Happy Friday everyone, we’ve made it to the end of another week.
Friday, 12 June 2026
R110 million plan to end Centurion’s blackouts
The city is pumping R110 million into reviving the Kentron substation, and Mayor Nasiphi Moya reckons real success isn’t shiny new infrastructure, it’s fewer households actually sitting in the dark. For anyone in Region 4 who’s lived through the outages, this can’t come soon enough. I’ll believe it when my own lights stay on through a Sunday night, but at least someone’s putting money where the problem is.
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Bafana go down 2-0 to Mexico in their World Cup opener
Well, that one stung. Bafana started their World Cup campaign with a 2-0 loss to Mexico, and Broos still reckons the boys played a good game out there. Ronwen Williams was apparently our standout man on the night, which honestly tells you everything you need to know about how the rest of them went. Early days in the tournament, but we’ll need a lot more than that to go through.
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Some of the best economic news in four years
South Africa posted its largest current-account surplus in four years in the first quarter, mostly off the back of gold exports doing the heavy lifting. GDP also came in better than expected, so for once the numbers are pointing the right way instead of the usual doom. It’s a nice change to read a finance headline and not feel my chest tighten.
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Don’t get too comfortable though
Here’s the catch. The good figures are being called the calm before the storm, because the effects of the Iran War are expected to bite later in the year. So enjoy the decent numbers while they last, because the petrol price and everything that rides on it could get ugly again by spring. Same story as always, we celebrate for a week and then brace ourselves.
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So tell me, are you still going to back Bafana for the rest of this World Cup after that opener, or have you quietly written off the campaign already? Drop your honest take below.
Have a lekker weekend, everyone, and keep those torches charged just in case.
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