New typhoid fever vaccine protects young children
Government has imposed a ban on all livestock auctions. Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza has gazetted a national ban on gathering cloven-hoofed animals, including livestock auctions, shows and similar activities.
Johannesburg Emergency Services are on high alert after the South African Weather Services issued a warning for flash floods in certain parts of the city
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk was due to resume testifying in his own defence on Wednesday at the trial for a defamation lawsuit filed by a British diver whom the Silicon Valley billionaire called “pedo guy” on Twitter.
The Department of Water and Sanitation says the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) tunnel has been re-opened with water already reaching the Saulspoort Dam in Bethlehem in the Free State.
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping aside as leaders of the Internet behemoth they founded 21 years ago, ending an extraordinary run that saw them build one of the world’s most valuable and influential companies.
Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it had designed a more powerful data center processor chip, as it looks to pose a serious challenge to the domination of market leaders Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
A US judge on Tuesday disqualified James Cole, a Washington lawyer for China’s Huawei, from defending the telecommunications equipment maker against charges of bank fraud and sanctions violations.
The Oudtshoorn Municipality in the Little Karoo has advised residents to boil their tap water.
A damning report by the Eastern Cape Public Service Commission has found that the mental health unit of the Mdantsane based Cecelia Makhiwane Hospital is in a state of disrepair.
Sitio Pariahan, about 17 km north of Manila, is sinking about 4 cm every year, owing largely to land subsidence from the population's overuse of groundwater, according to experts.
Human Settlements and Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu briefs the media.
The heatwave which is sweeping over most parts of the country is expected to subside from Tuesday afternoon, with rainfall anticipated for tonight heading into Wednesday.
A typhoon struck the Philippines on Tuesday bringing heavy rains and prompting preemptive halts in air travel, schools and government offices, with some 200 000 people evacuated after warnings of floods and landslides.
The Mossel Bay municipality in the Southern Cape has called on its residents and holiday makers to donate much needed water to drought stricken farmers in the Karoo.
Fishing industry role players, including local scientists, international experts and representatives from government are discussing the state of South Africa's major renewable marine resources.
Bangladesh plans to prohibit the sale and use of electronic cigarettes and vaporisers, a health official said on Sunday, as countries around the world move to ban devices that have been linked to health risks and teen addiction.
Foot and Mouth disease, which was detected last month, has spread to five commercial facilities in Limpopo. As a result all livestock auctions in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West and Gauteng have been temporarily suspended.
The current heat wave sweeping most parts of the country is expected to subside with rain anticipated in some areas from this evening.
Fiercer weather and worsening wildfires drove more than 20 million people from their homes over the last decade - a problem set to worsen unless leaders act swiftly to head off surging climate threats, anti-poverty charity Oxfam said on Monday.
Mthatha residents have called for the speedy enactment of the National Health Insurance Bill (NHI) to assist the ailing health system in the Eastern Cape
The world must stop a "war against nature" and find more political will to combat climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday, the eve of a two-week global climate summit in Madrid.
KwaZulu-Natal has made huge strides in eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV from about 20% in 2009 to about 1% currently.
Leading healthcare organisation The Aurum Institute says the impact of the country's HIV/AIDS response would be greater if the number of new HIV infections was reduced and the focus put on key populations which are most at risk.
The North West provincial Health Department has attributed a high prevalence of people living with HIV in the Klerksdorp area to the influx of people from across the country and neighbouring countries who flocked to the area during the 1980's seeking employment.
EU antitrust regulators are investigating Google’s collection of data, the European Commission told Reuters on Saturday, suggesting the world’s most popular internet search engine remains in its sights despite record fines in recent years.
Leading healthcare organisation The Aurum Institute says the impact of the country's HIV/AIDS response would be greater if the number of new HIV infections was reduced and the focus put on key populations which are most at risk.
Communities have long played a critical role in the fight against HIV. Their activism and advocacy have greatly influenced the response to HIV/AIDS over the past four decades.
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) says it will push the government to initiate the outstanding three million HIV positive people on treatment.
Sweltering heat in the Mpumalanga lowveld has prompted authorities to encourage people to frequent various swimming pools in the area to cool off.
United States ambassador to South Africa Lana Marks says “As long as we continue getting results and accountability the aid will continue and I believe it will increase.”
