Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize says the current budget will be enough to start rolling out the National Health Insurance (NHI). Speaking at a community engagement campaign in the Harry Gwala District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, Mkhize has said NHI aims to improve quality health care for all citizens. During a walkabout[…]
Acclaimed Hollywood actor Forest Whitaker has decided to take the youth of Athlone under his wing after experiencing the trauma and contention of having a disabled family member become addicted to drugs and alcohol. Now the actor, who is also a humanitarian and social activists, feels it his responsibility to[…]
The Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape lost a ward to the African National Congress in by-elections on Wednesday, but says they are otherwise pleased with the results. While the loss of a ward may seem significant to many – particularly because it came in a province dominated by DA[…]
Former post office worker Luyanda Botha will serve life in prison for the rape and murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana, in terms of a plea and sentencing agreement heard in the Western Cape High Court. The court heard on Friday that Botha pleaded guilty to raping and killing UCT student Mrwetyana[…]
It seems opposition MPs don’t want to let go of calls for the reinstatement of the death penalty. They say stronger deterrents are needed to help stem the tide on violence. Lawmakers engaged in a heated debate on the matter in the National Assembly on Thursday at the request of the[…]
Capetonians have yet another reason to be proud, and this time of a 16-year-old. Cape Town-based tennis player Kholo Montsi has not only finished the 2019 tennis season as both South Africa and Africa’s top-ranked junior boys player, but also landed himself under the Top 20 Junior boys in world tennis. Kholo[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South African Airways (SAA) management and unions to urgently seek solutions to their labour dispute. SAA has cancelled nearly all domestic, regional and international flights on Friday and on Saturday following an announcement by the South African Cabin Crew Association and the National Union of Metalworkers[…]
Though America has not had an ambassador in SA since the departure of Patrick Gaspard in December 2016, the new ambassador for Washington, Lana Marks, said this did not mean president Donald Trump didn’t take SA or Africa seriously. She told a press conference in Sandton on Wednesday that Trump[…]
The main suspect in the murder of Jesse Hess and her Grandfather, alleged to be a cousin, was found and apprehended in Struisbaai in the Overberg on Wednesday 13 November 2019, after raping a 16-year-old girl in Hanover Park just two days earlier. SAPS Captain FC Van Wyk said: “Kindly[…]
A severe thunderstorm that produced a tornado near New Hanover on Tuesday is among 17 which has ripped through parts of South Africa in the last decade. At least two people were killed and 20 injured in the storm, which the SA Weather Service (SAWS) was investigating to determine the[…]
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