N Cape NGO sets up emotional support helpline for drought-stricken farmers


Earthlife Africa Johannesburg will march in the city on Saturday, calling on the South African government to abandon its plans to build new nuclear power stations.

The Karee Dam at Calvinia in the Northern Cape is empty once again.

The Health Department in KwaZulu-Natal has unveiled a liquid-based cytology as a new method of screening cervical cancer.

A leading astronaut has urged young children to choose Maths and Science in school.

Former Gauteng Health MEC ,Qedani Mahlangu ,will testify at the life Esidimeni Arbitration hearings from 22nd to 26th January 2018.

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and other Health ministers from SADC nations are at Giyani in Limpopo to commemorate SADC Malaria Day.

About a year after raising concerns about the implementation of the Small-Scale Fishing Policy, subsistence fisher-folk have finally received feedback.

A new drug has been making waves internationally and is now on the streets locally, with a number of cases reported in Durban.

A clean water supply from a desalination plant is coming closer in Cape Town, as the city assesses the conditions of the pipelines that will connect to the plant.

Farmers in Beaufort West in the Central Karoo have expressed their gratitude for much needed feed donated by a farmer from Delmas in Mpumalanga.

Crime fighting mobile App "Namola" has officially been launched nationwide. Namola is a free crime response App that allows users to share their GPS coordinates, name and nature of the emergency with a 24/7 response call centre.

The annual meeting of health ministers and senior health officials from the SADC group of nations plans to tackle major diseases affecting member states.

Uber on Wednesday unveiled a partnership with NASA that will see it develop flying taxis priced competitively with standard Uber journeys.

The Organ Donor Foundation says it hopes to attract more people to donate organs through its grassroots mass education programme.

The Knysna Estuary is the heart of this Garden Route town in the Southern Cape. With rare occurring species like the Knysna Seahorse, protection is needed, especially with the on-going illegal sea activity. A new law enforcement boat, iLindile, has been introduced to help officials combat the problem. iLindile, meaning “it awaits”, is a rubber […]

Hopes that former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu will testify at the Life Esidimeni Arbitration hearings have increased with unconfirmed reports that she has been suspended by the institution in the UK where she has been studying.

The South African National Blood Services (SANBS) has appealed to citizens countrywide to donate blood.

The South African Macadamia Industry has projected estimated losses of revenue due to increasing cases of theft of the macadamia crops.

Disaster Management in Cape Town has called on the public to be vigilant as windy conditions persist across the Peninsula.

According to The World Health Organisation Internationally close to 800 000 people die due to suicide every year, which is one person every 40 seconds.

Cape Town Mayor, Patricia de Lille, says water usage in the metro is still too high. Usage currently stands at 602 million litres per day.

Picture by Reuters Africa’s mobile internet connections are set to double in the next five years, a study showed on Monday, thanks to affordable smartphones and the roll-out of high-speed networks. A report by research and consulting firm Ovum in London estimates that mobile broadband connections will rise from 419 million at the end of […]

The four months old co-joined twin boys have been given a new chance to leave a healthier life. This after a successful operation to separate them.

The death toll rose to at least 27 on Sunday from the typhoon that pummelled central and southern Vietnam just days before the region is due to host the APEC summit of Asia-Pacific leaders. Typhoon Damfrey, the 12th major storm to hit Vietnam this year, made landfall on Saturday with winds of up to 90 […]

Shoppers surged into Apple Inc stores across the world on Friday to buy the new iPhone X, signalling stronger demand for the 10th anniversary version of the premium smartphone than the last two iterations.

The WhatsApp messenger app crashed around the world on Friday morning, creating a global crisis as users were beside themselves with anger.

Apple profits soared by a fifth as its flagship iPhone X hit stores in Asia Friday, with the company predicting bumper sales despite its eye-watering price tag.

The Gauteng government is discussing ways of curbing the effects of climate change.

Members of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) in Limpopo have embarked on a march to the provincial Health Department offices in Polokwane.

Students at the University of Limpopo are among those from eleven universities across the country that have launched the roll-out plan for an HIV prevention pill, Truvada.