# Rugby: Western Province made five changes to the side for tomorrow afternoon’s Currie Cup encounter against Griquas in Kimberley. Tristan Leyds starts at fullback in a rotation with Shilton van Wyk. Justin Geduld comes in at outside centre and Luke Burger is on the bench. Jurie Matthee makes his first appearance this season at […]
# DA in Gauteng claims there are only 751 Intensive Care Unit nurses, less than half of the one-thousand-760 needed, putting patient lives at risk. This follows revealed the figures from Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko’s reply in the provincial legislature. DA Gauteng Health spokesperson, Jack Bloom emphasised effects including increased patient mortality, longer hospital stays, […]
# Botswana’s president, Duma Boko, has joined the Board of the Global Center on Adaptation. His appointment signals renewed focus on climate justice and sustainable African solutions. With Botswana facing severe droughts and rising temperatures, Boko emphasised that climate adaptation is an urgent economic and political priority. Global Center on Adaptation chairperson, Macky Sall, welcomed […]
# Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi is participating in a World Breastfeeding Week Webinar today. Motsoaledi has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to promoting breastfeeding, noting that lack of it increases infant illness and mortality risks. The event forms part of efforts to highlight breastfeeding’s vital role in child survival and development. The minister also aims to […]
# Brandbestryders worstel ‘n derde agtereenvolgende dag om Frankryk se grootste veldbrand in byna agt dekades te bestry, nadat meer as 16-duisend hektaar reeds verbrand het, een persoon dood is en talle huise vernietig is. Reuters berig rookwolke hang oor die beboste gebied in die Aude gebied in Suid-Frankryk. Plaaslike owerhede het gesê behalwe die […]
# Cosatu has welcomed the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s decision to revise its planned fare increases. Last month Prasa announced its intention to hike ticket prices starting form the first of this month. Cosatu spokesperson, Zanele Sabela says Cosatu, commuters and commuter associations alike were up in arms, saying the increase in some […]
# The EFF has strongly denounced what it calls the unjust suspension of the Southern African Music Rights Organisation chief operating officer, Mpho Mofikoe by management and board. The party says this suspension follows a distressing pattern the EFF have seen before, with former CEO Nothando Migogo and current CEO Ditebogo Modiba both experiencing similar mistreatment. The […]
# For a third day in a row, firefighters battled to contain France’s biggest wildfire in nearly eight decades, which has burnt over 16-thousand hectares, killed one person and destroyed dozens of houses. Reuters reports plumes of smoke rising over the forest area in the region of Aude in southern France. Local authorities said one […]
# Die MK-party vra die regering om te onttrek aan die Statebond se Parlementêre Vereniging en is van mening dit handhaaf koloniale nalatenskappe en ondersteun Britse globale invloed. Suid-Afrika het in 1994 weer by die Statebond aangesluit nadat hy in 1961 weens apartheidskritiek onttrek het. ‘n Lid van die KwaZulu-Natalse wetgewer, Ishana Barciela, het aan […]
