Prices are rising on a weekly basis in Zimbabwean supermarkets as the country’s dollar loses value against the US dollar in what many are seeing as a terrible throwback to the economic crisis of 2008. GWERU, ZIMBABWE – The cost of living is biting too in Zimbabwe where fuel costs at least $1.77 cents a […]
Women face a litany of real-world barriers to accessing termination of pregnancy services through the public health system, leaving illegal providers as the only options. JOHANNESBURG – The United Nations Population Fund in its State of World Population 2022 report, launched in Durban last month, described the prevalence of unsafe abortions as a “public health emergency”, estimating […]
Downing Street said Queen Elizabeth II had approved the appointment of Zahawi. LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson late Tuesday named his Iraqi-born education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, as finance minister after the shock resignation of Rishi Sunak. Downing Street said Queen Elizabeth II had approved the appointment of Zahawi, who came to Britain as […]
Siya Kolisi’s off-weekend for Saturday’s second Test between the Springboks and Wales in Bloemfontein can hardly be considered a “luxury”. National coach Jacques Nienaber made that point plainly clear after installing Handre Pollard as South Africa’s skipper for a combination that features an almighty 19 changes. “It’s not a luxury rotational switch,” he said. “We’re […]
A stage at the venue of the mass funeral of the Enyobeni victims in Scenery Park, outside East London in the Eastern Cape, July 6, 2022.. Final touch-ups are under way at an open field in Scenery Park, outside East London, where a mass funeral for 19 of the 21 young people who tragically perished […]
A fire broke out in the unused level two parking area at the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital. The Gauteng Health Department says the fire was brought under control. The disaster management head determined that evacuation of patients was not required. Services at the hospital are continuing per normal. Source: eNCA
The trade union federation was reacting to the shock increase of more than R2.00 a litre for grades of petrol and diesel. CAPE TOWN – The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has called on the government to continue with its fuel levy tax relief to ease the burden on cash-strapped consumers. This comes […]
The Eastern Cape government has, however, warned that it will control overcrowding at the venue and has urged many who want to pay their last respects to watch the funeral from home. EAST LONDON – The mass funeral scheduled to take place in Scenery Park on Wednesday will be held at an open field. […]
Former Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli. AFP/Stringer STRINGER / AFP JOHANNESBURG – A warrant of arrest has been issued for former Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli. This after he failed to appear in court. Mdluli is currently serving a five-year sentence for his involvement in the kidnapping of his customary wife, Tshidi Buthelezi, and her boyfriend, Oupa Ramogibe, in 1998. […]
Solidarity said that it expected that the wage negotiations would be finalised when unions met with Eskom on Tuesday afternoon. JOHANNESBURG – Trade union Solidarity has confirmed that its members at Eskom have accepted the new wage offer. The organisation is one of three recognised trade unions at the ailing power utility. Meanwhile, leaders of […]