The Shocking Incident at News Café On Monday 25 May 2026 at around 2pm a 33 year old man named Vhahangwele Makolana sat alone at a table inside the popular News Café on Marine Circle in Table View. Two gunmen in dark clothing walked straight in, approached him without hesitation and opened fire. Multiple shots rang out in full view of staff and patrons. The victim was hit repeatedly, slumped in his chair and was declared dead at the scene. The killers grabbed his laptop and p

Two explosions. Two Woolworths stores. Two cities. Less than 24 hours apart. On 28 May 2026 at around 01:00, an improvised explosive device detonated inside the Woolworths at Menlyn Park Shopping Centre in Pretoria. Damage was limited to shelves and stock; five night staff (packers) were inside but escaped unharmed. Exactly one day later, at approximately 03:00 on 29 May, a second device exploded at the Woolworths in Preller Square Shopping Centre, Bloemfontein. Again, minor

The Weekend That Shocked Even the Cape Flats Between Friday 22 May and Monday 25 May 2026, the Cape Flats endured another slaughter. Community reports and police tallies confirm at least 13 confirmed murders in targeted incidents, with broader accounts citing over 30 victims of shootings and stabbings and more than 25 wounded. A 13-year-old boy was gunned down in Leonsdale, Elsies River. Six men died in two separate mass shootings in Makhaza and Endlovini, Harare, Khayelitsha

South Africa’s electricity crisis is not a natural disaster. It is the predictable result of decades of ANC governance failure, cadre deployment, corruption, and the deliberate destruction of once-functional state institutions. From 1 July 2026 the four largest metros will implement new municipal electricity tariffs for the 2026/27 financial year. The pain will not be uniform, but it will be real for every productive citizen who pays rates, taxes, and now ever-higher utility

South Africans who work hard, pay their taxes, and try to build stable lives are waking up to a painful new reality in 2026. You open your electricity bill and discover hundreds or even thousands of rands in fixed charges. This is money you owe simply for the privilege of being connected to the grid, regardless of how little power you actually use. For certain Johannesburg households on three-phase postpaid connections, that fixed monthly hit now sits at R1,761 before a singl

Johannesburg’s bridges are not just another maintenance headache. They are the most visible symptom of a city sliding into multi-system breakdown. The Viral Photos That Shocked the Country In February 2026, BusinessTech visited several Johannesburg bridges and published stark images of rusting rebar, cracked concrete, and sagging structures. These photos went viral because they matched what residents had been experiencing for years: potholed roads, burst pipes, and power cuts

Johannesburg was never going to be switched off in one dramatic blackout. But the fact that Eskom reached the point of formally threatening to reduce, interrupt or terminate supply to bulk points serving South Africa's economic heart tells you everything about how far governance has fallen. On 19 May 2026 Eskom publicly stated the City of Johannesburg and City Power owed R5.255 billion in arrears, with another R1.582 billion current account due 5 June. This created a combined

In December 1916, while the world burned in the trenches of Europe, a Transvaal woman named Johanna Brandt began receiving visions that would define the rest of her life. By 1918 she had published The Millennium, a work that cut straight to the spiritual and political rot she saw taking hold in South Africa. She did not warn primarily of foreign invasion. She warned of an internal tempest, a storm of retribution and cleansing fires, prepared by the very people who claimed to