Newborn babies in hospital cribs. 1 minute The first Christmas baby in the Eastern Cape was born just two minutes after midnight at Madweleni Hospital in Elliotdale. So far, 104 Christmas babies have been born in the province, with 57 boys and 47 girls. Eastern Cape Department of Health Spokesperson Mkhululi Ndamase confirmed the birth…
Buses at a bus depot. 3 minutes More than 1,100 employees of North West Transport Investment (NTI) spent Christmas without pay after going five months without their salaries. In a bid to get authorities’ attention, workers, supported by the SAWU-YA BASHUMI union, staged protests in Mahikeng and camped in the Mmabatho CBD for seven days…
Newborn babies in hospital cribs. 1 minute A total of 184 new babies were born on Christmas Day between midnight and noon in Gauteng’s public hospitals. Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko has congratulated the mothers of the newborns. She also reopened the newly-renovated female medical ward at Tembisa Hospital, east of Joburg. Nkomo-Ralehoko says the ward…
Secondary school student who is seven-months pregnant, holds a doll inside her home. 2 minutes KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli is encouraging parents to open statutory rape cases against men who impregnate girls below the age of 18. Ntuli and the provincial health MEC welcomed Christmas babies at the Victoria Mxenge Hospital. By 06h30 on Christmas…
A crime scene cordoned off. 1 minute Police have opened an inquest docket following the discovery of an adult male’s body in the Hartbeespoort Dam, north of Johannesburg, today. The man had been reported missing while fishing in the Hyacinth area yesterday. An extensive search operation was launched by the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI)…
File image: Silver handcuffs. 1 minute Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 32-year-old Mozambican national, Samson Sithole, during a house robbery in Mogorwane, outside Jane Furse, at the beginning of December. According to Limpopo police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba the incident occurred on December 4, when Sithole was killed in…
[File Image]: A nurse takes care of a newborn, lying in an incubator, at the private clinic. 1 minute Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko has welcomed 12 babies born on Christmas Day at the Tembisa Hospital, east of Johannesburg. She presented the babies’ mothers with gifts. Nkomo-Ralehoko has encouraged the mothers of these babies to…
Firefighters in the City of Cape Town have responded to two fire incidents on Christmas morning 2 minutes Firefighters in the City of Cape Town have responded to two fire incidents on Christmas morning. The City’s Fire Services spokesperson Jermaine Carelse says that over 200 structures have been destroyed in the Ekuphumeleni informal settlement in…
2 minutes KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane has raised concerns about the high rate of teenage pregnancy. Simelane raises these concerns while welcoming babies that have been delivered on Christmas in the province. By 6:30 this morning, 47 babies had been delivered in the province, including 21 boys and 26 girls. Among these mothers are…
2 minutes Authorities and humanitarian aid organisation, Gift of the Givers have urged residents of informal settlements to exercise caution as hot and windy conditions contribute to spark shack fires. One person died following a fire that gutted the Wag ‘n Bietjie Informal Settlement at Nomzamo in Strand on Tuesday morning. More than 60 structures have been…
