Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga during a visit to Seshegong Secondary School in Gauteng to check readiness for the reopening of schools. Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images via Getty Images Another teachers' union has called on government to re-close schools amid the Covid-19 pandemic.Naptosa said schools should remain closed until the peak of the pandemic has…
Parts of Tshwane will be in the dark from 5pm on Tuesday to avoid network overloading, Eskom has said in a statement. Gauteng has been hit by load reduction - a form of localised rolling blackouts - regularly since June due to illegal connections, meter bypasses and vandalism, according to the power utility. Tuesday's load…
The good news: Nothing to worry about yet. The bad news: The good news includes the word "yet". Murphy's law just might be striking again. "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong" seems to be 100% true in 2020. COVID-19 cases continue to rise in many U.S. states. Concerns are rising that the coronavirus…
Dr. Zweli Mkhize (Jaco Marais) North West province has registered 29 Covid-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours.Nationally, 108 deaths were registered in the past 24 hours.The total number of deaths nationally is 2 952.South Africa has again recorded its highest daily spike in Covid-19 cases this week, with 9 063 new infections recorded…
It will be another fine and cool day heading into the weekend, the South African Weather Service says.The weather in your region:Gauteng will be fine and cool. The expected UVB sunburn index is high. Mpumalanga will be partly cloudy in the north-east in the morning with fog in places along the escarpment and southern Highveld at…
Social media algorithms love challenges with a number. I, for one, can’t get enough of the viral 12-3-30 treadmill workout (walking at 12% incline, at a speed of 3 miles per hour, for 30 minutes). I’ve yet to dabble in any others, but there’s a new one circulating that I’m tempted to take for a
Editors note: Doralice Goes, a Brazilian public servant, visited an organic products fair in her home city of Brasília in Federal District, on Dec. 31, 2021. Among the artisanal products was a tomato and almond pesto sauce. The 49-year-old stored it in her pantry and, 23 days later, on a Sunday night, opened the sauce
Another outbreak was traced to the consumption and handling of meat Published: February 23, 2026, 12:05 am Researchers have shared details of an outbreak at a funeral in Uganda that killed three young people. Aeromonas bacteria can cause food poisoning with an incubation period of 12 hours to seven days, typically 24 to 48 hours. In February 2024