A second case of monkeypox has been detected in SA, the national health department reported on Tuesday. Health minister Joe Phaahla said the second patient is a 32-year-old male from Cape Town. The first case had been reported “He has no…
YouTuber Logan Paul may have squared up to the likes of Floyd Mayweather in the boxing ring‚ but he was no match for mischievous baboons in the Mother City. Paul had followers around the world in stitches on Sunday when he shared a clip…
A Cape Town doctor’s decision to save a mother’s amniotic sac during a complex C-section birth has saved the life of baby Ephraim Maleho, who was born with vital organs outside his abdomen. Ephraim’s intestines and half his liver were…
A mother who was fearful after giving birth to rare conjoined twins nearly three months ago is overjoyed about being able to take them home, holding one in each arm. Medical teams at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape…
Firefighters have been working since Sunday morning to extinguish the runaway fire that has engulfed Firefighters have been working since Sunday morning to extinguish the runaway fire that has engulfed Rhodes Memorial. Image: Ruvan…
Extreme adventurer Zirk Botha embarked on a solo row from Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro on Saturday after extreme weather halted his first attempt. Botha, 59, left Kommetjie, in the southern Cape peninsula, on his boat named Ratel. Strong…
BY ARON HYMAN In its quest to become an “urban forest”, Cape Town says it is the first SA city to map its trees. With tree coverage of 7%, the city falls short of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation definition of an urban forest, “a…
At the TEARS Animal Rescue centre in Cape Town, every morning starts with a symphony of excitement. First comes the percussion. Paws pound against metal mesh to form the beat. Next, a choir of howls. Pit bulls, tiny lap dogs, and pavement…
Police minister Bheki Cele has dismissed the City of Cape Town’s law enforcement unit as a rogue structure. On Saturday, Cele visited Bulelani Qholani, the man who was seen in a video being dragged naked by officials during a…
Astron Energy said on Thursday it would conduct a full investigation into an explosion at its Milnerton oil refinery which left two dead and seven injured. “It is with great sadness that Astron Energy can confirm that two Astron employees…
A severe storm accompanied by gale-force winds and flooding wreaked havoc in Cape Town on Saturday morning, as another cold front hit the Western Cape. Trees were uprooted, dwellings destroyed, structures damaged and power outages…
State pathologists are investigating the death of a person found on Table Mountain on the first day of national parks being open again since lockdown restrictions started on March 26. A hiker discovered the body near the Nursery Ravine,…
Twenty-six people have tested positive for Covid-19 at Mediclinic Cape Town, management confirmed. “Nearly 300 potential contacts have been tested, with the majority of these returning negative results,” Dr Stefan Smuts, the chief…
Emergency medical services (EMS) workers in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, resorted to using plastic sheets, duct tape and bed covers to protect themselves while transporting patients at the weekend. GroundUp reported that when stocks of the…
A tavern’s decision to keep selling alcohol in defiance of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions cost it more than R500,000 on Friday. That was the value of the stock confiscated in Dunoon, Cape Town, after two men selling alcohol from a car led…
