Cape Town residents have been protected from the ramped-up stage 6 load shedding after the city built up reserves allowing it to keep power cuts at stage 4. As City Power battles to keep up with the effects of continuous load shedding –the City of Joburg said it’s working on long-term solutions, which include […]
Stellies are hitting the refresh button with senior figures such as Robyn Johannes, Granwald Scott, Marc van Heerden, Nathan Sinkala, Stanley Dimgba, Sibusiso Mthethwa and Waseem Isaacs. Johannes, 35, who joined the club in 2019 and donned the captain’s armband since his arrival from Bidvest Wits, will be released upon the expiry of his contract […]
South Africa has one of the most inclusive Constitutions in the world, but despite the advanced human rights laws highlighted in it, queer people still face the brunt of a failing legal system and queerphobia in society. Though there is a rise in understanding that queerness doesn’t equate to unnaturalness, it would be hard-pressed to […]
Newly elected ANC Gauteng chairperson Panyaza Lesufi has responded to the SACP statement raising concerns about the role of money during the weekend’s internal contest. Newly elected African National Congress (ANC) Gauteng chairperson, Panyaza Lesufi, said that the South African Communist Party (SACP) could not play the blame game while it was a participant in […]
A Russian missile strike killed at least three people in a residential building in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, authorities said, as the search continued for dozens still missing from an attack on a shopping mall two days ago. Eight missiles struck the southern city of Mykolaiv including an apartment building, Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych said, just […]
South Africa’s second monkeypox case has been diagnosed in Cape Town. South Africa’s second monkeypox case has been diagnosed in Cape Town. Laboratory-based testing on Tuesday confirmed a 32-year-old man as positive with the viral disease. National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said that the patient had reported no recent travel history. Health Department spokesperson, […]
Sources close to the probe into the death of teenagers at a tavern in East London say they may have died due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Final autopsy results are expected to be announced later this week. The Eastern Cape health department says it treated and discharged 16 survivors. Carbon monoxide poisoning has emerged as […]
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is adamant that the Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan should immediately retract the announcement he made on Tuesday. Gordhan said that he was hopeful that Eskom would avoid implementing stage six rolling blackouts for a second consecutive day on Wednesday after the power utility and unions had reached a wage agreement. […]
The South African Human Rights Commission’s Buang Jones says Gauteng’s public healthcare system is crumbling. He says the infrastructure at most public hospitals is deteriorating and is not well maintained. The Commission has been conducting site inspections at various hospitals. They were at Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital in Soweto on Monday where a fire broke out […]
This signals a 0.4% increase as compared to the fourth quarter of last year. Stats SA said that employment had grown by 42,000 jobs in the first quarter of the year, with part-time employment saving the day. The quarterly employment statistics also showed that 200,000 jobs were gained in the period under review as compared […]