The stem cells are often used to treat life-threatening illnesses including blood disorders and some forms of cancers. As July marks Cord Blood Awareness Month medical experts have highlighted the benefits of cord blood storage and how it can save lives. The stem cells are often used to treat life-threatening illnesses including blood disorders and […]
The newly elected Gauteng Provincial Executive Committee members include former Presidential Spokesperson Khusela Diko and former Health MEC in Gauteng Bandile Masuku. They were both implicated in the multi-million rand Personal Protective Equipment tender scandal in 2020. Both of them lost their government positions but were reinstated to the Provincial Executive Committee after disciplinary processes. The […]
South Africa will probably be hit by Stage 4 load shedding until Thursday. Power outages may continue for the next ten days, as Eskom warns that it will take weeks to recover from an unlawful strike. After long delays, Koeberg’s unit 2 was expected to come online by the end of July and alleviate pressure on […]
South Africa is preparing steps to accelerate an increase in electricity supply after state power utility Eskom implemented record blackouts. The government is consulting on the measures and will announce a “comprehensive set of actions” in the coming days on how it intends to tackle power outages, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday in his […]
Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane will face Parliament’s inquiry into her fitness to hold office. Mkhwebane has challenged the legitimacy of this process to no avail. The hearing will kick off on Monday with witness testimony before we hear from Mkhwebane herself. Full details on eNCA
Close to a quarter (22%) of the 165 059 teaching and managerial staff in the Early Childhood Development (ECD) sector do not have any formal training or qualification, underpinning the enormity of the sector’s challenges, the country’s first-ever census has shown. It is not all doom and gloom, however, as the ECD 2021 Census conducted […]
A case of monkeypox has been reported in Limpopo, bringing the number of confirmed cases in South Africa to three. On Sunday, Limpopo Health MEC, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, said her province’s first case was confirmed by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases. The confirmed case is that of a 42-year-old male tourist from Switzerland who […]
Police Minister, Bheki Cele and National Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, are expected to visit the tavern in Orlando East, Soweto, where 15 people were shot dead. Eight others have been hospitalised. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday morning, when two gunmen allegedly opened fire on patrons at the establishment. Source: eNCA
Members of lobby group Equal Education are expected to hold a picket at the Basic Education Department’s offices in Pretoria on Friday. This is with regard to what they say are the drastic and unacceptable changes that Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga wants to make to the Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure. They say […]
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is planning a national shutdown to respond to escalating food, electricity and fuel costs. SAFTU General-Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi is encouraging South Africans to turn up in their numbers to speak out. Vavi says the current state of the country is not the freedom that people should be […]