyo|Published

The biokineticist had been abducted outside a Newton Park medical practice in Pickering Street, Gqeberha, when she arrived for work at around 8am last Thursday. ...

Gwede Mantashe hauled over the coals

Athandile Siyo and Mayibongwe Maqhina|Published

Mantashe appeared to be unfazed by the protesters holding placards with words, “Gwede stop blocking renewables” and “coal=corruption”.

Free State singing, speeding dad is let off the hook after review of sentence

Athandile Siyo|Published

It took precedence from a previous case which set out the requirements to be met when questioning an accused to establish his guilt on a charge of exceeding the ...

De Aar man loses appeal against life sentence for raping stepdaughter

Athandile Siyo|Published

The man, who was HIV positive at the time of the sexual assault and rape of his stepdaughter, ...

Courageous 6-year-old girl refuses to let intruder steal TV

Athandile Siyo|Published

The child, unperturbed by the suspect’s threats, refused to let the TV set go and stood guard in front of it.

Support for under-fire principal who refused to reopen school during Covid-19 peak

Athandile Siyo|Published

Heathfield High School pupils, parents and the school governing body have come out in support of principal Wesley Neumann over his disciplinary hearing connected ...

Cape Town granny spends two days in Sassa office queue without being helped

Athandile Siyo|Published

'I couldn't feel my feet any more because I only had a blanket and a piece of cardboard to sleep on in the cold. '

Khayelitsha Covid-19 patient, family ‘rejected by community’

Athandile Siyo|Published

The 23-year-old says their community has rejected her in her time of need.

Cape mom waits six agonising years for justice after daughter's rape

Athandile Siyo|Published

A bus driver was accused of raping the then 15-year-old after he had picked her up from school.

7-year-old Cape Town girl dies in gang crossfire

Athandile Siyo|Published

Emaan was shot in the chest and hand while playing outside her home.

High price of school uniforms to be probed

Athandile Siyo|Published

Two complaints to the Competition Commission over the high price of school uniforms have already been received.