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…
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…
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…
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…
[File photo:] An open shaft left by illegal miners. The Rustenburg Magistrate Court in the North West postponed to July 24 the case of three illegal miners Danny Mashaba, Samson Machingera and Raphael Movela who were arrested for trespassing at the Sibanye Stilwater’s Operation Belt 4 in Marikana. Provincial spokesperson Colonel Adele Myburgh explains that…
RDP houses The Public Protector has welcomed the implementation of its remedial action by the Free State Department of Human Settlements after the department wrongfully handed over a new house at Hillside View, in Bloemfontein in April 2022. The Public Protector’s investigation found that the house that was allocated to Lucia Ntsaku actually should have…
A hospital ward with empty beds. The Limpopo’s Traditional Affairs department says the 21 initiates who had been admitted at George Masebe Hospital following alleged botched circumcisions have been discharged due to capacity challenges at the facility. The initiates were from Lesodi and Rantlakana initiation schools. Department spokesperson Amos Phago however says that five were…
