2 minutes The University of the Free State’s Faculty of Health Sciences has launched a new Research Room aimed at improving maternal and child health outcomes. The facility, developed in partnership with Universitas Academic Hospital in Bloemfontein, includes the use of the PEA POD and DXA machine to assess body composition in infants. The university…
National Senior Certificate (NSC). 2 minutes A group of 23 former matric learners from Mashienyane Secondary School in Limpopo have expressed their frustration over the Department of Basic Education’s failure to release their matric results. The department has accused the learners of cheating in the economics paper during the 2024 final matric exams. A class…
Inside a mortuary 1 minute The Northern Cape Department of Health say they are battling with the number of unclaimed bodies that are piling up in State mortuaries. The department says mortuaries in both Kimberley and Hartswater have large number of unclaimed bodies and that is creating challenges with storage space. Provincial Health MEC Maruping…
A doctor at a hospital 1 minute Medical Ombudsman Professor Taole Mokoena has launched an investigation into the death of a medical intern at Durban’s Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital last week. It’s alleged that the 25-year-old Dr. Alulutho Mazwi collapsed at work after being denied sick leave by his manager. Several trade unions and associations…
Police seen in Diepkloof 1 minute Johannesburg Human Settlements MMC Mlungisi Mabaso says they want to know how a portion of the Diepkloof Hostel in Soweto ended up in private hands. This after hostel residents embarked on a violent protest over the land and the dilapidated state of the hostel. Two people died following the…
FILE | A building on fire 1 minute The father of one of the four toddlers who died in a house fire in Mayfair, Johannesburg, wants the woman who was looking after the children to face the full might of the law. Mdumise Ncube lost his 7-month-old baby Precious. The toddler was left in the…
Graphic depicting an assault 2 minutes Seven girl learners have appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court charged with common assault. This after being arrested for allegedly assaulting another learner over the weekend. A video emerged showing the alleged assault incident. The incident is said to have happened at a house in Yeoville, Johannesburg, on Saturday…
A woman crosses a flooded street in Philippi. 1 minute Disaster Risk management officials in the Western Cape are on alert ahead of a series of cold fronts due to make landfall in the province this week. The weather service has issued a level 2 weather warning with expected high waves, rain and strong winds…
Main entrance of the Tembisa Hospital after a fire broke out. 1 minute The case against a man accused of allegedly starting the fire last month which destroyed sections of Tembisa Hospital will continue on Friday. 48-year-old Thembinkosi Manqunyana appeared in the Tembisa Magistrate’s Court on Monday facing a charge of arson and malicious damage…
A graphic depicting child pornography 1 minute The Blue Downs Magistrate’s Court has today sentenced a man from Kraaifontein in the Western Cape to 12 years direct imprisonment for downloading and distributing hundreds of images and videos of child pornography. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila says the convict has entered a plea and…
