Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi Health Minister Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi says a new TB vaccine could be the biggest game changer in South Africa’s fight against Tuberculosis, HIV and AIDS. Motsoaledi was addressing the TB Vaccine Preparedness Workshop in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, on Thursday. The two-day event has been organised by his department in…
[File photo] Television cameras and recording devices have been barred from the Durban High Court in KwaZulu-Natal, where five men charged with the murder of rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes are appearing. Forbes and his friend Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane were gunned down outside a popular nightlife venue in the province in 2023. The case was remanded…
Kenny Kunene, Patriotic Alliance Deputy President.1 Patriotic Alliance (PA) deputy president, Kenny Kunene has been suspended for a month from party political work and duties as MMC by his party. This is pending an investigation instituted by his party to establish why its deputy president, Kenny Kunene, was at the house of the alleged DJ…
The Bulls Head Coach Johan Ackermann. The newly appointed head coach of the Bulls, Johan Ackermann, has finally been introduced as the new head coach at Loftus Versfeld. Ackermann replaces 2007 World Cup-winning coach Jake White, whose contract was cut short earlier this month — ahead of the start of this year’s edition of the…
[FILE IMAGE] High Court in Pretoria. The State in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has wrapped up its case in the High Court in Pretoria. Five men are on trial for the 2014 murder of the Bafana Bafana captain, who was shot and killed in Vosloorus on Gauteng’s East Rand. Meyiwa was at his former girlfriend…
Mandrax tablets A 28-year-old foreign national has appeared in the Thembalethu Magistrates Court in George, Western Cape, after being found with drugs worth R200 000. The suspect was caught by K9 members during a patrol in Thembalethu. Police spokesperson Chris Spies says members approached a suspicious-looking vehicle and the driver then fled. They caught him and…
South African Football Association (SAFA)’s chief medical officer, Dr Thulani Ngwenya, has revealed that Banyana Banyana midfielder Gabriela Salgado suffered a horrific injury in the 2-1 loss to Nigeria in the semi-final of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Casablanca on Tuesday night. Banyana Banyana players never recovered from the shock after the 27-year-old…
Klipdrift Water Treatment project Residents in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria have raised concerns regarding the ongoing inconsistent water supply of Phase two of the Klipdrift Water Treatment project. Some of the affected areas include Majaneng, Kudube units, Jubilee Tower, Jubilee Direct, and Dominican Tower. The module is designed to supply 12 -point 5 mega-litres of…
Police tape at a crime scene. A 75-year-old woman has been murdered in her house in Hanover Park on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson, Joseph Swartbooi, says the killing happened during a robbery. He says the deceased’s son discovered her body when he returned from work. “The victim aged 75 was declared deceased on the scene…
Phathesakhe Ngiba convicted of murder by the Ntuzuma Regional Court in KwaZulu-Natal. The National Prosecuting Authority has welcomed the life sentence of Phathesakhe Ngiba convicted of murder by the Ntuzuma Regional Court in KwaZulu-Natal. Ngiba (28) killed iLembe Municipality ANC ward councillor Zakhele Khuzwayo in September 2022. The evening Khuzwayo was killed he had been…
