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A newborn baby girl has been saved after emergency services conducted a three hour mammoth rescue from a storm drain pipe in Durban. “She has been rescued out of the drain. She was assessed by Rescue Care advanced life support paramedics before being handed over to the Air Mercy helicopter crew by EMRS,” said Rescue
It would have been good to hear President Ramaphosa use his brief time at the podium to give a considered and sober assessment of the state of South Africa’s entire education system, writes Suellen Shay. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address, delivered in Cape Town on February 7, has attracted a
Two metro police officers were shot by a gunman who had also opened fire on the driver of a vehicle that had broken down on the N2 near Borcherds Quarry in Cape Town on Monday. Mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smith said the City of Cape Town was offering a R50 000 …
The fate of approximately 22 alleged copper thieves trapped underground hangs in the balance as rescue efforts are allegedly being hampered by disgruntled unpaid mineworkers. “They have threatened us and the contractors and they’ve told us under no circumstances are we allowed to continue [rescue efforts],” the
The challenges facing the City of Tshwane will not be resolved through a partnership between the ANC and the EFF. This is the view of ANC Gauteng provincial secretary Jacob Khawe. He said regional leader and leader of the ANC in council Kgosi Maepa should wait until the next local government elections for a shot …
Cape Town – SA Rugby is reportedly set to meet with the South African Human Rights Commission after an alleged racial incident that occurred during the Springboks v All Blacks Test at Loftus Versfeld last year. According TimesLIVE, a group of black Springbok fans, who were dressed in the commemorative red Springbok jersey, were
The Guptas, through their legal representatives, have told the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture that they want their own video of an inspection of the family’s Saxonwold home to be submitted as evidence. Former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor is back for cross-examination at the commission after giving testimony in August
By the time disaster relief organisation Gift of the Givers reaches Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) on Tuesday with truckloads of bottled water, large parts of the city will have had dry taps for eight days, Grocott’s Mail reported. Residents queued for hours on Sunday as trucks organised by a municipality-led crisis committee
One of the pupils who was severely injured during the structural collapse at Hoërskool Driehoek on February 1 suffered a setback on Sunday, Netwerk24 reported. According to that publication, Grade 8 pupil Cheverné Duvenhage, 13, had to be sedated and connected to a respirator after having heart palpitations. On Friday, she could
State Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan’s Equality Court challenge against EFF leader Julius Malema and his deputy Floyd Shivambu has been moved to the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg. Angelike Charalambous from Ian Levitt Attorneys, representing Malema and Shivambu, confirmed to News24 that the matter had been moved
