A house fire has killed two and injured another in Soweto on Saturday, 26 June 202. A house fire in Soweto has killed two people and injured another on Saturday, according to ER24. The cause of the fire is unknown.Police and firefighting authorities were on the scene to investigate the cause. A house fire has claimed the…
Forty-four years ago today more than 600 people were killed when 10 000 marched against Afrikaans as a language of instruction. Today it is celebrated as Youth Day, and marks one of the turning points in South Africa's march to democracy. News24 spoke to three South Africans who were in Soweto on 16 June 1976. This year marks…
READ: Joburg residents get physical as lockdown restrictions easeSydney Ngobeni and Tom Baloyi said they have been patiently waiting to return to the road.Ngobeni added he was addicted to running and soccer."I play for a local team and I run every evening to keep myself fit. During Level 5, we didn't want to jog because we…
Here are the fast food outlets that are now openSome shoppers at Maponya Mall complained about having to queue at almost every shop they went to, over and above queuing to enter the mall itself.Lebo Tshisebe arrived at the mall at around 09:00 and was denied entry because he was not wearing a mask.He was…
Overwhelmed by the demands of caregiving, Quette dialed 911 when she found her teenage son downstairs in their kitchen struggling to breathe. He had rolled his wheelchair to the oven to keep himself warm as he tried to regulate his temperature, she recalled, and was drenched in sweat from an apparent infection. In that moment
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed federal policy on vaccine research, vaping, and drug access on Science Friday on May 8. Rovner also discussed the Supreme Court decision on the abortion pill mifepristone on NPR’s Morning Edition on May 5. Click here to hear Rovner on Science Friday. Click here to hear
Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I