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…
4 min read WHEN YOU'RE TELLING a horror story that's based around a family function or family dynamic, it's important to make sure you're getting the parents just right. Ari Aster's Hereditary, which came out in 2018, hit the nail right on the head, casting Toni Collette as the film's lead—and the increasingly unhinged (and
Dietitians regularly talk up the importance of having variety in your diet to make sure you hit your nutritional needs. But new research suggests that’s actually not helpful—at least, not when you’re trying to lose weight. The study, which was published in the journal Health Psychology, makes a strong case for sticking with the same
Can't see the audio player? Listen on: The Host The Trump administration this week missed a deadline to nominate a new director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Without a nominee, current acting Director Jay Bhattacharya — who is also the director of the National Institutes of Health — has to give up