Children queuing for food. The Chairperson of Parliament’s Social Development Portfolio Committee, Bridget Masango, has called on government to fix systemic inefficiencies and poor governance that affect the country’s social development. The official launch of Social Development Month is underway at the Brixton Multi-Purpose Centre in Johannesburg. The Deputy Minister of Social Development, Mr Ganief…
A medical professional works in a laboratory. The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has suspended all professional and bilateral relations with the Israeli Medical Association (IMA). SAMA says in a statement that the IMA should be barred from the World Medical Association. The association says this follows concerns about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza…
Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa handed over gas stoves to 5 schools, in Mpumalanga The Minister of Electricity and Energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has encouraged households to consider using gas stoves and heaters. He officially handed over gas stoves to five schools and a gas refilling kiosk in KwaZamokuhle Township in Hendrina, Mpumalanga….
[File Photo]: Goats, as livestock are susceptible to stock theft in rural SA. Police have arrest four suspects in separate incidents involving the possession of suspected stolen livestock or produce in the Pixley Ka Seme District of the Northern Cape. #sapsNC 4 Suspects were arrested in two separate incidents today for possession of suspected stolen…
Handcuff and a gavel in court. Six suspects, aged between 19 and 59 years-old, have been arrested in Newscom near Pienaar in Mpumalanga for allegedly taking part in a mob justice incident where a 53-year-old man was fatally assaulted. The man was previously accused of attempting to rape a 23-year-old mute woman. A video of…
The Plaasmoorder (Farm Murder) Monument is hosting its annual White Cross Memorial on the side of the N1 Rd outside Polokwane, Limpopo. Thirty-four new white crosses have been planted at the Plaasmoorde Memorial site on the side of the N1 outside Polokwane, in Limpopo. The crosses are planted to honour the lives of 34 white…
Nehawu members march against corruption in the Gauteng Health Department Members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) have expressed dissatisfaction by the absence of senior officials at the Gauteng Health Department to accept their memorandum of demands. The union marched outside the department’s offices in Johannesburg. They are demanding that the department take…
Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa handed over gas stoves to 5 schools, in Mpumalanga The Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has encouraged households to consider using gas stoves and heaters. Minister Kgosientsho officially handed over gas stoves to five schools and a gas refilling kiosk in KwaZamokuhle Township in…
Thousands of pro-Palestine supporters march in the Cape Town CBD. Pro-Palestine protestors in Cape Town have reiterated the call for the release of Mandla Mandela, grandson of the late Nelson Mandela, who was arrested by the Israeli navy on board the Sumud Global Flotilla, which was attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. They staged…
Nico Buys will be imprisoned for 18 years for sexually assaulting 4 boys aged between 8 and 12. The Upington Regional Court has sentenced 37-year-old Nico Buys to 18 years in prison for multiple sexual offences committed against four young boys, aged between 8 and 10, in 2021 and 2022. Buys was initially charged with…
