Many households have used debt to get by because they don't have savings. Old Mutual released its annual savings and investment monitor on Thursday.With many households barely having enough savings to cover their living expenses for a month, many turned into unsecured debt to cope with reduced incomes.Already a third of those say that have…
An eight-year-old who fell into a canal in the Vygieskraal informal settlement as well as a man who tried to save her, have gone missing.A search which started on Thursday afternoon has been called off due to poor weather conditions. Rescue divers searched the canal to no avail on Wednesday. The search for an eight-year-old girl who…
Two workers fell roughly 15 metres when a cable holding their service platform became detached.They were painting the outside of Peacehaven Holiday Flats on Marine Terrace at the time.The men were airlifted to a specialist facility for treatment.One man died and another was seriously injured after they fell roughly 15 metres from a building in…
A man has died after falling off a 400m cliff in Mariannhill. Supplied: IPSS Medical Rescue A 61-year-old man has died after falling off the face of a 400m cliff in Mariannhill on Tuesday.Marianhill police have opened an inquest docket for investigation.The victim was placed in a rescue stokes basket and carried to level ground.Police in…
A 12-year-old boy, now identified as Ben Thafeni, who died on Thursday, has tested negative for Covid-19.The stigmatisation of the family led to the results being revealed, the Health MEC explained.The family are awaiting the post-mortem results, which will reveal the cause of death.The MEC of Health in Gauteng, Bandile Masuku, revealed on Sunday that…
3 min read IN THIS DAY and age it can be easy to drift in and out while watching a TV show or movie. Everybody's focus is fractured, we're all overstimulated, and attention has become a currency. And if we're being honest, there are some shows or movies where you can look a away for
You probably don’t need a survey to tell you parents are stressed out right now, but in case you do: A recent government report found that 48% of parents say that their stress is “completely overwhelming” on most days—more than double what other adults report. Why am I mentioning this? The new Dietary Guidelines for
13 min read I'M STOOD IN the immigration queue at Düsseldorf airport, here to attend the Ed Sheeran Mathematics tour, one of the last stops in what has been an epic four-year journey for the 34-year-old. Selling 8.8 million tickets across 188 dates, it has become the fourth-highest grossing tour of all time, behind only