Lunamandla Sithonga has been missing since 9 July.The WCED says it received a report indicating there is no record of her arriving at school that day.According to her mother, Lunamandla never stayed away from school.It has been almost two weeks since 12-year-old Lunamandla Sithonga left for school and went missing.Western Cape police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso…
A nurse pushes a patient into surgery (Getty) Hospital group Mediclinic says revenues from its Southern African operations declined by 12% year-on-year in June, with SA still awaiting the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. Confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country have passed 380 000, meaning SA now has the fifth highest number of infections globally. There have…
A 12-year-old girl from Khayelitsha has been missing for four days.She was last seen by a scholar transport driver when he dropped her off at the gates of the school she attends.Search parties took to the streets of Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha over the weekend.A 12-year-old girl, who disappeared in Cape Town last Thursday, has…
AUSTIN, Texas – The new coronavirus continues to cut its record-setting swath through Texas as state officials reported a record 10,351 new cases for the day Saturday.That brought the total cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, to just over a quarter-million dating to the start of tracking in early March.The true number…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…