Teacher uses sign language at a deaf students’ school 1 minute The Free State Deaf Association has pleaded with the provincial Department of Community Safety and Transport, to invest in more resources to help people living with disabilities have easy access to transport. The issue was discussed during the department’s launch of the transport hand…
(FILE IMAGE]: Secondary school student who is seven-months pregnant, holds a doll inside her home. 1 minute The number of teenagers giving birth on Christmas Day in Limpopo has decreased from 50 last year to 31 this year. A total of 172 babies were born on Christmas Day across various hospitals in the province, with…
Young students getting breakfast at a school The National School Nutrition Programme Service Providers’ Association has expressed concern on the rising prices of zero-rated food items. It says the situation has complicated its ability to supply food to schools. The association says despite being exempt from taxation the rising prices are making it difficult to…
Mine workers look out from a bus after being rescued from underground at the Sibanye Stillwater mine in Westonaria, near Johannesburg, South Africa, May 23, 2025. 1 minute The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) is demanding full accountability from Sibanye Stillwater mine near Westonaria, after 260 workers were trapped underground at Kloof 7…
Large miners such as First Quantum, Glencore and Vedanta Resources have often criticised the Zambian government over rising costs at their operations. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says it is shocked by looming job cuts affecting more than 3 000 employees at Glencore and Samancor mines. This comes after Glencore confirmed it had initiated…
Renowned South African trumpeter and flugelhornist Fezile “Feya” Faku has passed away at the age of 63. Media reports state that the artist died on Monday while touring in Basel, Switzerland. Faku was born on June 6, 1962, in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, and earned acclaim for blending jazz with African musical influences. He recorded internationally and…
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi Health Minister Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi says a new TB vaccine could be the biggest game changer in South Africa’s fight against Tuberculosis, HIV and AIDS. Motsoaledi was addressing the TB Vaccine Preparedness Workshop in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, on Thursday. The two-day event has been organised by his department in…
A delegation from Afriforum, Solidariteit, and the Solidarity Movement met with representatives of the US administration in Washington. 2 minutes The Chairperson of the Foundations Preparatory Committee Nkosinathi Biko says it is annoying to misrepresent the situation in South Africa for the popular benefit of what he says is a handful of conservative organisations. Biko, who sits on the preparatory committee for the upcoming national…
A picture of a damaged school. 1 minute The School Governing Body (SGB) at the Matloding Primary School, outside Mahikeng, North West, has accused the provincial Education Department of failure to renovate the school. It says this has exposed learners to imminent danger. The SGB’s remarks follow the collapse of a ceiling in a classroom…
1 minute Mamelodi Sundowns will face Pyramids FC of Egypt in the CAF Champions League final’s first leg later on Saturday at Loftus Stadium. Mamelodi Sundowns, who were just crowned Betway Premiership champions for an unprecedented eighth successive time last Sunday, will be oozing confidence ahead of their first leg final against Egyptian outfit, Pyramids…
