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…
Storm clouds 1 minute The South African Weather Service says scattered thundershowers are expected to continue across Gauteng for the next few days. Localised flooding is also expected in low lying areas. Motorists and residents are urged to be cautious whilst driving as well walking near streams and rivers. “We are still expecting scattered thundershowers…
A mother receives a gift after giving birth in hospital. 2 minutes The Chief Operations Officer of the Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape Dr Zukiso Nxiweni has expressed concern over staff shortages. This is as the provincial Health MEC handed gifts to new mothers who gave birth on New Year’s Day….
Fresh water gushing out of a municipal tap in Hammanskraal. 2 minutes After two decades, residents of Hammanskraal in Tshwane could soon be able to drink the water in their taps. The community has been waiting for the green light, as the city concludes tests to confirm if their water supply is safe for consumption….
