5news.South African news, all in one place

BREAKING

› THE LOWLY NEWSPAPER MAN: Biko inquest delay deepens drift towards collective amnesia about apartheid horrors › THE GREAT UNRAVELLING: ANC devours itself from within as voters steadily turn their backs › SA produces enough food, yet millions face hunger › Five takeaways from Bill Gates’s essay on AI’s potential risks › SA’s cellphone revolution leaves landlines in the dust › Casinos have a Gen Z problem: They look like casinos › DR Congo’s riverboat economy › With no heirs, Kuehne’s foundation gets his $49bn fortune › The collapsed pyramid: Redesigning the AI-enabled firm – Part 2 › The $500bn experiment to build 24/7 markets on blockchain › THE LOWLY NEWSPAPER MAN: Biko inquest delay deepens drift towards collective amnesia about apartheid horrors › THE GREAT UNRAVELLING: ANC devours itself from within as voters steadily turn their backs › SA produces enough food, yet millions face hunger › Five takeaways from Bill Gates’s essay on AI’s potential risks › SA’s cellphone revolution leaves landlines in the dust › Casinos have a Gen Z problem: They look like casinos › DR Congo’s riverboat economy › With no heirs, Kuehne’s foundation gets his $49bn fortune › The collapsed pyramid: Redesigning the AI-enabled firm – Part 2 › The $500bn experiment to build 24/7 markets on blockchain

Latest

Poor households could get up to 300kWh free electricity a month

TimesLIVE · 19 August 2026 at 15:04

Poor households could get up to 300kWh free electricity a month

South Africa plans to raise free basic electricity for poor households to 300kWh monthly

Read the full article on TimesLIVE ›

5News aggregated this summary from the outlet’s public feed. The full article, with all the context, is on www.timeslive.co.za — the content belongs to TimesLIVE.

More from TimesLIVE

Q&A with Salga’s Lerato Pasha on appointment of more consultants

TimesLIVE · 5 h ago

CORNELIUS MONAMA | Who holds political analysts to account?

TimesLIVE · 5 h ago

Disciplinary hearing for suspended Athletics SA boss James Moloi to begin tomorrow

TimesLIVE · 5 h ago

A-LISTERS | Local legends and living treasures

TimesLIVE · 5 h ago

More in Latest

THE LOWLY NEWSPAPER MAN: Biko inquest delay deepens drift towards collective amnesia about apartheid horrors

Daily Maverick · just now

THE GREAT UNRAVELLING: ANC devours itself from within as voters steadily turn their backs

Daily Maverick · just now

SA produces enough food, yet millions face hunger

Moneyweb · 1 h ago

Five takeaways from Bill Gates’s essay on AI’s potential risks

Moneyweb · 1 h ago

SA’s cellphone revolution leaves landlines in the dust

Moneyweb · 1 h ago

Casinos have a Gen Z problem: They look like casinos

Moneyweb · 1 h ago