Healthcare workers assist patients. 2 minutes Advocacy group, the Progressive Health Forum, says the public healthcare sector is in a serious state of distress. The group is now calling on Treasury to better manage its allocation to the sector. They will be watching closely as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers his rescheduled Budget Speech on…
A motorists drives while it rains. 1 minute The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a Yellow Level 4 warning for damaging winds over much of the Western Cape from Wednesday evening until Friday. Cape Town Disaster Risk Management says strong south-easterly winds up to 90 kilometres per hour are expected between Saldanha and…
[FILE IMAGE]: School pupils wait to board scholar transport. 2 minutes The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has heard that a learner from Lehurutshe in the North West allegedly died after falling out of a moving scholar transport bus last year. During testimony by the North West Legislature’s Committee on Safety and Transport Management,…
South African soldiers captured during a parade . 2 minutes The founder of the Institute of Security Studies, Jackie Cilliers says the Department of Defence and Military Veterans needs to be restructured. This as South Africa’s expenditure in the Defence Force will be closely monitored when Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana delivers his Budget Speech…
South African playwright, actor, and novelist Athol Fugard. 1 minute Celebrated playwright Athol Fugard passed away at the age of 92, leaving behind a profound legacy in South Africa’s global film and theatre industry. Infographic below shows achievements and accolades Fugard has accumulated during his lifetime as a globally recognized playwright and thespian. by Walter…
Scene of the fatal bus crash 2 minutes Preliminary investigations show that the bus driver in the fatal bus crash on the R21 near OR Tambo International Airport, swerved to avoid colliding with another vehicle before he lost control and overturned. The crash claimed the lives of 16 passengers and many others were left injured….
Sex worker holding a placard. 2 minutes Sex workers organisation, Sisonke, says the halting of the US President’s Pepfar funding has left their members vulnerable. President Donald Trump pulled the plug on the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief funding fund last month. South Africa has received billions of US Dollars to help control the spread…
[File photo] 1 minute A ninth witness for the state has been called to the stand in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial in the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha. Kelly Smith, her boyfriend, Jacquen Apollis and Steveno van Rhyn are facing charges of kidnapping and human trafficking. Seven-year-old Joshlin went missing from her…
[FILE IMAGE]: A bus on its side following an accident. 2 minutes Limpopo Transport MEC Violet Mathye has wished speedy recovery to 90 bus passengers who were injured when the bus overturned at Monsterlus in Limpopo. The injured were taken to various hospitals and some treated at the scene. The crash happened yesterday but only…
