Nobuhle Mkhize lives with her five daughters and six grandchildren in a three-roomed mud house she built. (Photo: Nokulunga Majola/GroundUp) Nobuhle Mkhize works as a sugarcane cutter and earns about R1 000 a month.She built a three-roomed mud house with her own hands for her family of 12.She wants something better for her daughters, but…
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Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul PHOTO: Christiaan Cloete/Netwerk24 Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul has vehemently denied any links to PPE tender fraud following an article published in the Sunday Times.The article claimed Saul had been dragged into a tender scandal via his special advisor, whose wife allegedly scored a R13 million PPE tender.Saul has denied…
August 29, 2020 | 12:33pm Enlarge Image South Korean army soldiers spray disinfectant to help reduce the spread of the new coronavirus in a class at Cheondong elementary school AP Just as schools are reopening across the country, a new study is detailing how kids who have the coronavirus but don’t show symptoms can still…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: GCIS President Cyril Ramaphosa said Cabinet had established an inter-ministerial committee on the employment of foreign nationals. Ramaphosa said the inter-ministerial committee would deal with the migration of foreign nationals for employment and decisions on special dispensation permits.He said it was important to "resist the urge to blame our economic challenges…
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…