File image The Eastern Cape Health Department has issued an urgent warning following a suspected outbreak of paediatric illness cases in Aberdeen. The department says it has recorded an increase in children presenting with similar respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms at its facilities between the 30th of January overlapping to February. Provincial Health Department Spokesperson, Camagwini…
Transformer Failure Sparks Building Fire, Causes Power Outage Near Bree Taxi Rank City Power has announced that large parts of Johannesburg’s CBD and surrounding areas are without electricity following a fire at its Bree Street substation in the early hours of Friday morning. This caused a power failure, and shortly thereafter, another power line for…
SABC Studios in Auckland Park, Johannesburg The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, along with BMIT Knowledge Group Pty Ltd, is expected to update the Portfolio Committee on Communications on progress in developing a viable funding model for the SABC. The committee meeting will be on Friday afternoon. The private company was appointed by Minister Solly…
Court gavel. One of the two young men accused of killing 19-year-old Lusanda Mathabela last year, Lungelo Sithole, is set to appear at the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga on Friday. Sithole and Katlego Mokoena allegedly stabbed Mathabela to death at her home in Mattafin near Mbombela. The pair has been kept in custody since…
Madlanga Commission proceedings The lawyers for businessman Sulliman Carrim say they will move to file for a postponement of his appearance before the Madlanga Commission this morning. Carrim had turned to the High Court in a bid to stop his subpoena before the Commission. However his application was struck off the roll. Proceedings begin at…
[File Image] Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba Limpopo Premier Dr. Phophi Ramathuba says about R10 billion will be needed to address flood damages in the province. Houses, roads and bridges have been damaged and destroyed due to floods in the Sekhukhune, Mopani, Vhembe and Capricorn districts. Speaking during a media briefing in Polokwane, Ramathuba emphasised that…
Renowned SA poet, writer, and activist Diana Ferrus. The family of poet and author Dr Diana Ferrus has formally requested that government grant her a Special Official Funeral, Category One. In a submission to the Office of the President and other officials, the family says Ferrus’s contribution to South Africa’s cultural and historical heritage exceeds…
The pre-trial hearing of businessman Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala, together with his four co-accused, commences this morning at the High Court in Johannesburg. LIVE STREAM:
The suspect was arrested for fraud and contravention of the Health Professions Act. The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has exposed another individual operating as a medical practitioner without being registered with the Council. The female foreign national was arrested in Midrand, Gauteng, where she was temporarily standing in for General Practitioner Dr…
File: Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, Advocate Thembeka Ngcukaitobi is expected to continue his cross-examination on Friday morning at the Nkabinde Enquiry. Former KwaZulu-Natal Director of Public Prosecutions Moipone Noko is set to conclude her testimony on the 23 dockets linked to former Hawks head Johan Booysen and the Cato Manor unit. The Enquiry is examining whether…
