Mine workers stand underground at Gold Fields’ South Deep mine, south-west of Johannesburg, South Africa October 12, 2022. The Gauteng Health Department is urging former mine workers in Ekurhuleni to register for Phase Two of the Ex-Mine Workers Social Security Benefits Programme. The initiative aims to screen ex-mine workers suffering from occupational diseases such as…
South African national women’s football team, Banyana Banyana training Defending Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) champions, Banyana Banyana, take on Tanzania, this evening at Honneur Stadium, in Oujda in their second WAFCON Group C match and with one eye on a quarterfinal spot. MATCH DAY |⚽️ Tanzania 🇹🇿 vs Banyana Banyana 🇿🇦 Who’s coming…
An old radio with SABC News logo SABC News will celebrate its 75th anniversary on Thursday, 17 July. The public broadcaster aired its first bulletin on radio in 1950. The SABC was established in 1936 as a broadcaster. As part of its mandate, SABC News has current affairs and bulletins in all the country’s official…
FILE: Nigerian televangelist pastor, Timothy Omotoso and his co-accused Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho in the High Court in Gqeberha. The High Court in Gqeberha will on Monday hear the first part of the appeals process by the state regarding the acquittal of televangelist pastor Timothy Omotoso and his two co-accused on human trafficking and…
A doctor wearing a stethoscope. Members of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Health have called for consequences to be meted out against medical aid schemes that were found to have discriminated against health professionals on a racial basis. Health Minister Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi briefed the committee on the Section 59 report, that looked into systematic discrimination…
Police forensics at the scene of the shootout Police say four suspects have died after a shootout with police at Riverlea, south of Johannesburg. SAPS says in a statement that a crime intelligence-driven operation was conducted on Sunday after a business robbery in the Johannesburg CBD. #sapsGP A crime intelligence-driven operation was conducted on Sunday,…
A ward in a hospital It’s been confirmed that South Africa will get four new academic hospitals in provinces that historically did not have teaching hospitals. This is according to the Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi. This came out during the tabling of the department’s budget last week. Dr. Motsoaledi says the construction of a…
Flowers seen on a coffin. The late former City of Cape Town Mayor, Frank van der Velde, has been laid to rest in Cape Town. He died last weekend at the age of 81. Van der Velde served as mayor from 1991 to 1993. Current Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, was among those who attended Van der…
Phoenix community members stage a peaceful demonstration against violence, August 1, 2021. Families of the 36 people who died during the alleged racially-motivated attacks in Phoenix, north of Durban, during the July 2021 riots, say they want justice for their loved ones. They were speaking in Phoenix during an event organised by the Commission for…
Gavel in a court room. The family of the 20-year-old initiate, Andile Zungulwa, who’s body was discovered in Tamaspruit at Theunissen, Free State on Tuesday July 8 is demanding justice against a bogus initiation school that claimed their child’s life. He had been reported missing from an initiation school last week. The initiation school has…
