HIV medication 2 minutes The National Health Department has announced a contingency plan to ease the impact of the near collapse of US funded HIV/AIDs projects in the country. This follows US President Donald Trump’s order, temporarily halting aid to South Africa. Under this new plan, one of the key goals is to provide eligible…
House demolished by heavy rains 2 minutes The death toll from heavy rains and mudslides in KwaZulu-Natal this week, has increased to nine. The provincial Department of Cooperative Governance says as mop-up operations continue, two more bodies were recovered in KwaQololoqo in the Umzumbe area. It is believed that the two men were swept away…
Suthukazi Arosi 1 minute Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport, Arts, Culture, and Recreation, Matome Chiloane has extended his condolences to the family of veteran musician, Suthukazi Arosi who passed away on Thursday morning. Arosi died at the age of 64 after battling cancer. The MEC described the artist as a brilliant and talented musician. Chiloane’s…
2 minutes The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) says while progress has been made to promote multilingualism, there is still much work to be done. This as the country observes the African Language Week. Speaking at the International Mother Language Day commemoration in the City of Mbombela in Mpumalanga, PanSALB CEO, Lance Schultz has…
Wits University’s Great Hall in Braamfontein. 2 minutes The University of the Witwatersrand’s (Wits) management and the Student Representative Council (SRC) are working to assist academically deserving students. The university’s management and the SRC also agreed to approach private accommodation service providers for support in sponsoring extra beds for students through the Hardship Accommodation process….
International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Ronald Lamola 1 minute International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola has hailed the G20 foreign affairs ministers’ meeting as historic. Lamola was briefing the media after the meeting, where international envoys from the world’s most influential economies discussed a range of global issues. This comes as the world is battling…
An NSRI rescue team. 1 minute The National Sea Rescue Institute in Mossel Bay has recovered the body of a man who had been floating in the sea near Fransmanshoek on the Garden Route. NSRI spokesperson, Craig Lambinon, says that they had been made aware of the incident by a local fishing vessel. He says…
Names of the fallen heroes of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) who died in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. 2 minutes One of the 14 South African National Defence (SANDF) soldiers killed in Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic Congo (DRC), Corporal Matome Malesa, has been finally laid to rest at Mashishimale…
2 minutes The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance is urging residents to exercise caution as inclement weather conditions are expected to hit various parts of the province. About seven people lost their lives when several parts of the province experienced severe storms in recent days. The heavy rains resulted in infrastructure collapses, mudslides and flooded…
The family of 31-year-old SANDF soldier rifleman Tshidiso Mabele gathered at during his funeral service taking place at the local stadium in Paul Roux in the Free State. 4 minutes The funeral services of several members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) who were killed in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…
