[FILE IMAGE]: Man holding an umbrella under heavy skies. 1 minute Residents living in low-lying areas have been cautioned, as wet and gloomy conditions are expected to continue in Gauteng over the next few days. The South African Weather Services issued a yellow alert for disruptive rains and thunderstorms across the eastern part of the…
Agnes Keleti, former Olympic gold medal winning gymnast poses for a picture at her home in Budapest, Hungary, May 3, 2022. 2 minutes Five-time Olympic champion Hungarian gymnast, Agnes Keleti, the world’s oldest living Olympic gold medallist and a survivor of the persecution of Jews in World War Two, died at the age of 103…
File image: Silver handcuffs. 1 minute The police in Winburg in the Free State have arrested a 21-year-old man for murder after he allegedly fatally stabbed his 42-year-old father in the chest at a local tavern. “It is alleged on New Years Day around 11am the father and son were at a local tavern when…
FILE: Firefighters work at Parliament 1 minute Today marks exactly three years since a devastating fire destroyed parts of South Africa’s Parliament in Cape Town. The blaze completely gutted the National Assembly and badly damaged adjacent buildings. Rebuilding and recovery started in earnest last year. The blaze at Parliament in January 2022 raged for three days. Over…
File Photo: A pregnant student in uniform 1 minute The Executive Director of the Family Policy Institute, Errol Naidoo, says broken family structures are the biggest contributors to the high number of teenage pregnancies in the country. A significant number of teenagers under the age of 16 gave birth on Christmas and New Year’s Day,…
A pair of school shoes. 1 minute The Kimberley based Bachelor Foundation took part in the 70 kilometre walk for school shoes campaign. The shoes will be donated to a local primary school. The Foundation was started in 2018. It mainly focuses on education and keeping vulnerable children in schools. The Bachelor Foundation believes that…
File image: Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in Cape Town. 1 minute Eskom has successfully synchronised Unit 2 of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in Cape Town to the national grid. This follows a maintenance programme which will increase the unit’s lifespan by 20 years. The power utility says in a statement that the unit will…
Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu, MEC S.J Manzini, and other members of the Executive Council and leaders visited healthcare facilities to greet parents with their newborns. 2 minutes Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu says he will engage with the MEC for Health to address the issue of dispensary operations in some of the hospitals and clinics in…
Bull statues are placed in font of screens showing the Hang Seng stock index and stock prices outside Exchange Square, in Hong Kong, China, August 18, 2023. 2 minutes Chinese stocks dipped on Tuesday, the final trading day of 2024, but were on track for their first annual gain following an unprecedented three-year decline, while…
Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko seen visiting patients at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. 1 minute Two hundred and three babies were delivered in public hospitals across Gauteng on New Year’s Day between midnight and noon. Academic hospitals delivered 31 babies, mostly from Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital with 20 babies. Tertiary hospitals delivered a total of…
