Eastern Cape healthcare facilities closed due to taxi strike
More than 60 healthcare facilities in the Eastern Cape were unable to open on Thursday due to a taxi strike. The strike is linked to the non-payment of service providers... Read more.
‘Workers are poor’ – Affiliate union Haitu slams Cosatu, ANC alliance
The Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade Union (Haitu) has questioned how the relationship between the country’s leading labour federation, Cosatu, and ANC... Read more.
Santaco distances itself from scholar transport shutdown
The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) in the Eastern Cape has distanced itself from the planned shutdown and movement restrictions in key parts of the... Read more.
Investigation attributes M1 underground fire to cable theft
The underground fire that broke out on Wednesday morning along the M1 highway in Johannesburg has been attributed to cable theft and infrastructure vandalism. According... Read more.
Gauteng man gets 15-year jail term for attacking ambulance crew
A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years of direct imprisonment after he was found guilty of attacking Emergency Medical Services (EMS) crew in July 2023.... Read more.
Nongcebo McKenzie launches podcast after Ukhozi FM exit
After her contract at the SABC IsiZulu radio station was not renewed, former Ukhozi FM star Nongcebo McKenzie — who left the station in tears of gratitude —... Read more.
Health body urges citizens to get flu vaccine as winter approaches
The flu season is upon us, and a lot of viruses that disappeared during the peak of Covid-19 as we observed all safety precautions, have returned and stabilised.... Read more.
High court dismisses psychologist’s appeal against HPCSA
Psychologist Christina Fransina Johanna Els has lost her court case against the health regulatory body. Her case was dismissed with costs. The Western Cape High... Read more.
How government agencies failed underage Enyobeni tavern victims
Government’s failure to ensure compliance by practitioners to laws such as selling alcohol to underage kids, children’s rights and measures aimed at curbing... Read more.
‘Dissolving NSFAS board will not wipe out corruption’
The head of a private college has cautioned that the leadership changes Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Blade Nzimande was effecting at the Students... Read more.
