3 minutes Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has given a hint of what South Africans can expect once the National Health Insurance (NHI) becomes operational. Motsoaledi said the NHI aims to improve the healthcare system by making sure that everyone gets proper healthcare despite their background. The South African government has been delving into the…
Dane Paterson celebrates during a Proteas match. 2 minutes The South African men’s cricket team is going to manage the workload of players when the One Day International (ODI) Series against Pakistan starts in Paarl tomorrow. Regular ODI captain Temba Bavuma will not play in the first match and Aiden Markram will take over the…
File image: Lightning in Gauteng. 1 minute The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a yellow level two warning for severe thunderstorms causing heavy downpours, with a possibility of hail as well as strong damaging winds and excessive lightning for seven provinces. These include parts of Gauteng, the North West, Free State, the Eastern…
Matric results in a newspaper 2 minutes The Department of Basic Education will go ahead with the publication of matric results in newspapers. This is despite an order from the Information Regulatory Authority of South Africa that the results should not be published in newspapers. It says this contravenes the Protection of Personal Information (POPI)…
File image: A person using braille. 1 minute The Constitutional Court has issued an interim order, which temporarily amends the Copyright Act 98 of 1978, to include an exception to copyright for visually impaired persons, pending the court’s final determination. This comes after Blind SA, represented by Section 27, hauled the President to the apex…
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the official Reconciliation Day commemoration in Vredendal, in the Western Cape on December 16, 2024. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Africans to work with authorities to end crime and corruption in their communities. Ramaphosa addressed the Reconciliation Day commemoration in Vredendal, in the Western Cape yesterday. He…
A worker sells eggs to a customer at a spaza shop. 1 minute Owners of food outlets including tuck shops also called spaza shops in Bloemfontein are frustrated over the looming deadline for the registration of their businesses. Some say municipal authorities have sent them back many times on grounds that their documents are incomplete….
JMPD and Environmental Health officers issued a fine to the owner of a shop for trading without a certificate in Hillbrow. 2 minutes The National Informal Traders Alliance of South Africa (NITASA) has asked for an extension for the registration of food outlets including tuck shops also called spaza shops. The owners of the businesses…
Police arrest an illegal miner after being retrieved from an abandoned mine in Sabie, Mpumalanga on December 5, 2024. 1 minute Twenty-eight illegal miners, who are part of the 153 miners brought to the surface from a disused mine shaft in Sabie, Mpumalanga, have been remanded in custody. The group of miners amongst them Zimbabwe…
Ministers and deputy ministers attend Cabinet Lekgotla. 1 minute The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) says the R240 million price tag for the remuneration of the members of the Executive for the next financial year is a waste of taxpayers’ money. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana revealed this in a reply to a written parliamentary question…
