Mosquito on a person’s finger 1 minute The Department of Health has announced a slight increase in malaria cases, particularly in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal. The has been outbreaks of the disease in neighboring countries, including Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Department spokesperson Foster Mohale has urged all travelers and communities to remain vigilant…
BONDay at Africa’s Travel Indaba 2025 is in full swing, with the South Foyer of the Durban ICC at full capacity. 1 minute KwaZulu-Natal Tourism and Film CEO Sbusiso Gumbi says he is satisfied and proud that this year’s Africa’s Travel Indaba was successful. Gumbi was updating members of the media on the final day…
Pension jar 2 minutes The Auditor General’s office with the assistance of some pension fund administrators have embarked on an investigation to hold senior municipal officials who have contravened Section 38 of the workers pension fund act accountable. About 100 municipalities across the country were found to have violated the act. Most of them allegedly…
Job seekers stand along a road The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the North West has called for the provincial government to declare unemployment a provincial disaster. The party marched against high unemployment rates and submitted a memorandum to the provincial government in Mahikeng. The DA wants provincial authorities to immediately implement measurable and practical interventions…
Source: 123RF. The firm recalculated certain amounts and ratios using publicly available data for comparability. Despite a challenging operating environment, the report highlighted that these banks have still achieved positive growth during the first six months of 2024. The “Big Four” banks’ combined headline earnings rose by 2.5% to R56.8bn, while bad debt hit R27.1bn….
File image: Hockey sticks. 1 minute The South African women’s indoor hockey team has suffered its first defeat at the Indoor Hockey World Cup in Croatia, losing to the third ranked team in the world, Austria. The Proteas who played to a four-all draw with Thailand on day one, had a much tougher assignment on…
Coach Mladen Zizovic Serbian top-flight club FK Radnicki 1923’s coach Mladen Zizovic died during a league match on Monday, the club said in a statement on social media. Media reports said Zizovic, 44, suffered a heart attack during the first half at Mladost Lucani. Former Bosnia midfielder Zizovic was appointed as the Radnicki 1923 head…
Former Test lock and South Africa’s first post-isolation Springbok coach Dr John Williams passed away on Thursday morning. 1 minute Former Springbok lock and the first national coach post isolation, John Williams, has died in a Pretoria hospital after being in a coma for the past 10 days. Williams was a star-player for the Blue…
[File Image]: Burning candles on black background. 1 minute The first negotiator for a democratic South Africa, on behalf of the erstwhile South African government, former spy boss and first director-general of the Western Cape from 1994, Dr Niël Barnard has passed away. According to a statement released by the family, Barnard died peacefully in…
Traffic officials checking a vehicle’s licence. 2 minutes The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) is urging 1.6 million drivers in South Africa to renew their vehicle licence discs before the end of the year. According to the National Traffic Information System, over 600 000 vehicle licence discs will expire at the end of November, and…
