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Thu, 17 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0200RATE IT: Seven of Ramaphosa’s key Sona debate responses
What do you think of the president's comments in response to the Sona debate?
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:56:41 +0200Somali doctors open war-scarred nation's only public blood bank
When Somalia's biggest bomb blast killed more than 500 people in 2017, Dr. Ahmed Abdikadir Mohamed watched helplessly as many of the injured bled to death.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:49:36 +0200Northcliff Corner bidding war ends without a sale
The Johannesburg shopping mall remains on the market after the highest auction bid was rejected.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:38:30 +0200Biden allows January 6 panel access to Trump's White House visitor logs
US President Joe Biden has rejected former President Donald Trump's executive privilege claims and ordered White House visitor logs to be released to the panel investigating the deadly January 6, 2021 attack, according to a letter released on Wednesd...
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:35:46 +0200Doctor hijacked after her shift at Mpumalanga hospital
A doctor was held up at gunpoint while returning to the medics' residential quarters after completing a shift at a public hospital in Mpumalanga on Tuesday night.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:27:51 +0200Four tigers kept in abandoned train carriage in Argentina to be sent to SA
An animal welfare organisation is preparing to relocate tigers kept for years in an abandoned train carriage at a farm in Argentina to a wildlife sanctuary in SA.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:14:57 +0200France's military withdrawal from Mali is no failure, says Macron
France's military withdrawal from Mali, where it has been fighting Islamist militants since 2013, does not constitute a failure in its mission, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:07:01 +0200SA’s excess death rate during Covid-19 pandemic reaches 1 in 200 people
Excess deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic account for one in 200 South Africans overall and one in 25 over-60s, according to researchers at the SA Medical Research Council.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:05:08 +0200Government will soon provide 10GB of free data to every household — here’s how it’ll work
"SA households — despite whether you are rich or poor, employed or unemployed — will have access to 10GB per month without failure because that’s what this government will deliver,” said Khumbudzo Ntshavheni.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:57:04 +0200Girl found underneath staircase in New York, two years after going missing
Two years after she went missing, a 6-year-old girl has been found alive and in good health in a makeshift room underneath a staircase in a house in New York state, according to police who said they suspected she was abducted by her biological non-cu...
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:31:56 +0200Three nabbed in R254m KZN drug bust case, released on R30k bail
Three people implicated in a R254m drug bust were arrested this week, almost four years after the Hawks discovered a huge clandestine drug-manufacturing laboratory, window-dressed as a farm, in Harding on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:19:28 +0200Tshwane firefighter shot dead moments after she agreed to meet someone
A woman firefighter died in a hail of bullets after accepting a phone call and agreeing to meet someone outside the fire station on Wednesday night.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:07:07 +0200RECORDED | Gauteng government gives update on Charlotte Maxeke hospital fire
It’s been 10 months since the Charlotte Maxeke hospital fire. Yet, the old facility has still not fully reopened, with the casualty ward reportedly staying shut.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:59:00 +0200‘No more excessive tax hikes,’ wine industry appeals to Treasury
SA wine grape farmers and wineries have called on the government to use sound judgment when announcing excise duties during the national budget speech next week.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:31:00 +0200WATCH | Pupils return to Jan Viljoen high school but parents remain uneasy
Classes resumed at the Jan Viljoen high school in Randfontein on Thursday morning.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:10:00 +0200Heavy rains, flooding kill dozens in Brazil's 'Imperial City'
At least 94 people died in the historic Brazilian mountain town of Petropolis, local government officials said on Wednesday, after heavy rains caused mudslides that buried homes, flooded the streets and washed away cars and buses.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:50:41 +0200Florida House passes ban on abortion after 15 weeks, sends bill to Senate
Florida's House of Representatives passed a bill to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy late on Wednesday, a measure several Republican-led states are pushing as the US Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of such limits.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:43:08 +0200African software developers using artificial intelligence to fight inequality
Johannesburg-based computer scientist Raesetje Sefala says AI can be used to "serve the people behind the data points".
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:39:29 +0200RECORDED | Russian cargo craft docks at the ISS
Russia's Progress 80 cargo craft docks at the International Space Station.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:37:01 +0200Five killed as gunfire, explosions rock Somali capital
Al Shabaab militants attacked several police stations and security checkpoints in Somalia's capital Mogadishu early on Wednesday, officials and the militants said, a show of force as the nation prepares for a much-delayed presidential election.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:21:18 +0200Bus crosses lanes, shoots up embankment after driver loses control
Four people were seriously injured in the crash, while 13 had a lucky escape.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:21:00 +0200Work or you’re out: Zimbabwe threat to striking teachers
The Zimbabwe government says teachers and education officials who do not report for duty will be deemed to have resigned.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:30:00 +0200Will stadiums be open in March? Health minister Joe Phaahla hints at gradual relaxation
"We can’t keep on for much longer without any football, rugby, music festivals and so on, but a gradual kind of relaxation with more activity is on the cards," said Phaahla.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:20:07 +0200Man jailed for 10 years for setting girlfriend on fire
A 37-year-old Mpumalanga man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of his 21-year-old girlfriend.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:18:56 +0200NICD raises red alert about typhoid fever in SA
In the Western Cape the outbreaks are currently in the Cape Town Metro health district, the Cape Winelands and the Garden Route. In the North West, the outbreak is in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda district.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:05:32 +0200YOUR COVID QUESTIONS ANSWERED: I want to get vaccinated but scared of developing myocarditis, should I still get the jab?
Myocarditis is a rare inflammation of the heart muscle, usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection. Pericarditis is inflammation of the thin membrane that surrounds the heart.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:27:55 +0200COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | WHO must be bolstered to strengthen global health security, says Tedros
Coronavirus updates.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:18:41 +0200eThekwini’s R725k DSW December sick leave bill enough to make you ill
Sick leave taken in December by employees in the eThekwini municipality's department of solid waste cost the department more than R725,000.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 20:43:06 +0200LISTEN | Leave race out of it, no-one's plotting to kill white farmers, Malema reiterates
The equality court in Johannesburg on Wednesday continued with the hate speech matter brought by AfriForum.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 19:52:09 +0200SA records 3,699 new Covid-19 cases and 89 deaths in 24 hours
There were 3,699 new Covid-19 cases recorded in SA in the past 24 hours, the NICD said on Wednesday.