Monkeypox no cause for concern-Phaahla
Monkeypox is not a severe disease. That’s according to Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla. Phaahla announced on Thursday during a media briefing that the country has recorded its first...
Month : June 2022
Eskom warns of intensified load shedding amidst protests
Power utility Eskom has warned that stage two load shedding will increase after several employees downed tools in what appears to be unprotected strike action following...
South Africa reports first case of monkeypox
Health Minister Joe Phaahla has confirmed the first case of monkeypox in South Africa. The patient is a 30-year-old male from Johannesburg with no travel...
Chris Baragwanath Hospital fire damages section of building
Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital has become the third hospital in Gauteng to be engulfed by fire. The hospital’s COVID-19 section caught fire on Wednesday,...
Indoor wearing of masks scrapped
The government has done away with the remaining COVID-19 regulations. The rules on wearing masks indoors and the limitation on public events and gatherings have...
Reservoirs isolated to assist in search for missing Soweto boy
Johannesburg Water has isolated specific reservoirs in and around Soweto as part of a continuing search for the 7-year-old boy who fell down a manhole...
Eskom intensifies load shedding
Eskom has announced the implementation of stage 2 load from 10am on Wednesday due to a generation capacity shortage. From Thursday the embattled power utility...
Mayor ask for two weeks to report back to Soweto residents
After electricity and service delivery woes resulted in a disruptive protest on Monday, Soweto residents on Tuesday delivered memorandums with their grievances to Johannesburg Mayor...
Homeless shelters have become a place of hope for the displaced and marginalised, writes Phetoho Maja
The arrival of Coronavirus Pandemic (Covid-19) came as a rescue according to Samuel Monyemore (35) from Benoni in Ekurhuleni who was once a homeless person...
City Power security officers attacked by cable thieves
City Power security officers were shot and injured on Sunday, in the Eikenhof area, south of Joburg. The two security officers were doing their regular...