Health worker attending to a patient. 2 minutes Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane says the challenge of the unavailability of medication at public health facilities is largely perpetuated by Medico-Legal (South African Medico-Legal Association) claims that cut into the Health Department’s budget. Mabuyane was speaking to SABC News this morning, ahead of the World Aids Day…
Phone with social media apps Social media law expert, Emma Sadleir has urged parents to monitor their children’s activities on social media platforms, particularly on WhatsApp. This after the Gauteng High Court, on Monday, ordered Meta platforms, to shut down anonymous Instagram accounts and WhatsApp channels distributing graphic child pornography involving South African schoolchildren. Sadleir,…
APC members gathered at one of the party’s Robert Sobukwe memorial lectures. 1 minute The African People’s Convention (APC) held a memorial lecture in Makhado, Limpopo earlier today in honour of Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) founding President Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. APC President Themba Godi delivered the lecture reflecting on Sobukwe’s anti-apartheid legacy. The party has…
Protea’s Aiden Markram in action during ICC T20 World Cup 2024 final against India at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados on June 29, 2024 2 minutes The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) says it will offer live coverage of the Proteas inbound cricket tours from today until April 30 next year. The SABC says in a…
2 minutes The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) says while progress has been made to promote multilingualism, there is still much work to be done. This as the country observes the African Language Week. Speaking at the International Mother Language Day commemoration in the City of Mbombela in Mpumalanga, PanSALB CEO, Lance Schultz has…
Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development minister Anxious Masuka GOVERNMENT has engaged the army to assist police in evicting land barons who are targeting farms, creating illegal settlements across the country. This emerged in Parliament last Thursday when Murewa South lawmaker Noah Mangondo complained about the sprouting of illegal settlements on A1 and A2…
Electricity pylons 1 minute The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) will kick off its public hearings in Cape Town today before heading to other provinces. Eskom has applied to Nersa for a 36% electricity tariff hike from April next year. Residents have expressed anger and frustration over Eskom’s application. Nersa’s public hearings are scheduled to…
South African bank notes and coins. 1 minute Consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) says it expects the National Treasury to announce a tax revenue shortfall of about R10 billion relative to its expectations in the mid-term budget tabled in October last year. Treasury said it expected to raise just over R1.84 trillion in taxes at the…
Construction cranes 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is optimistic that the country will be able to grow the economy over the next coming years. The President said this during the oral question and answer session in Parliament in Cape Town. He told the house government has been able to formulate viable and tangible…
Makhanda 3 minutes Residents of Makana in the Eastern Cape are sounding the alarm as the region’s ongoing water crisis intensifies. Some communities say they’ve been without a steady water supply for over five days, leaving them to grapple with basic daily needs like drinking, cooking, and sanitation. The situation, which has been escalating over…
