Various medication on a tray 1 minute KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane has admitted that her department could not procure medicine in December and January due to budget cuts. However, Simelane denies that there are widespread medicine shortages at provincial state healthcare facilities. This comes after the provincial ActionSA leader Zwakele Mncwango supplied a list…
Image source: Natallia Khlapushyna – 123RF.com The facts The plaintiff, a traditional healer, used to earn R7,000 per month before the accident which occurred on 7 April 2018. The accident left him with multiple injuries and psychological trauma including a soft tissue back injury, a soft tissue right knee injury, a buttocks injury, and symptoms…
South African bowler Keshav Maharaj celebrates taking a wicket. 1 minute South Africa’s left-arm spinner, Keshav Maharaj, has been ruled out of the remainder of the One Day International Series against Pakistan. Maharaj has a left adductor strain and will return to Durban for rehabilitation. He will be reassessed ahead of the first test match…
University of Cape Town 2 minutes The University of Cape Town’s SRC has temporarily called off its protest over student debt and lack of accommodation. That’s after the university council approved a joint proposal tabled by the SRC and the UCT executive on Thursday. Following a special meeting held on Thursday, 20 February 2025, the…
Congregants at the 2024 National Day of Prayer at the FNB Stadium in Nasrec, Johannesburg on December 1, 2024. 1 minute African National Congress (ANC) Treasurer-General Gwen Ramokgopa has called on all South Africans to pray for gender-based violence (GBV) to come to an end. This call comes as the 2024 National Day of Prayer…
SAPS members at Stilfontein illegal mining operation site. 2 minutes A community representative in Stilfontein in the North West has confirmed the authenticity of a recent letter making rounds on social media platforms indicating that there is cannibalism taking place underground at shaft 11 due to starvation. Hundreds of illegal miners are suspected to still…
Person holds SA money 2 minutes Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition hopes to have several engagements with the banking sector to find solutions on how best to support consumers. This, after the committee indicated earlier this month that banks have been called to appear before them in order to explain their credit…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu at Stilfontein mine shaft on November 15, 2024. 2 minutes Police Minister Senzo Mchunu is expected to brief the media in Pretoria today on the completion of operations at a disused mine at Stilfontein in the North West. The court-ordered government-led operations have resulted in bringing 246 illegal miners to the…
A logo of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 1 minute World Economic Forum (WEF) President Borge Brende urged political and business leaders to work together despite their differences to meet “critical priorities” in his closing remarks on Friday. “Driving economic growth, reducing carbon emissions, finding ways to end conflict – all cannot wait. And the…
A 37yr-old male suspect, for alleged murder of his girlfriend 1 minute A 37-year-old man accused of killing his lover at Ivory Park, Tembisa, has been arrested at Bode near Giyani in Limpopo. The suspect has been on the run since the killing last month. Police spokesperson in Limpopo, Malesela Ledwaba says the suspect will…
