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Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:01:00 +0200Most loyal customer and longest trip: e-hailing app Bolt crunches 2021 data
The convenience of being "chauffeur driven" is loved by this South African: A Bolt passenger hailed 908 rides on the app during 2021 – equating to nearly two-and-a-half rides per day on every day of the year.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:40:00 +0200‘It’s all rumours’: Defence lawyer on claims parliament ‘arsonist’ has Covid-19
Zandile Mafe’s lawyer has dismissed as “rumours” reports the alleged parliament arsonist tested positive for Covid-19
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:39:28 +0200Reddam and Reddford House matrics rack up more than 1,000 distinctions in rough year
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Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:30:00 +0200Young, an Afrikaner and skilled? Orania needs you to help ensure its sustainability
The Afrikaner town of Orania has called for “young and skilled workers” to help improve the town and ensure its sustainability.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:23:00 +0200Out of town matriculant relieved she can receive her results online
An 18-year-old matric pupil, Anlé Spies, who was the first applicant in a bid to reverse basic education minister Angie Motshega's decision not to publish matric exams results on media platforms, says she is happy the tradition will be retained.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:17:00 +0200Expel companies complicit in state capture, says BMF
The Black Management Forum has called for companies complicit in state capture to be prohibited from doing business in SA, also lambasting the role played by the ANC’s cadre deployment system in corruption that is undermining the transformation age...
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:02:00 +0200Quadruplets born in North West — woman now a mom to nine children
Nurses and doctors at Joe Morolong Memorial Hospital have successfully delivered quadruplets to a mom from the Vryburg area, the North West health department confirmed on Tuesday.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:12:00 +0200RECORDED | Festive season road accident stats revealed
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula will on Tuesday hold a press briefing to release the festive season road accident statistics.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:02:00 +0200Matric results can be published online by media platforms, court rules
The Pretoria high court has granted an urgent application by an 18-year-old matric pupil to reverse basic education minister Angie Motshega's decision not to publish matric results on newspaper platforms.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:00:00 +0200Mbalula blames theft for dilapidated train stations, as ActionSA calls for heightened security measures
Mbalula said train stations requiring minor and extensive repairs will be upgraded as part of the National Station Improvement Programme.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:55:00 +0200Tremor of 3.5 magnitude hits Westonaria, Gauteng
The Council for Geoscience has confirmed that an earthquake was felt in Westonaria, approximately 51km southwest of Johannesburg, on Tuesday morning.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:49:04 +0200RECORDED | Education quality assurance body Umalusi media briefing
Matric pupils eagerly awaiting their final marks this week have been told they will be able to get them online.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:48:40 +0200WATCH LIVE | Life Esidimeni inquest at Pretoria high court — day 2
The inquest into the deaths of 144 Life Esidimeni psychiatric patients continues at the Pretoria high court on Tuesday.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:42:43 +0200Over a dozen dead in Saudi-led coalition strikes on Yemen's Sanaa
An air strike killed about 14 people in a single building in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, residents said on Tuesday, among strikes across the city by the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi group.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:48:34 +0200Durban freeway closed after petrol tanker crash
Durban's N2 freeway is expected to be partially shut for hours after a truck transporting petrol overturned on the busy road during the early hours of Tuesday.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:30:00 +0200Australia suffers deadliest day of pandemic as Omicron drives up hospital cases
Australia suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic on Tuesday as a fast-moving Omicron outbreak continued to push up hospitalisation rates to record levels, even as daily infections eased slightly.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:22:53 +0200Israel completes flight Test of Arrow weapons system
Israel's defence ministry said on Tuesday it had completed a planned flight Test of the Arrow weapons system, and would release further Test details throughout the day.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:10:00 +0200Tsunami-hit Tonga islands suffered 'catastrophic' damage-reports
The affect of the huge eruption was felt as far away as the US. Two people drowned off a beach in Peru due to high waves caused by the tsunami, while officials in Japan reported several evacuations.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:01:22 +0200Anger at magistrate’s order drove Vryburg man to smash court windows
A man charged with smashing court windows in Vryburg in North West is set to plead guilty this week, says the National Prosecuting Authority.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:00:00 +0200‘We need constitutional literacy and accountability’- Thuli Madonsela calls for protection of the constitution
Taking to social media, Madonsela said there is a need to “protect the constitution” by delivering on its commitments.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:46:57 +0200Chinese fishermen find suspicious devices for 'stealing secrets'
The Chinese province of Jiangsu rewarded fishermen on Tuesday for turning over “suspicious” underwater devices found in coastal waters that posed a national security risk, media reported.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:34:55 +0200Two struck by lightning, flash floods on highway — and a runaway ‘double-decker’
Gauteng's stormy weather wreaked havoc overnight.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200YOUR COVID-19 QUESTIONS ANSWERED | When was the last global pandemic and how long did it last?
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Tue, 18 Jan 2022 06:10:00 +0200COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | 1 691 new cases recorded in SA in the past 24 hours
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Mon, 17 Jan 2022 21:32:50 +0200SA records nearly 1,700 new Covid-19 cases, 87 deaths in a day
There were 1,691 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the NICD reported on Monday.
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 19:20:23 +0200Thousands of flights cancelled in eastern US as winter storm heads north
Thousands of flights have been cancelled in eastern US as a winter storm heads north
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:05:38 +0200Moving patients was 'rushed', former health boss tells Life Esidimeni inquest
The former Gauteng deputy DG for mental health services has reiterated to the inquest in the Pretoria high court that processes were rushed in moving Life Esidimeni patients.
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 15:27:12 +0200Cops put a spoke in the wheel of Joburg 'cyclist robbers'
Four people who attempted to rob a group of cyclists of their bicycles in Brackendowns, Johannesburg, were arrested with suspected stolen security equipment on Sunday.
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 15:20:31 +0200WATCH | KZN family's lucky escape as elephant overturns their SUV
A KwaZulu-Natal family was traumatised after an elephant they encountered in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, in the north of the province, flipped over their SUV.
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 15:15:27 +0200KZN school with good matric pass track record suffers storm damage
KwaZulu-Natal education MEC Kwazi Mshengu has promised to fix storm damage at a high school in uMgungundlovu.