A graphic depicting a disease 1 minute City of Cape Town says it is taking action in areas where the Diphtheria bacterial disease has been confirmed. A public health response was initiated last month. Health authorities say a 34-year old woman has died in the province. Diphtheria is a contagious and potentially life-threatening bacterial infection….
SA Police Service in Free State 2 minutes Forty-seven adults and four children between the ages of nine months and five years have been discovered by traffic officers in the rear trailer of a truck during at a roadblock on the N1 south bound in the Free State. Of the group, 28 were found to…
A banner of the Ditsobotla Local Municipality is seen during a vaccination drive in Lichtenburg on 12 October 2021. 2 minutes The Ditsobotla Services Association at the troubled Lichtenburg-based Ditsobotla Local Municipality in the North West has offered to assist the municipality for free, to resolve the water crisis. This as many areas in the…
India’s Smriti Mandhana celebrates after a match 1 minute Indian batter Smriti Mandhana set the record for the most international runs in a calendar year in women’s cricket across all formats on Sunday, scoring 91 runs against West Indies in a one-day international at Vadodra that took her tally for 2024 so far to 1…
A bakkie damaged after an accident in the Eastern Cape. 1 minute A call for harsher penalties for irresponsible road users that cause fatal crashes continues to be made as the death toll on Eastern Cape roads continues to climb. Since the start of the festive, at least 89 people died on Eastern Cape roads….
Department of Correctional Services during a raid at a South African prison. 1 minute Correctional Services Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale says 143 correctional service officials have been dismissed in this financial year for a range of offences. Thobakgale says they many still have pending cases. “We end up dismissing a lot of our officials so as…
Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube and Gauteng MEC of Education Matome Chiloane are at loggerheads about the implementation of the BELA Act at SA schools. 1 minute Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta has expressed concern about the contradictory messages regarding the implementation of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act. This after Gauteng Education MEC,…
Folded newspaper on a table 1 minute After four decades of being a regular Sunday newspaper in the country, City Press is fully moving to the online platform and doing away with a print version. According to the company, they have decided to end the print version of the paper to embrace the digital future…
1 minute Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube holds a press conference to address the commencement of all the clauses stemming from the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act. Live stream below:
Eskom’s logo is seen at the Megawatt Park in Sunninghill, South Africa, May 18, 2023. 2 minutes The Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom is expecting to achieve a minimum profit of R10-billion in the 2024/25 financial year. Last week, Eskom released its financial report for the financial year 2023/24 which covers the year-end of March…
