A body of a deceased person in a mortuary. 1 minute Northern Cape police say the three bodies of two adults and a 10-day-old baby girl that were stolen from a mortuary in Kuruman, two weeks ago, have not been found and no one has been arrested. The suspects entered a guardroom of a funeral…
Lab technicians testing for the presence of bacteria. 1 minute The Western Cape Health Department has called for calm among residents of the province following the death of a 34-year-old woman from diphtheria. The bacterial infection is contagious and potentially life-threatening. It spreads through contact. Symptoms develop gradually, beginning with a sore throat and fever….
Credit cards. 1 minute The editor of Mybroadband, Jan Vermeulen has cautioned credit cardholders to be wary of where they use their cards. This follows complaints of fraudulent transactions processed by Facebook. South Africans complain that fraudsters are draining their accounts using Facebook. Vermeulen says Facebook is vulnerable to scammers because it does not request…
In an alleged unholy pact, town clerk Hosiah Chisango and human capital director Mathew Marara awarded themselves lucrative grade one contracts. HARARE City Council (HCC) has been plunged into another scandal as it emerged yesterday that it has been operating with two town clerks for almost a year, NewsDay has learnt. In an alleged unholy…
Customers queueing at Eskom’s customer service centre in Zola, Soweto. 3 minutes Scores of people had to endure rain and brave the cold in different parts of Soweto to join long winding queues to sort out their issues with Eskom. This was after the announcement made by the Electricity Minister Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa extending the…
1 minute The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) will march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria against gender-based violence and femicide. The march takes place as part of the 16 Days of Activism campaign to end violence against women and children. The league’s secretary-general Nokuthula Nqaba says they are calling for decisive action against…
NSFAS Logo. 1 minute The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) says it has paid R1.3 billion to private service providers for student accommodation in 2025. The financial support for this academic year is less than the R2.9 billion paid in 2024. This is according to the Acting CEO for NSFAS Waseem Carrim. The institution…
Office of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition. 2 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) has criticized Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) Minister Parks Tau’s proposal to establish a R100 billion Transformation Fund aimed at supporting black-owned businesses. The DA has described the move as a unilateral and irresponsible policy decision that undermines…
A candle burns in a house on the Cape Flats, due to South Africa’s struggling power utility company Eskom, implementing regular power cuts – called ‘load-shedding’, in Cape Town, South Africa February 11, 2023. 1 minute South Africans have woken up to darkness after Eskom implemented Stage 6 load shedding in the early hours of…
Supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) wave party flags at an event. 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) in the Northern Cape says preparations have been finalised for holding its tenth provincial elective conference. The gathering, which will start today, follows the completion of branch and regional elective conferences whose processes some members…
