Proposed Governance Regulations for the NHI Fund have been published. 1 minute The Western Cape Health Department says they’re not supporting the National Health Insurance (NHI) as it is ill-defined, impractical and unaffordable and will not address the needs of the province. Western Cape Health Minister, Mireille Wenger, says they do support the expanding of…
Home Affairs’ offices in Cape Town 3 minutes The Department of Home Affairs says it has no legal obligation to formulate legal representation for undocumented foreign nationals in South Africa. The department was updating the Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on issues of state funded legal representation for undocumented foreign nationals. This includes its…
Player places the ball for a corner kick. 4 minutes Crystal Palace face Manchester City at Wembley on Saturday hoping to lift the FA Cup for the first time and it is guaranteed that high on the pre-match agenda will be the club’s extraordinary and eventually heartbreaking 1990 campaign. The semi-final and final that year…
Matric results announcement The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has lauded the efforts of the Matric Class of 2025, saying the group has managed to manoeuvre and excel through some tough challenges such as inclement weather and teacher shortages. Director-General Hubert Mweli highlighted some of these challenges during a Technical Media Briefing ahead of the…
Comrades Marathon runner Onalenna Khonkhobe 1 minute The 98th Comrades Marathon got underway in near-perfect conditions from Pietermaritzburg early Sunday morning. The elite athletes and top qualifiers set off just before 6am, making their way along the challenging 89.98km route to Durban. South Africa’s Onalenna Khonkhobe reached the halfway mark in an impressive 2 hours…
Water droplet. 2 minutes The inconsistent water supply in parts of Komani, Eastern Cape, has affected the delivery of services. The crisis has been ongoing since November last year leading to frustrations from locals. The water levels of the dam supplying the area are critically low. 14 wards out of 34 in the Enoch Mgijima Local…
Traders are seen in front of a screen with trading figures in red at Thailand Stock Exchange building in Bangkok, Thailand March 13, 2020. 2 minutes Asia stocks battled to hold ground today after a furious flight from United States (US) assets undermined Wall Street and the dollar, while concerns about the independence of the…
Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya and City of Tshwane residents holding glasses of water from Hammanskraal taps. 2 minutes City of Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya says they are on track to ensure that the three phases of the Magalies Klipdrift Water Treatment Plant are completed on time for the remainder of Hammanskraal residents to…
The temporary shelter given to the 2022 flood victims, located in eNtshongweni. More than three years after the devastating 2022 floods, victims in Ntshongweni’s Ward 7 under the eThekwini Municipality continue to struggle. The residents were among those who survived the torrential rains that battered eThekwini, forcing them into temporary shelters. Despite repeated promises of…
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) says there is a greater need to extend its services to people in far hung areas of KwaZulu Natal. The fund with the Department of Transport was in Jozini in Northern KZN as part of their efforts to improve accessibility to RAF services and the state of the road infrastructure….
