Palesa Dlamini
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Johannesburg, GP, South Africa
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Four years on | A look back at the world’s largest listeria outbreak in SA
Four years ago, processed meat products including polony, sausages and viennas responsible for the world’s largest listeria outbreak were recalled from retail and spaza shops in South Africa. → Read More
R3.8bn to be spent by SA motorists amid fuel price hike
Skyrocketing fuel prices will hurt everyone in the country, whether they make use of a vehicle or not, said the Automobile Association’s Layton Beard on Wednesday, leading to negative effects on the economy. → Read More
We could see more stalling from Zuma, Casac warns
On Wednesday, Zuma lost his special plea appeal calling for the removal of State Prosecutor Billy Downer from his corruption trial relating to a 1999 arms deal when he was deputy president. → Read More
Delays in DNA results leave families and Seshego community angered
South Africa’s justice system is failing those who need it most, leaving grieving families with no closure. → Read More
Another blow to Charlotte Maxeke Hospital infrastructure as wards flood
Patients at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) have had to bear the brunt of what has been termed as “poor maintenance” following the flooding of several wards on Monday. → Read More
During an already difficult year, load shedding adds to matrics’ anxiety
Liya Ngaleka’s preference for studying in the latter hours of the day, when there are fewer distractions, no longer works for her, thanks to Eskom’s rolling blackouts. → Read More
Is a post-election Covid-19 surge on the cards for SA?
The emergence of a new Covid-19 variant is what will determine how vulnerable South Africa is to a wave of new Covid-19 infections, following the recent local government election period. → Read More
Youngsters in Soweto enjoy their day off but avoid the polls
The voting station is quiet, with mostly elderly residents coming in to cast their vote. → Read More
Tembisa community use their bodies as shields to protect mall from looters
Residents from Birch Acres in Tembisa banded together with the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department to protect their community from looters. → Read More
Ramaphosa expected to keep the country in level 4 lockdown
President Cyril Ramaphosa is likely to retain the current adjusted level 4 lockdown, as well as the bulk of the stricter Covid-19 regulations, when he announces Cabinet’s reviewed measures to curb the pandemic later today. → Read More
State ignored Covid-19 advice
Government was warned long before the third wave that a catastrophe loomed if restrictions were not tightened. → Read More
Gates urges public to commit to ending GBV
Moments of reckoning such as the one South Africa is currently facing around gender-based violence (GBV) need public commitment and collaboration if they are to be brought to an end. → Read More
‘Appalling conditions’ at R150m housing project linked to Magashule’s daughter
Pensioners have had to use their grant money to install toilets. Some were forced to move into houses that had no doors. In one house, when you flush the toilet, sewage spills into the home. → Read More