# A former Johannesburg kindergarten teacher was found guilty of raping and killing her boyfriend’s four-year-old daughter. The High Court in the city found Amber Lee Hughes sexually assaulted Nada-Jane Challita before drowning her in the bathtub of her father Elie’s home in Glenvista in January 2023. Hughes had been looking after the toddler while […]
# The DA says 860 beds at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital are without full sets of linen, putting patients at risk of infection and discomfort. According to the party, Gauteng Health Department admits shortages of fitted sheets, pillowcases, pyjamas, and bedcovers, blaming old laundry machines and supply delays. The DA’s Jack Bloom says the situation […]
# Die Gautengse Departement van Gesondheid vra ouers en voogde om toestemmingsvorms te teken sodat hul kinders teen masels ingeënt kan word. Die veldtog van ses weke wat tot 12 September duur, is daarop gemik om meer as drie-miljoen kinders in te ent. Die provinsie het sedert Januarie meer as 400 bevestigde maselsgevalle aangemeld. Die […]
# The Gauteng Department of Health urges parents and guardians to sign consent forms for their children to be vaccinated against measles. The six-week drive, running until 12 September, aims to vaccinate over three-million children. The province has reported more than 400 confirmed measles cases since January. The department’s Motalatale Modiba cautions that low consent […]
# Die hervestiging van olifante uit dieretuine in Pretoria en Johannesburg het gelei tot vurige debatte en verskeie petisies oor toegang tot wilde diere en bewaring in Suid-Afrika. Dit volg nadat Charley, die laaste olifantbul in die Pretoria-dieretuin, verskuif is na die private wildreservaat Shambala in Limpopo. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Instituut vir Biodiversiteit het dit […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, bied vandag in Pretoria die tiende jaarlikse Gertrude Shope-dialoogforum aan. Die ANC-staatmaker is in Mei oorlede, drie maande voor haar honderdste verjaarsdag. Lamola se departement sê die forum is gestig as ruimte vir vroue om ondervinding, kennis en die beste maniere om vrede te maak […]
# The relocation of elephants from Pretoria and Johannesburg zoos has sparked widespread debate and petitions about wildlife access and conservation in South Africa. This follows the move of Pretoria Zoo’s last elephant bull, Charley, to Shambala Private Game Reserve in Limpopo. The decision was approved by the South African National Biodiversity Institute as a […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, is set to host the 10th Gertrude Shope Annual Dialogue Forum in Pretoria today. ANC stalwart Shope passed away in May this year, three months before she was to turn 100 years old. Dirco says the forum was established as a space for women to share […]
# Johannesburg Water sê hy hou veranderinge in watervlakke dop by die Brixton- en Hursthill 1-reservoirs. Dit volg ná onbeplande onderhoud gisteraand by die Crosby-pompstasie. Johannesburg Water se woordvoerder, Nombuso Shabalala, sê die stelsel kan dalk langer neem om ten volle herstel in gebiede soos Industria, Crosby, Langlaagte, Longdale en Riverlea:
