SA embassy staff in Brussels all ‘accounted for’
No South Africans were believed to among the dead or injured following the bomb attacks that killed at least 30 people in the Belgian capital on Tuesday. A Department of International Relations and...
View ArticleFoodBank SA Family Day Food Drive
FoodBank SA is challenging you to join the fight against hunger by making a donation to hungry people via the FoodBank SA Family Day Food Drive. The national Family Day Food Drive commences on Tuesday...
View ArticleYields rise as local inflation accelerates in February
SOUTH African bonds were weaker on Wednesday morning after data showed that inflation accelerated at a quicker-than-expected pace in February. Inflation‚ as measured by the consumer price index (CPI)...
View ArticleBrothel client breaks a leg in escape bid
A man broke his leg when he leapt from a second-floor window while trying to escape a vice squad raid on a Cape Town brothel. City of Cape Town mayoral committee member for safety and security‚ JP...
View ArticleWATCH: Helen Zille joins Suzelle DIY to discuss how to save water
Western Cape premier Helen Zille joined Suzelle in this video discussing how to save water – with tips including rinsing your toothbrush in a cup to save water, making sure your dishwasher is full...
View ArticleTwo pupils die, 32 hospitalised after taking drug at party
TWO people died and 32 others were hospitalised after taking an unidentified drug at a school break-up day celebration in KwaMashu‚ north of Durban. KwaZulu-Natal social development department...
View ArticleFake Interpol cop denied bail
A man who masqueraded as a police officer from Interpol and demanded R300 000 bribe money from a suspect in Mpumalanga earlier this month is still behind bars. This after his bail application was...
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Murder and rape accused abandon bail
FED UP: Community activists from Port Alfred and Nemato protest outside the Port Alfred Magistrate’s Court today, calling for a murder accused and a man charged with rape to be refused bail by the...
View ArticleSA media’s lack of sophistication keeps ‘reachable secrets as secrets’ – EFF
The South African media is behind the curve on state capture. And its reflections on the topic are “largely as a follow-up to the factual reflections the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) gave on the...
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Refugees in desperate wait for assistance
LONG WAIT: Somali Noor Bare, 31 – who has been trying for three years to obtain refugee status in South Africa – joins other refugees gathered outside the closed Port Elizabeth Refugee Reception Office...
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Plastic debris hits Swartkops
SORRY SIGHT: A massive amount of plastic pollution has washed down the Swartkops River after heavy rains. Picture: EUGENE COETZEE Pollution worsened by rains– and no one to clean it up HEAVY rain...
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US race down to lady and the Trump
ATTACK AD: The picture of his wife, Melania, which is being used to attack Donald Trump Republican feud hots up after saucy ad targets Melania DONALD Trump and his main challenger for the Republican...
View Article‘People rather pay for DStv than bills’
EASTERN Cape households are either too cash-strapped, or would rather pay for DStv than municipal bills – or else municipalities are simply unable to collect the enormous debt owed to them for...
View ArticleRumours fly over unnamed candidates on DA list
THE DA set tongues wagging this week when it listed three confidential candidates on its Nelson Mandela Bay list to contest the local government elections. Speculation has been rife in political...
View ArticleMetro makes R1.5m settlement for electrocuted boy’s mother
THE Port Elizabeth High Court yesterday ratified a massive R1.5-million out-of-court settlement for the care of a traumatised Uitenhage mother whose young son was electrocuted while playing soccer in...
View ArticleNMMU appoints new dean
NELSON Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) has appointed a new dean of business and economic sciences. Dr Ismail Lagardien – who has two decades of experience in an academic and policy environment...
View ArticleMotshekga commits to timetable for release of ‘jobs for cash’ report
Trade unions and school governing body (SGB) associations will see the long-awaited “jobs for cash” scandal a day before it is released to the public. On Thursday‚ the Department of Basic Education...
View ArticleZuma concerned about ‘health workforce shortages in developing countries’
President Jacob Zuma on Thursday highlighted “the challenge of the brain drain” in the health sector on his return from a “successful working visit to Lyon”. There the leader co-chaired‚ with France’s...
View ArticleWatch: Elephants rescue calf that got stuck in the mud
A baby elephant got trapped in a watering hole in the Kruger National Park. It scrabbled against the bank as the herd tried to push it and pull it out of the mud – eventually succeeding in freeing it....
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Trilateral Anti-Crime operation yields desired results
Operation Maluti Operation Maluti 2016, a well-coordinated Trilateral Anti-Crime operation in the borders between South Africa, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal and Free State yielded desired results this month....
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