The Hawks have made an arrest. Felix Dlangamandla, Gallo Images, Netwerk24 A supply chain officer and senior financial officer in the office of the KwaZulu-Natal premier are to appear in the Durban Commercial Crimes Court on Thursday, according to the Hawks."Some of the accused are making their way to court, but are not there yet," Hawks…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAyesha Orlanda had been in intensive care for 41 days after being admitted in May. A senior nurse who had been in a coma for 40 days with coronavirus has been given an emotional send-off from hospital by her colleagues.Ayesha Orlanda, 52, a senior sister at Bradford…
Public Service Commission director-general Dovhani Mamphiswana. Boitumelo Mogwe was appointed chief director for professional ethics by PSC director-general Dovhani Mamphiswana, who is also the father of her child.An investigation was launched after reports that Mamphiswana fraudulently hired the mother of his child as a director at the entity.Mamphiswana chaired a panel which had shortlisted candidates, a…
Senior clinicians in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Wits University have volunteered to participate in South Africa's first Covid-19 vaccine trial at Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. Daniel Born, Wits University Three senior clinicians at Wits University enrol for SA's first Covid-19 vaccine trial.The participants enrolled on Tuesday at a Soweto trial site.The…
Seven men accused of defrauding VBS Mutual Bank appeared in the Palm Ridge Regional Court on 18 June 2020. The eighth senior executive in the VBS Mutual Bank investigation has been arrested.He will appear in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court on Monday.He missed his previous court appearance because he was in quarantine. The eighth senior executive…
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…