It’s dry taps this Good Friday for some Johannesburg residents plagued by water outages caused by system challenges from Johannesburg Water and the bulk water supplier Rand Water.
Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba said her department had only recovered 34 bodies following a horrific bus crash near Mokopane on Thursday night. According to officials, the bus, which was carrying pilgrims to Moria from Botswana, crashed through a barrier and caught fire on impact. Forty-five people were killed in the collision. It’s been described… Read More »Officials Still...
President Cyril Ramaphosa is urging those observing the Easter weekend to pray for the country’s upcoming elections so that there are no diruptions at the polls. Ramaphosa attended a church service in Bloemfontein as part of his Easter programme. Close to 28 million South Africans are set to make their mark at the polls exactly… Read More »Ramaphosa Calls For Prayers To Ensure No...
A 51-year-old man has been arrested for drunk driving after allegedly crashing into a vehicle transporting former president, Jacob Zuma. Police said the man was also charged with reckless and negligent driving. The accident happened in Eshowe on Thursday night and police have confirmed Zuma was unhurt. SAPS national spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe, said that Zuma… Read More »Man Arrested...
1st For Women, the home insurance brand specifically designed for women, has embarked on a campaign to uncover which province is the safest to live in after its nationwide survey of women uncovered that a shocking 76% feel unsafe in the country and 30% are considering emigration due to safety concerns. With female safety, a… Read More »The Safest Provinces For Women, According To New Research
Maynor Suazo Sandoval left Honduras when he was 20 and built a new life in the U.S. He is one of the missing workers from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso says it is “the right place” for him as he confirms he will remain at the club next season despite interest from Liverpool and Bayern Munich.
[FrontPageAfrica] LOUISIANA — Students of the University of Liberia have alarmed over the absence of buses to transport them to Fendell campus. It is almost a month now since normal learning activities began on the campuses of the University of Liberia (UL) for the first time under the leadership of President Joseph Boakai. This comes following an appeal to the UL Faculty Association to return...
One in five teachers in England has been hit by a pupil this year. We need Labour to commit to funding education, not offer more of the same
English schools are increasingly turning into battlegrounds. Teachers know it – this week it was reported that nearly one in five has faced physical violence from pupils this year, a startling snapshot of the mounting misbehaviour teachers face each day...
[New Era] Ondangwa — The Oshikoto region education directorate continues operating from offices in Ondangwa in the Oshana region, despite concerns over the associated costs.
Artists, music lovers, media colleagues and honoured guests got together for the unveiling of the Metro FM Music Awards 2024 nominees on Wednesday evening in Bryanston, Johannesburg.
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, now on the board of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, believes that while AI has the potential to revolutionize the economy, its impact will take time to materialize. However, Summers maintains that AI could be the biggest economic development since the Industrial Revolution, eventually replacing most forms of human labor, particularly cognitive tasks. He...
An anonymous reader shares a report: Mutterings of alarm are emerging from the cloisters of Red Hat after the world’s largest management consultancy was hired to help the IBM subsidiary focus engineers on their highest-value work. Red Hat confirmed the partnership with McKinsey & Company to The Reg, sharing this extract from an email from CTO Chris Wright to the Global Engineering Team: “Hey...
Cases of trisomy 18 may rise as many states restrict abortion. But some women choose to have the babies, love them tenderly and care for them devotedly.
Plans to end lion breeding began more than a decade ago as the practice of releasing tame big cats into small enclosures and having them shot by hunters for a fee spawned the term ‘canned hunting’ and attracted international condemnation.
South Africa may import significant amounts of white maize, used to make a staple food, for the first time since 2017 as the El Niño weather pattern withers the crop
Nestle SA plans to spend R2.5 billion ($132 million) over the next five years to improve growth and development of emerging local businesses across East and Southern Africa.
South African farmers are expected to harvest 19.3% less maize in the 2023/2024 season compared with the previous one, the government’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Tuesday.