File Image: Delicate operations at the Tygerberg hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, July 15, 2022. Tygerberg Hospital in the Western Cape, in partnership with Stellenbosch University, has performed South Africa’s first fully internal “bone transport and limb-lengthening” reconstruction. A 64-year-old patient, who had lived with chronic pain and a leg-length difference following a 2018 gunshot injury, had…
Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana delivers the 2025 Budget Speech before the National Assembly on March 12, 2025. 2 minutes Analysts expect that South Africa’s National Budget will be passed following significant consultation among parties within the Government of National Unity (GNU). This as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana prepares to make his third attempt at tabling…
The Cape Winelands District Municipality says they have made significant progress overnight in suppressing a fire in the Wemmershoek area near Franschhoek. The municipality says rainfall has contributed to firefighting efforts. Firefighters have been battling to contain the blaze for the past eight days. Fire Services spokesperson, Anesca Roodt, says they’ll remain on high alert…
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…
The Gauteng Provincial Government will today, 25 November 2024, officially launch the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign in Tshwane. 1 minute The Commission for Gender Equality has expressed concerns about incidents of gender-based violence (GBV) and abuse of women and children. The commission’s spokesperson Jabu Baloyi is calling…
An empty classroom 2 minutes Teaching and learning have been disrupted in some schools in KwaZulu-Natal due to damage caused by strong winds this week. Amongst the schools affected is Kwamadlala Primary School in Pietermaritzburg. The provincial Department of Education says they are assessing the amount of damage caused by the inclement weather conditions in…
Four people accused of conspiring and inciting the 2021 July unrest are expected to appear in the Roodepoort Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. It is alleged that they posted inciting messages on a WhatsApp chat group named “ZUMA REAL ACTIVIST” 100% which authorities believe led to the public violence and looting of retail stores in Gauteng…
The Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi addresses the NPA Leadership Conference on August 19, 202. Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi says they are already assessing the work of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry and Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee looking at those who are implicated in wrongdoing. The two investigations which…
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla resigns as MK Party MP
Robert McBride at Ad Hoc Committee The assassination of senior Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) investigator, Mandla Mahlangu, is once again in sharp focus at Parliament today. This as former IPID head Robert McBride is appearing for a second day before the Ad Hoc Committee probing criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the criminal…
